CYIL 2012

“SUCCEEDING GENERATIONS“ IN THE UNITED NATIONS CHARTER… “SUCCEEDING GENERATIONS” IN THE UNITED NATIONS CHARTER AND THEIR ROLE FOR THE UNITED NATIONS CRIMINAL JUSTICE STUDIES Abstract : Through the results of various empirical findings, this criminological essay aims to prove how important it is to look at the role of the United Nations Charter for criminal justice education to prevent violent conflicts for succeeding generations. In the interest of strengthening peace and security in the world this essay promotes the United Nations Criminal Justice Studies. It contains the proposal for the operationalization of human rights education by pursuing its grass-roots advancement through the United Nations non-governmental organizations and the popularization of this method through the United Nations Academic Impact Initiative. Resumé: Tento kriminologický příspěvek si klade za cíl ukázat na základě empi rických poznatků důležitou roli Charty OSN pro vzdělávání v trestním soudnictví, a to s cílem ochrany dalších generací před násilnými konflikty. V zájmu posílení míru a bezpečnosti ve světě tato esej programově podporuje trestněprávní studia OSN a zahrnuje i návrh na zlepšení organizace výchovy k lidským právům prostřednic tvím nevládních organizací působících při OSN. Key words : attachment, conflict, crime prevention, education, justice, peace, rule of law, security, United Nations Charter, war. On the Author : Sławomir Redo, Habilitated Doctor of Law/Criminology (Ph.D.), Professor of Łazarski University (Warsaw, Poland), Visiting Lecturer/ Privatdozent , Department for Criminal Law and Criminology, Law Faculty, Vienna University (Vienna, Austria), member of the Academic Council on the United Nations System, f. United Nations Senior Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Officer, member of staff of the United Nations (1981 – 2011). Co-editor of “ For the Rule of Law: Criminal Justice Teaching and Training across the World ”, The European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control, affiliated with the United Nations (HEUNI) & the Korean Institute of Criminal Justice Policy, Helsinki-Seoul, 2008 (http://tinyurl. com/lxsm8a&http://tinyurl.com/mggfkw). Author of about 60 articles, mainly on United Nations law and the practice of crime prevention and criminal justice, and of 4 books including “ Blue Criminology. The Power of United Nations Ideas to Counter Crime Globally ”, HEUNI, The Ministry of Interior of Qatar, the Korean Institute of Criminology, the International Society for Social Defence, Helsinki 2012, http://www.heuni.fi/Etusivu/Publications/1330603408806. Sławomir Redo *

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* For Miroslav, Pavel and Zdeněk – my younger and older Czech friends.