A/RES/76/183
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
11 January 2022
Seventy-sixth session
Agenda item 108
Crime prevention and criminal justice
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 16 December 2021
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/76/463, para. 26)]
76/183.
Integrating sport into youth crime prevention and criminal
justice strategies
The General Assembly,
Reaffirming its commitment to the purposes and principles of the Charter of the
United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1 and reaffirming also
the cross-cutting nature of crime prevention and criminal justice issues and the
consequent need to better integrate those issues into the wider agenda of the United
Nations in order to enhance system-wide coordination,
Recalling the relevant United Nations standards and norms in the area of crime
prevention and criminal justice, including the Guidelines for the Prevention of
Crime, 2 the guidelines for cooperation and technical assistance in the field of urban
crime prevention, 3 the United Nations Guidelines for the Prevention of Juvenile
Delinquency (the Riyadh Guidelines), 4 the updated Model Strategies and Practical
Measures on the Elimination of Violence against Women in the Field of Crime
Prevention and Criminal Justice, 5 the United Nations Model Strategies and Practical
Measures on the Elimination of Violence against Children in the Field of Crime
Prevention and Criminal Justice, 6 the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for
the Administration of Juvenile Justice (the Beijing Rules) 7 and the United Nations
Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson Mandela
Rules), 8
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Resolution 217 A (III).
Economic and Social Council resolution 2002/13, annex.
Economic and Social Council resolution 1995/9, annex.
Resolution 45/112, annex.
Resolution 65/228, annex.
Resolution 69/194, annex.
Resolution 40/33, annex.
Resolution 70/175, annex.
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