2nd Global Youth Forum for a Culture of Lawfulness

3 and 4 December 2022

The highlights(VIDEO)

The 2nd Global Youth Forum for a Culture of Lawfulness was held at the Kyoto International Conference Center from 3 to 4 December 2022.

At the opening ceremony, Mr. TAKAMI Yasuhiro, the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Justice, delivered the opening remarks on behalf of the Minister of Justice. We were honored to have Her Imperial Highness Princess Tsuguko of Takamado offer an address again after delivering remarks at the 1st Global Youth Forum. Mr. John Brandolino, the Director of the Division for Treaty Affairs of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) delivered a video message to the participants.

Mr. TAKAMI Yasuhiro, the Parliamentary
Vice-Minister of Justice　

Her Imperial Highness Princess Tsuguko
of Takamado

Mr. John Brandolino, the Director of the Division for Treaty Affairs of the UNODC

After the opening ceremony, the keynote speech was delivered by Ms. KODA Mari, a dancer/actress, under the title of “A Life of Dance～From Hollywood to Correctional Facilities～”.

Ms. KODA Mari

About 70 youths from 27 countries and regions participated for the Youth Forum. Under the overall theme of “The Role of Youth in Achieving a Diverse and Inclusive Society”, participants were divided into two group sessions and discussed two thematic agenda items: “Building a Society Free from Online Defamation and Cyberbullying” and “Youth Involvement in and Disengagement from Organized Crime: The Role of Youth in Preventing Organized Crime”

Group sessions

At the end of the forum, the participants adopted recommendations that were presented at the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ) the next day, 5 December.