Integrating sport into youth crime prevention
and criminal justice strategies
A/RES/74/170
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
Recalling also its resolution 70/1 of 25 September 2015, by which it adopted
the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and recognizing, inter alia, that sport
is an important enabler of sustainable development,
Recalling further Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations
Convention against Corruption resolution 7/8 of 10 November 2017 on corruption in
sport, 9 in which, inter alia, the Conference expressed concern that corruption could
undermine the potential of sport and its role in contributing to the achievement of the
Sustainable Development Goals and targets, contained in the 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development,
Welcoming the International Conference on Safeguarding Sport from
Corruption, which was held in Vienna on 5 and 6 June 2018, and also welcoming the
follow-up conference, held in Vienna on 3 and 4 September 2019,
Recognizing the importance of protecting children and young people in sport
from potential exploitation and abuse so as to ensure a safe environment that supports
their healthy development,
Recalling its resolution 72/6 of 13 November 2017 on building a peaceful and
better world through sport and the Olympic ideal, and, in this connection,
acknowledging the major role of the United Nations system and its country
programmes and the role of Member States in promoting human development through
sport and physical education,
Recalling also article 31 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, 10 in which
States parties recognized the right of the child to leisure and to engage in play and in
recreational activities, and recalling further the Declaration and Plan of Action
contained in the document entitled “A world fit for children”, 11 in which Member
States committed to promoting physical, mental and emotional health among children
through play and sports,
Recalling further the outcome document of the thirtieth special session of the
General Assembly, entitled “Our joint commitment to effectively addressing and
countering the world drug problem”, 12 in which Member States recommended
providing access for children and youth to regular sports and cultural activities, with
a view to promoting healthy lives and lifestyles and as a measure to prevent drug
abuse, and recognizing the relevance of this measure for the enhancement of crime
prevention and criminal justice more widely,
Underscoring the role of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal
Justice as the principal policymaking body of the United Nations in the field of crime
prevention,
Expressing concern about the risks to youth posed by corruption and crime in
sport and about the large number of children and youth who may or may not be in
conflict with the law but who are abandoned, neglected, abused, exploited or exposed
to drug abuse and who are in marginal circumstances and in general at social risk,
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Resolution 40/33, annex.
Resolution 70/175, annex.
See CAC/COSP/2017/14, sect. I.A.
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1577, No. 27531.
Resolution S-27/2, annex.
Resolution S-30/1, annex.
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