Dr Arturo Laurent
- Legal Officer, Terrorism Prevention Branch
- United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Dr. Laurent became an Attorney-at-Law after graduating summa cum laude from the Iberoamericana University. As an International Lawyer he has specialized in Crime Prevention, Criminal Justice, Counter-Terrorism, Transnational Organized Crime, Anti-Corruption, International Criminal Law, International Human Rights, Governance and Rule of Law.
He has occupied positions both in the public and private sectors. In the UK he was Legal Adviser to the Police Forces in England and Wales. In 2007 he was appointed by the Lord Chancellor as Magistrate for the Criminal Courts. He has been Executive-Director for Human Rights Affairs with the General Attorney’s Office of Mexico City. As a diplomat he was Legal Attaché and Minister to the Mexican Permanent Mission in Vienna.
In academia, after completing his Masters (Nottingham) and Doctoral (Hull) degrees in International Criminal Justice and Human Rights, he lectured at the Master’s level with the Law School of the University of Hull (UK). He has several publications addressing international legal aspects of the administration of justice. He is currently a Legal Officer for the Terrorism Prevention Branch / United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
Sessions
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UNOCT/CT Workshop
Complementarity of international obligations on passenger data and International Human Rights Law
Moderated by: Simon Deignan, Programme Management Officer / UNOCT – Countering Terrorist Travel Programme – CTTP
– Complementarity of international obligations on passenger data and International Human Rights Law – Dr Arturo Laurent, Legal Officer, Terrorism Prevention Branch / UNODC
– Supporting Member State with development of compliant structures, procedures and information handling – roles of UNOCT and UNODC/AIRCOP – Maurizio Gazzola, Head of Technology, UNOCT – Countering Terrorist Travel Programme – CTTP and Mr. Dennis Hand, Passenger and Cargo Control Programme / UNODC
– EECA IWG as a model for regional cooperation and sharing of best practices – Oksana Kurysheva, Associate Project Management Officer, Border Security and Management Unit, Transnational Threats Department, OSCE
– Case study by IOM and INTERPOL addressing interagency cooperation and systems interoperability – Pier M. Rossi-Longhi, Senior Regional Immigration & Border Governance Specialist, Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia, IOM and Fabrizio Di Carlo, Senior Coordinator Forensic and Police Data Management, INTERPOL General Secretariat
– Sustainability via continuous training and networking – Goran Stojkovski, Programme Management Officer / UNOCT – Countering Terrorist Travel Programme – CTTP)
– Discussions and Q&A – where we go from here?