UNITED FOR JUSTICE AND DIGNITY

A Decade of Innovation for Security Emerging technologies are transforming the global security landscape at an unprecedented pace. The same innovations that strengthen societies and drive economic growth are increasingly exploited by organized crime, terrorists and other malicious actors to expand illicit activities, evade detection and target critical infrastructures. At the same time, these technologies offer powerful new opportunities to prevent, detect and respond to evolving threats.Against this backdrop, UNICRI launched SIRIO (Security Improvements through Research, Technology and I

Advances in digital technologies have improved communication and the sharing of information have become an important component of security and peacebuilding efforts. At the same time, they have enabled new forms of gender-based violence and disinformation that disproportionately affect women in public and professional roles. Despite the growing international attention to digital violence, defamation, and disinformation campaigns that contribute to reducing women's civic and operational space, online violence specifically targeting women working in peace operations, peacebuilding, and secu

Across several regions of Africa, the relationship between terrorism and illicit economies interacts with broader patterns of insecurity. In environments marked by fragile institutions, porous borders and expansive informal markets, violent extremist groups and criminal actors operate within overlapping spaces where the boundaries between legality and illegality are often blurred. These conditions create environments in which illicit economic systems can be exploited by violent extremist groups.Dangerous Liaisons: Assessing the nexus between terrorism and criminal activities in Africa (Fr