Declaration of Sao Paulo
AIDP SIDS ISCrim ALPEC IBCCrim
Within the framework of the 22nd.International Seminar organized by the Brazilian Institute of Criminal Sciences and inspired by the lectures and discussions that took place there, the presidents and directors of the International Association of Penal Law (AIDP), the International Society of Criminology (ISC), the International Society of Social Defense (SIDS), as well as the directors of the Latin American Association of Criminal Law and Criminology (ALPEC) and the Brazilian Institute of Criminal Sciences, meeting there, declare the following:
1. The increase in the numbers and rates of homicide and murders reveals…