UNITED NATIONS ASIA AND FAR EAST INSTITUTE
FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRIME AND THE TREATMENT OF OFFENDERS
For a Peaceful and Prosperous World
"We desire to occupy an honoured place in an international society striving for preservation
from the earth." - From the Preamble of the Constitution of Japan
of peace, and the banishment of tyranny and slavery, oppression and intolerance for all time
Strong Commitment to Justice
Discussing problems, sharing experiences, seeking solutions 6UNAFEI contributes to the enhancement of justice in the international
community
The United Nations Asia and Far East Institute for the Prevention
of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders (UNAFEI) is one of
the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
Programme Network Institutes (PNI), established in 1962 by an
agreement between the United Nations and the Government of
Japan. The PNI consists of the United Nations Office on Drugs
and Crime (UNODC) in Vienna and several interregional and
regional institutes and specialized centres around the world.
UNAFEI's main activities are to hold international training
courses/seminars for criminal justice practitioners from around
the world and to undertake research in the field of prevention of
crime and the treatment of offenders.
In line with the United Nation's strategies and efforts on crime
prevention and criminal justice, UNAFEI conducts its activities
in order to promote sound development of criminal justice
systems and mutual cooperation amongst the UN member
states. Its activities are fully funded by the Government of Japan,
and are highly valued as Japan's important contributions to the
international community.
The Government of Japan, more specifically, the Research and
Training Institute of the Ministry of Justice of Japan is responsible
for operating UNAFEI's activities. The Director of UNAFEI is
appointed upon consultation with the United Nations. Professors
and staff, selected from among Japanese police officers, public
prosecutors, judges, correction officers, probation officers,
etc., undertake UNAFEI's activities in cooperation with related
organizations, such as the the UNODC, the Japan International
Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Asia Crime Prevention
Foundation (ACPF).
As the oldest PNI Insistute, UNAFEI takes part in the creation
and implementation of United Nations strategies on crime
prevention, criminal justice and the treatment of offenders, in
close cooperation with other Institutes.
Participants of an international training course arrive at UNAFEI
Her Royal Highness Princess Bajrakitiyabha of Thailand visits UNAFEI
Programme Network Institutes (PNI)
UNODC(Austria) http://unodc.org
UNICRI(Italy) http://www.unicri.it
UNAFEI(Japan) http://www.unafei.or.jp/
ILANUD(Costa Rica) http://www.ilanud.or.cr
HEUNI(Finland) http://www.heuni.fi
UNAFRI(Uganda) http://www.unafri.or.ug
NAUSS(Saudi Arabia) http://www.nauss.edu.sa
AIC(Australia) http://www.aic.gov.au
ICCLR(Canada) http://www.icclr.law.ubc.ca
SII(Italy) http://www.siracusainstitute.org
NIJ(USA) http://nij.gov/
RWI(Sweden) http://www.rwi.lu.se/
ISPAC(Italy) http://ispac.cnpds.org
ICPC(Canada) http://www.cipc-icpc.org
KIC(Korea) http://eng.kic.re.kr
ISS(South Africa) http://www.issafrica.org
BIG/ICAR(スイス) http://www.forum.assetrecovery.org/
CCLS(China) http://ccls.bnu.edu.cn/english/
TIJ(Thailand) http://www.tijthailand.org
HISTORY
Mar. 1954 The 1st United Nations Asia and Far East Convention for the
Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders is held in
Rangoon, Burma (now Yangon, Myanmar). A resolution is
adopted calling for the establishment of a U.N. regional training
institute in Asia.
Mar. 1961 The U.N. and the Government of Japan sign an agreement
establishing a United Nations regional training institute in Japan
(March 15). Administrative and financial responsibilities are
borne equally by the two.
Mar. 1962 UNAFEI is inaugurated (March 15).
Sep. 1962 The 1st International Training Course is conducted.
Apr. 1970 The Government of Japan assumes all administrative and
financial responsibilities following an amendment of the March
1961 agreement.
Jan. 1982 The UNAFEI building in Fuchu, Tokyo is completed.
Mar. 1993 His Imperial Highness, The Crown Prince Naruhito, visits
UNAFEI.
Dec. 2003 UNAFEI receives an award from the President of the National
Personnel Authority.
Aug. 2009 Her Royal Highness Princess Bajrakitiyabha of Thailand visits
UNAFEI.
Dec. 2012 The Joint Ceremony for UNAFEI ́s 50th and ACPF ́s 30th
Anniversaries.
Jan. 2013 Her Royal Highness Princess Bajrakitiyabha visits UNAFEI.
Sep. 2015 The 25th Anniversary Seminar of the United Nations Standard
Minimum Rules for Non-custodial Measures (The Tokyo Rules).
Oct. 2017 UNAFEI moved into the International Justice Center in Akishima. 7International training courses and
senior seminars
UNAFEI holds two international training courses and one
international senior seminar annually. In each course/seminar,
a main theme focusing on an important global issue is selected
and discussed. UNAFEI has conducted a total of 168 international
training courses and senior seminars (as of March 2018).
The international training course in spring mainly focuses on
crime prevention issues or countermeasures against various
types of crime, while the one in autumn concentrates on the
treatment of offenders. The international senior seminar in winter
deals with broader issues of criminal justice. The duration of the
international courses is five to six weeks and their participants
are criminal justice practitioners holding a relatively senior or
high-ranking positions. Approximately twenty overseas and five
to ten Japanese participants take part in each course/seminar.
The programmes mainly consist of presentations by participants,
lectures by UNAFEI professors and Japanese or overseas
experts, observation visits to criminal justice agencies, group
workshops and plenary discussions.
UNAFEI-UNCAC Training
Programme
UNAFEI has held an international training course entitled the
"UNAFEI-UNCAC Training Programme"annually since 2000.
Participants discuss and study the current situation of, and
challenges in the countermeasures to, corruption, and then
to explore ways and best practices for effective investigation,
prosecution and adjudication of corruption offences, in order to
better implement the provisions of the United Nations Convention
Against Corruption (UNCAC). Every year, approximately twenty
overseas and six Japanese participants, take part in this course.
Individual presentation by a participant
Lecture by a UNAFEI professor
Group workshop
Themes of international training courses/seminars
2013 153th Treatment of Female Offenders
154th Stress Management of Correctional Personnel - Enhancing
the Capacity of Mid-Level Staff
155th The Effective Collection and Utilization of Evidence in Criminal
Cases
2014 156th Protection for Victims of Crime and Use of Restorative Justice
Programmes
157th Assessment and Treatment of Special Needs Offenders
158th Measures for Speedy and Efficient Criminal Trials
2015 159th Public Participation in Community Corrections
160th The State of Cybercrime: Current Issues and
Countermeasures
161th Staff Training for Correctional Leadership
2016 162th Multi-agency Cooperation in Community-based Treatment of
Offenders
163th Children as Victims and Witnesses
164th Effective Measures for Treatment, Rehabilitation and Social
Reintegration of Juvenile Offenders
2017 165th Juvenile Justice and the United Nations Standards and Norms
166th Criminal Justice Procedures and Practices to Disrupt Criminal
Organizations
167th Rehabilitation and Social Reintegration of Organized Crime
Members and Terrorists
2018 168th Enhancing the Rule of Law in the Field of Crime Prevention
and Criminal Justice: Policies and Practices Based on the
United Nations Conventions and Standards and Norms
Presentation by participants at a Plenary Meeting
Technical Assistance 8Bilateral technical assistance
Upon request from recipient countries around the world and the
United Nations, UNAFEI provides bilateral technical assistance
in the field of crime prevention, criminal justice and treatment of
offenders. Such assistance mainly includes training courses and
seminars both at UNAFEI and overseas locations. Since 2013, UNAFEI has conducted a series of programmes
called the "Joint Comparative Study on the Criminal Justice
Systems of Japan and Nepal", which aims at improving the Nepali
criminal justice system through comparative studies involving
Nepali criminal justice officials and UNAFEI. Nepali criminal
justice officials learn about the Japanese criminal justice system
through lectures, discussions, and visits to Japanese criminal
justice agencies.
Upon taking over the Viet Nam training programme from the
International Cooperation Department of the Research and
Training Institute of the Ministry of Justice in 2014, UNAFEI
supports Viet Nam's efforts to reform and improve its criminal
justice system through conducting a series of programmes called
the "Joint Comparative Study on the Criminal Justice Systems
of Japan and Viet Nam", as well as holding training courses for
officers of Viet Nam's Supreme People's Procuracy.
UNAFEI has provided technical assistance in the field of prison
reform in Myanmar since 2015, which is focused on the capacity-
building of prison officers in Myanmar through seminars in
Myanmar and Japan.
UNAFEI also is co-organizing a series of training programmes in
Thailland for effective community-based treatment of offenders
in the CLMV countries (Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Viet Nam)
with the Ministry of Justice of Thailand.
Comparative Study on the Criminal Justice Systems of Japan and Nepal
Training Course on Legal Technical Assistance for Viet Nam
Country Theme
Southeast Asian
(ASEAN) countries
Strengthening the rule of law and good
governance; Promoting Community-based
Treatment
Nepal Criminal Justice Systems
Viet Nam Criminal Justice Systems
French-Speaking
African Countries
Criminal Justice Systems
Myanmar Improving Prison Management
CLMV Promoting community-based treatment
Training Seminar for Prison Officials in Myanmar
Technical Assistance
Training Programme for Development of Effective Community-based Treatment
of Offenders in CLMV Countries 9Regional Seminar on Good Governance for Southeast Asian Countries
UNAFEI holds an annual regional seminar known as the "Good Governance Seminar" to contribute to the promotion of good governance
and rule of law in Southeast Asian countries. UNAFEI's role is to co-organize the seminar with the designated criminal justice or
international cooperation agency of the host country. The aim of the Seminar is to explore ways to strengthen anti-corruption measures
and legal systems in the region.
The host country of the Seminar rotates every two years among Southeast Asian countries and Japan. Through 2016, the seminars
were held in Thailand, the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia and Japan, and in 2017, in Hanoi, Viet Nam (co-organizer: the Supreme
People’s Prosecution Office of Viet Nam). Every year, criminal jusitce officials who are responsible for anti-corruption measures in
Southeast Asian countries participate in the Seminar.
The 10th GG Seminar (Indonesia) The 11th GG Seminar (Viet Nam)
Technical Assistance
SeminarTopics
1 Thailand 2007 Corruption Control in the Judiciary and Prosecutorial Authorities
2 Thailand 2008 Corruption Control in Public Procurement
3 Philippines 2009 Measures to Freeze, Confiscate and Recover Proceeds of Corruption, including Prevention of Money-Laundering
4 Philippines 2010 Securing Protection and Co-operation of Witnesses and Whistle-blowers
5 Tokyo 2011 Preventing Corruption: Effective Administrative and Criminal Justice Measures
6 Tokyo 2012 International Cooperation: Mutual Legal Assistance and Extradition
7 Malaysia 2013 Enhancing Investigative Ability in Corruption Cases
8 Malaysia 2014 Current Issues in the Investigation, Prosecution and Adjudication of Corruption Cases
9 Indonesia 2015
Current Challenges and Best Practices in the Investigation, Prosecution and Prevention of Corruption Cases
— Sharing Experiences and Learning from Actual Cases
10 Indonesia 2016 Contemporary Measures for Effective International Cooperation
11 Viet Nam 2017 Best Practices in Anti-Corruption: A Decade of Institutional and Practical Development in Southeast Asia 10Contribution to the UN Congress
and the UN Commission
UNAFEI attends the United Nations Commission on Crime
Prevention and Criminal Justice (a functional commission of
the UN Economic and Social Council, hereinafter called "the
Commission") held annually in Vienna, Austria. Each year, UNAFEI
reports to the Commission on its activities. In addition, UNAFEI
contributes to the creation of the UN's crime prevention and
criminal justice strategies and to the implementation of the UN
Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme.
UNAFEI has also been proactively involved in the United Nations
Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (held every
five years, hereinafter called "the Congress"), taking a leading
role in organizing its workshops. UNAFEI coordinated a workshop
on the topic of "Measures to Combat Economic Crime, including
Money Laundering" at the 11th Congress held in Thailand in
2005, and a workshop on "Strategies and Best Practices against
Overcrowding in Correctional Facilities" at the 12th Congress,
held in Brazil in 2010. At the 13th Congress held in Qatar in 2015,
UNAFEI helped coordinate a workshop on the treatment of
women offenders and children in conflict with the law.
UNAFEI will play an active role in organizing a workshop on
reducing reoffending at the forthcoming 14th Congress in 2020,
which will be held in Kyoto, Japan.
Then-Procecutor-General Ohno announcing that Japan will host the 14th
Congress in 2020
UNAFEI supports with UN activities
The UN Commission at Vienna, Austria
The 13th Congress Plenary Meeting 11UNAFEI is actively involved in various activities for the betterment of criminal justice around the world. UNAFEI dispatches its faculty
and staff members overseas to participate in international conferences, such as the Asia and Pacific Conference of Correctional
Administrators, the ICPA Annual Conference, and the General Meeting of the International Association of Prosecutors, among many
others.
The Third World Congress on Probation
The Asian and Pacific Conference of Correctional Administrators (APCCA) (Fiji)
International Forum of Contemporary Criminal Law (China)
The PNI meeting (Korea)
Signing an MOU between UNAFEI and the TIJ
UNAFEI's involvement in various international activities 12UNAFEI is located in the International Justice Center in Akishima, Tokyo. UNAFEI is fully equipped with facilities for effective training.
The facilities include International Conference Hall A (four-language simultaneous interpretation is available); International Conference
Hall B; a multi-purpose hall, a library, several seminar rooms and a cafeteria.
The participants and overseas visiting experts stay in the dormitory attached to UNAFEI's main building. The living environment and
meals are designed to meet the individual needs of the participants, etc., so that their stay will be as comfortable as possible. In their
free time, they can enjoy activities such as table tennis, working out in the training room, etc.
Dormitory room Japanese tatami room
International Conference Hall A International Conference Hall B
Library Dining room
Daily life at UNAFEI and an overview of the facilities 13The Asia Crime Prevention Foundation (ACPF), established in
1992, greatly supports UNAFEI programmes by providing various
activities for the participants, such as friendship parties, co-
organization of a public lecture and study tour programmes. ACPF
is a non-profit foundation and an international non-governmental
organization, whose main purpose is to support UNAFEI
activities.
ACPF has been granted General Consultative Status, the
top category of UN NGOs (international nongovernmental
organizations that are granted UN consultative status). ACPF has
many branches overseas and in Japan.
International Friendship Party hosted by the ACPF Hiroshima Branch
Public support
For over 50 years, UNAFEI's continuous efforts have developed a strong
personal and inter-agency network among criminal justice practitioners
around the world.
Over the past 50 years, more than 5,600 criminal justice practitioners from 138 countries/regions have participated in UNAFEI's training
courses/seminars. Many UNAFEI alumni members are playing leading roles in the area of criminal justice in their respective countries,
thus strengthening the UNAFEI alumni network.
Given the globalization of crime, networking among criminal justice practitioners and agencies facilitates sharing of experiences,
gathering of information and international cooperation.
In order to strengthen its alumni network, UNAFEI updates its contact list and sends an e-magazine periodically to ex-participants and
ex-visiting experts to provide up-to-date information about UNAFEI's activities.
Participants visit homes of Volunteer Probation Officers 14ASIA 2,776 THE PACIFIC 208 AFRICA 650 NORTH & SOUTH AMERICA 286
Afghanistan 38 Australia 3 Algeria 8 Antigua and Barbuda 2
Bangladesh 93 Cook Islands 4 Botswana 13 Argentina 7
Bhutan 28 Fiji 59 Burkina Faso 19 Barbados 3
Brunei 13 Kiribati 2 Burundi 1 Belize 4
Cambodia 47 Marshall Islands 5 Cameroon 6 Bolivia 2
China 270 Micronesia 2 Chad 20 Brazil 67
Hong Kong 80 Nauru 2 Cote d'lvoire 38 Chile 9
India 103 New Zealand 2 D.R.Congo 30 Colombia 13
Indonesia 219 Palau 3 Egypt 17 Costa Rica 19
Iran 42 Papua New Guinea 76 Ethiopia 5 Cuba 1
Iraq 38 Samoa 14 Gambia 2 Dominican Republic 1
Jordan 15 Solomon Islands 9 Ghana 8 Ecuador 7
Korea 116 Tonga 19 Guinea 9 EI Salvador 13
Laos 70 Vanuatu 8 Kenya 238 Grenada 1
Malaysia 168
EUROPE & EURASIA 214
Lesotho 3 Guatemala 6
Maldives 32 Liberia 1 Guyana 5
Mongolia 16 Albania 4 Madagascar 4 Haiti 1
Myanmar 70 Armenia 2 Malawi 3 Honduras 14
Nepal 163 Azerbaijan 2 Mali 22 Jamaica 11
Oman 5 Bulgaria 2 Mauritania 16 Mexico 6
Pakistan 103 Estonia 1 Mauritius 1 Nicaragua 2
Palestine 9 Georgia 3 Morocco 10 Panama 17
Philippines 296 Hungary 1 Mozambique 4 Paraguay 15
Saudi Arabia 17 Kazakhstan 26 Namibia 9 Peru 30
Singapore 82 Kyrgyzstan 36 Niger 19 Saint Christopher and Nevis 2
Sri Lanka 130 Latvia 1 Nigeria 21 Saint Lucia 3
Taiwan 21 Lithuania 1 Republic of South Sudan 3 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2
Thailand 358 Macedonia 2 Senegal 17 Trinidad and Tobago 2
Timor-Leste 6 Moldova 5 Seychelles 5 U.S.A. (Hawaii) 1
Turkey 8 Montenegro 1 Somalia 1 Uruguay 4
United Arab Emirates 1 Poland 1 South Africa 10 Venezuela 16
Viet Nam 112 Romania 1 Sudan 21
JAPAN 1,560
Yemen 7 Serbia 1 Swaziland 2
Tajikistan 70 Tanzania 27
TOTAL 5,694
Turkmenistan 8 Tunisia 3
Ukraine 11 Uganda 11 (As of 1 March 2018)
Uzbekistan 35 Zambia 9
Zimbabwe 14
More than 5,600 officials from 138 countries/regions have participated
in the programmes organized by UNAFEI.
UNAFEI alumni promoted to high-ranking positions in their respective
criminal justice systems
Korea
・Minister of Justice
・Prosecutor General
China
・Chief Justice, The Supreme People’ s Court
・Grand Justice of the Second Rank, The Supreme People’ s Court
Thailand
・Minister of Justice
・President, Supreme Court
・Attorney General’ s Chambers
・Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Justice
Philippines
・Senior Deputy State Prosecutor, Department of Justice
・Commissioner, National Police Commission
・Administrator, Parole and Probation Administration,
Department of Justice
Indonesia
・Deputy Chief Justice
Costa Rica
・Costa Rican Ambassador
to Japan
Brazil
・Director of International
Cooperation Division,
Federal Prosecution
Service
Singapore
・Principal Senior State Counsel of
the Criminal Justice Division,
Attorney General’ s Chambers
Nepal
・Chief Justice, Chairman, Council of Ministers
・Joint Secretary, Ministry of Law, Justice and Constituent Assembly Affairs
・Secretary, Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority
Pakistan
・Director General,
National Police Bureau,
Ministry of Interior
Sri Lanka
・Secretary to the Ministry of Justice
・Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Kenya
・Director-Probation and Aftercare
Services, Ministry of Interior and
Coordination of National Government
・Director of Children’ s Services, Ministry of Labor,
Social Security and Services 15Public lecture on criminal policy
Annually, UNAFEI, the Japan Criminal Policy Society and the
ACPF jointly hold a public lecture on criminal policy where
eminent overseas experts in the field of criminal justice are
invited to lecture on ground-breaking topics involving criminal
policy, crime prevention and criminal justice.
Volunteer Probation Officers (VPO)
International Seminar
UNAFEI and the Rehabilitation Bureau of the Ministry of
Justice co-organize a seminar for Japanese VPOs twice a year
in connection with UNAFEI's international training courses
and seminars.
The VPO seminar provides the VPOs with an opportunity to
exchange their views with the participants of the international
training programmes in order for the VPOs to learn about
current international trends in criminal justice and the current
situations in the countries participating in UNAFEI's courses
and seminars.
Publication
UNAFEI publishes the outcomes of its training courses
and seminars, as well as the results of its research, in its
publications and on its website. In this way UNAFEI serves
as an international information centre on the prevention of
crime and the treatment of offenders. The publications are
distributed overseas and in Japan.
・Website (http://www.unafei.or.jp/english/)
・Resource Material Series
・UNAFEI Newsletter
・Criminal Justice System in Japan
Public lectures on criminal justice policy
VPO International Seminar
UNAFEI publications
Other UNAFEI activities
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