International Societies
International Society for Criminology (ISC), Société Internationale de Criminologie (SIC)
was established in 1938 as a non-governmental organization whose members are scientists and researchers, scholars and judges, all working in the field of criminology. It associates members of almost 70 countries from all over the world and enjoys an advisory status at the UN and the Council of Europe. The headquarters and general secretariat of ICS are in Paris. ISC has organized international criminological congresses every five years since 1938 (there had been 14 of them until now, the last one in 2005 was held in Philadelphia, USA). It has also organized international courses on criminology designed to promote criminology development by encouraging local initiatives. Annually publishes "International Annals of Criminology". ICSP has been a collective member of ISC.
www.perso.wanadoo.fr/societe.internationale.de.criminologie/
European Society of Criminology (ESC)
was established in 2000 to promote mutual cooperation of professionals in the field of criminological reserch, education and training in Europe.
www.esc-eurocrim.org
United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI)
www.unicri.it
European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control Affiliated with the UN (HEUNI)
was established in 1981 in Helsinki. It is the European link in the network of institutes operating withing the framework of UN crime prevention and criminal justice.
www.heuni.fi
International Association of Penal Law (AIDP)
was established in 1924, at present it is the main international professional institution oprating in the field of criminal justice and codification of criminal law, comparative criminal justice, international criminal law and human rights in criminal justice.
www.penal.org
Amnesty International (AI)
www.amnesty.org
International Institute for Restorative Practices (IIRP)
www.iirp.org
International Scientific and Professional Advisory Council of the UN (ISCPAC)
The goal of the council is to help to more effective promotion of UN programme for crime prevention and criminal justice by means of scientific institutions and international organizations whose activities step in this field.
www.ispac-italy.org
International Centre for the Prevention of Crime (ICPC)
www.crime-prevention-intl.org
World Society of Victimology (WSV)
www.world-society-victimology.de
European Forum for Victim - Offender Mediation and Restorative Justice (European Forum)
www.euforumrj.org
European Crime Prevention Network (EUCPN)
was established by the Council of Europe decision in 2001. The main aim of the network is to contribute to the development of different aspects of crime prevention on the EU level and to support preventive activities on local and national level of the EU member states. The Czech Republic joined activities of EUCPN immediately after becoming a member of EU. European network of crime prevention associates state bodies´ representatives of the member states responsible for crime prevention, research institutions´ representatives and non-governmental organizations´ representatives.
www.europa.eu.int/comm/justice_home/eucpn
Permanent European Conference on Probation and Aftercare (CEP)
www.cep-probation.org
Penal Reform International (PRI)
www.penalreform.org
United Nations Crime and Justice Information Network (UNCJIN)
www.uncjin.org
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
www.unodc.org
International Juvenile Justice Observatory (OIJJ)
www.oijj.org
European Forum for Urban Safety (EFUS)
www.fesu.org
International Organization for Migration (IOM)
www.iom.int