United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice

United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
Status	Active
Genre	Criminal justice
Frequency	Quinquennially
Inaugurated	22 August 1955; 68 years ago (1955-08-22)
Most recent	12–19 April 2015
Next event	7–12 March 2021
Area	Worldwide
Organized by	Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
Website	www.unodc.org/congress
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The United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice is a United Nations (UN) sponsored congress on the topics of crime, crime prevention and criminal justice, held every five years. It is organized by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).^[1] Participants of the Congress include UN Member States and Observers, international organizations, non-governmental organization and individual experts.

The Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice acts ave agenda items of the upcoming Crime Congress and to make action-oriented recommendations to serve as a basis for the draft recommendations and conclusions for consideration by the Congress.^[2]

The event was initially held in 1955, following the dissolution of the International Penal and Penitentiary Commission (IPPC) by the United Nations General Assembly in 1950. Initially called the United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, the current name was adopted in 2005.^[1]

The antecedents of the Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice include the First International Congress on the Prevention and Repression of Crime, held at London in 1872.^[3]