Hosted by the ISS’s International Crime in Africa Programme (ICAP) and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Transnational Organised Crime and Trafficking Branch

17 May 2010: ISS and UNODC are co-hosting a side event on witness protection at the 19th Session of the UNODC Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice which is taking place in Vienna from 17 to 21 May. The event will launch the new ISS book ‘The Justice Sector Afterthought: Witness Protection in Africa’ and will include an expert panel discussion on the global challenges relating to witness protection in serious and complex cases.