NCJRS Catalog #32, Justice International.

MENU TITLE: Justice International
Series: NCJRS Catalog #32
Published: January/February 1997
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UNITED NATIONS WORKSHOP ON PROVIDING INFORMATION TO
AND FROM DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Representatives from 21 countries gathered recently
in Seoul, Korea, to attend a training entitled
"United Nations Crime and Justice Information
Network: Providing Information to and from
Developing Countries." Sponsored by the U.N. Crime
Prevention and Criminal Justice Division and the
Ministry of Justice, Republic of Korea, the
training was held from September 9-13, 1996.

The workshop addressed changes in the information
environment that have resulted from computers and
networking, and how the introduction of
computerization and electronic networking in
developing countries can complement other economic
and social needs.

The U.N. workshops followed a welcome and overview
of the week by Slawomir Redo, Senior Program
Officer, United Nations Crime Prevention and
Criminal Justice Division (UNCPCJ), Vienna,
Austria, and discussion on computerization and the
Internet by Professor Graeme Newman from the
University of Albany, New York. Workshop sessions
included presentations on the following topics.

INTRODUCTION TO UNCJIN AND UNOJUST, INFORMATION
MANAGEMENT

Professor Gerald Quirchmayr from the University of
Vienna, Austria, introduced the United Nations
Crime and Justice Network (UNCJIN), and discussed
the information available from the United Nations
Online Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
Programme Network (UNOCPCJP), and UNOJUST (the
United Nations Online Criminal Justice
Clearinghouse), as well as how to provide
information to the international criminal justice
community electronically. Professor Quirchmayr also
offered strategies for information management,
demonstrating a selection of management
hardware/software options for case monitoring,
offender tracking, and court processing.

KOREAN INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Director Jin-Sup Jung, of the Korean Supreme Public
Prosecutor's Office, spoke on the information
network of his office and hosted a tour of the
Samsung semiconductor factory. 

UNITED NATIONS ASSISTANCE IN DETERMINING NEEDS

Dr. Richard Scherpenzeel, Ministry of Justice, The
Netherlands, addressed the development of
strategies to assist governments in managing and
sharing collected information, both nationally and
internationally. Participants were also given an
opportunity to assess their specific national needs
with Dr. Scherpenzeel.

LEGAL AND SECURITY ISSUES

Dr. Andrzej Adamski from the University of Krakow,
Poland, discussed constitutional and other legal
accountability of the criminal justice system and
personnel, and principles for protection of
electronic and manual files.

UNOJUST, HOMEPAGES, MAINTAINING INFORMATION SYSTEMS

G. Martin Lively, Esq., National Institute of
Justice (NIJ), U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ),
described UNOJUST Program and demonstrated how
participants could develop homepages for their own
countries, thereby making national information part
of the Internet international body of information
resources. Mr. Lively also addressed the steps
required to maintain criminal justice information
systems.

For more information on the workshop, contact
Slawomir Redo, United Nations Crime Prevention and
Criminal Justice Division, by e-mail at
sredo@unvienna.un.or.at or fax 43-1-213-45-5898, or
G. Martin Lively, Director, International Program,
NIJ. Mr. Lively serves as NIJ's international
liaison and technical information officer. He can
be reached by e-mail at lively@justice.usdoj.gov
and by fax at 202-616-2056.

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COUNTRIES REPRESENTED AT TRAINING

Albania, Argentina, Chile, China, Colombia, India,
Indonesia, Iran, Korea, Kyrgyz Republic, Malaysia,
Mongolia, Nigeria, Poland, Qatar, Saudi Arabia,
Sudan, Thailand, Tunisia, and Vietnam.