ISISC - International Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Sciences
- Syracuse, Sicily, Italy
ISISC - International Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Sciences Employees
ISISC - International Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Sciences Details
The Siracusa International Institute for Criminal Justice and Human Rights is an Italian not-for-profit foundation (ONLUS) acknowledged by a Decree of the President of the Republic of Italy, dedicated to education, training and research in the fields of international criminal justice and human rights. It is also a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) recognized by a Decree Law of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. For 40 years, the Institute has been a major contributor to the development of more effective criminal justice systems worldwide, and in the strengthening of respect for human rights and the Rule of Law.Established in Siracusa on September 1972 by the International Association of Penal Law (AIDP), in cooperation with the City, Province, and Chamber of Commerce of Siracusa, it enjoys consultative status with the United Nations and the Council of Europe. It has also a special cooperation agreement with the United Nations Office in Vienna (UNOV), and it is one of the eighteen organizations comprising the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme Network.Throughout its history, the Institute has organized over 535 conferences, training and educational seminars and meetings of experts attended by 39,826 jurists from 168 countries, including over 5,000 academics from 530 universities. It has also collaborated with 45 intergovernmental organizations, numerous Italian and foreign governmental bodies, and 106 non-governmental organizations and civil society organizations worldwide.These activities have resulted in 148 published volumes of scholarly and scientific research, as well as conference proceedings relating to international criminal justice, comparative criminal law, human rights and country-specific issues of criminal law and procedure. These publications are in English, Italian, French, Spanish, Arabic and Dari.
