The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
Regulators & Key Institutions Knowledge & TrainingOverview of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
In its work towards these goals, the UNODC conducts research and analysis, provides guidance and technical/financial assistance to governments in the adoption and implementation of various crime, drug, terrorism, and corruption-related conventions, and drafts relevant treaties and protocols.
The Terrorism Prevention Branch (TPB), a subdepartment of the UNODC, delivers assistance to Member States for the ratification, legislative incorporation and implementation of the international legal instruments against terrorism. The TPB works to:
- promote the ratification of the 19 universal legal instruments against terrorism;
- support the drafting and review of national legislation in order to incorporate the legal standards of these international legal instruments;
- build the capacity of national criminal justice officials to implement these standards; and
- support regional and international cooperation in criminal matters in particular in relation to requests for mutual legal assistance and extradition.
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Originally published 27 June 2014, updated 04 May 2022
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