Education for Justice (E4J): Promoting the Rule of Law through Integrity and Ethics Education

The paper was authored by UNODC staff member Ms. Sigall Horovitz and UNODC consultant Mr. Alex Petkov who work on the development of E4J University Modules on Integrity and Ethics.In this paper, we discuss an innovative approach to teaching integrity and ethics at university level. In particular, we discuss the University Modules on Integrity and Ethics, which the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) developed under its Education for Justice (E4J) initiative. UNODC’s involvement in developing educational materials stems from the recognition that education plays a crucial role in promoting the rule of law and crime prevention. The E4J University Modules encourage lecturers from different regions and disciplines to incorporate integrity and ethics education into their programmes and courses. The paper consists of three parts. The first part introduces the new approach to global ethics education that E4J offers. The second part discusses the development of integrity and ethics modules. The third part explores their implementation and the ways in which lecturers can use the materials to promote a culture of lawfulnessSigall Horovitz: [email protected] Petkov : [email protected] Horovitz, PhD., works at the Corruption and Economic Crime Branch of UNODC, where she leads the development of university modules on Anticorruption, integrity and ethics under the Education for Justice (E4J) initiative. She also coordinates the Anti-Corruption Academic Initiative (ACAD). Dr. Horovitz previously worked at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, the Special Court for Sierra Leone, the International Nuremberg Principles Academy, and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She holds a Master of Laws (LL.M) from Columbia University, and a Doctor of Laws (LL.D) from the Hebrew University.Alex Petkov is a consultant at the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime’s Corruption and Economic Crime Branch, where he works on anti-corruption education initiatives of UNODC. He is also a PhD candidate in Economics at the University of National and World Economy (UNWE) in Sofia, Bulgaria. His research interests are in quality of governance and corruption, in particular in prevention measures such as corruption risk assessment and anti-corruption education. Alex is currently working on his doctoral dissertation on political corruption in the local authorities of Bulgaria. He has previous working experience as an intern at the International Anti-Corruption Academy and as a risks and business continuity expert at the Bulgarian National Bank.Sigall Horovitz - United Nations Office on Drugs and CrimeAlexander Petkov - United Nations Office on Drugs and CrimeUnited Nations. Sustainable Development Goals. Available at: https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/development-agenda/ (13.12.2018).United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Education for Justice (E4J) Initiative. https://www.unodc.org/e4j/index.html (13.12.2018).United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2015). Doha Declaration on Integrating Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice into the Wider United Nations Agenda to Address Social and Economic Challenges and to Promote the Rule of Law at the National and International Levels and Public Participation, 19 April. Available at: https://www.unodc.org/documents/congress/Declaration/V1504151_English.pdf (13.12.2018).United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2018). Are we facing an ethics crisis? Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2GxuXxsVbE (13.12.2018).233677