UNAFEI WORK PROGRAMME FOR 2002
I. TRAINING
A. 120th International Senior Seminar
The 120th International Senior Seminar, “Effective Administration of the Police and the Prosecution in Criminal
Justice” is to be held from 15 January to 15 February, 2002. The 120th International Senior Seminar will examine measures
to improve police systems and enhance methods of case screening by prosecutors. They will also look at means offacilitating better cooperation between police and prosecutors.
B. 121st International Training Course
The 121st International Training Course, “Enhancement of Community-Based Alternatives to Incarceration at allStages of the Criminal Justice Process”, is scheduled to be held from 20 May to 14 July 2002. This Course will examine
current initiatives and the use of non-custodial measures at every stage of the criminal justice process.
C. 122nd International Training Course
The theme of the 122nd International Training Course is, as yet, undecided. It is scheduled to be held from 2 September
to 3 November 2002.
D. Seventh Special Seminar for Senior Criminal Justice Officials of the People’s Republic of China
The Seventh Special Seminar for Senior Criminal Justice Officials in the People’s Republic of China, “Criminal
Justice Reform”, is scheduled to be held at UNAFEI from 25 February to 15 March 2002. Ten senior criminal justiceofficials and UNAFEI faculty will discuss contemporary problems faced by China and Japan in relation to the above theme.
E. First and Second Seminars on the Judicial System for Tajikistan
The First and Second Special Seminars for officials involved in criminal justice from Tajikistan will be held from 4
March until 21 March and from 27 May until 14 June at UNAFEI. The objectives of these courses will be to study theTajikistan and Japanese criminal justice systems and to comparatively study the current situation, problems andcountermeasures in respect of transnational crime.
F. Third Special Seminar for Kenya on Juvenile Delinquent Treatment Systems
UNAFEI will hold the Third Special Seminar for Kenyan criminal justice officials who are working for the preventionof delinquency and the treatment of juvenile delinquents in their country. The Seminar, entitled “Juvenile DelinquentTreatment Systems”, will be held from October to November 2002. The Seminar will expose Kenyan officials to theworkings of the Japanese juvenile justice and treatment systems through lectures and observation visits to relevant
agencies.
G. Fifth Special Training Course on Corruption Control in Criminal Justice
UNAFEI will conduct the Fifth Special Training Course entitled “Corruption Control in Criminal Justice” from
October to November 2002. In this course, foreign officials engaged in corruption control will comparatively analyze
the current situation of corruption, methods of corruption prevention, and measures to enhance international cooperationin this regard. During this course there will be a joint programme between the International Association of Penal Lawand UNAFEI.

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MAIN ACTIVITIESII. TECHNICAL COOPERATION
A. Joint Seminars
Currently the venue and the theme of UNAFEI’s joint seminar for 2002 are undecided. It is likely that the joint
seminar will be held in either Indonesia or Pakistan.
B. Regional Training Programmes
1. Costa Rica
In July 2002, two UNAFEI professors will represent the Institute at the Fourth International Training Course on theImprovement of Prison Conditions and Correctional Programmes, San Jose, Costa Rica.
C. Others
From July to September 2002, one or two UNAFEI professors will be dispatched to Kenya to assist the Children’s
Department of the Ministry of Home Affairs and National Heritage in a project to develop nationwide standards for thetreatment of juvenile offenders.
III. OTHER ACTIVITIESA. Joint Seminar for the Ratification of the UN TOC Convention
The United Nations Centre for International Crime Prevention (CICP) and UNAFEI will hold a Joint Seminar for
the Ratification of the UN TOC Convention from 17 to 19 July 2002 at the Osaka branch of UNAFEI. Between 30 and35 participants will come from between 15 and 20 developing countries from all over the Asia and Pacific region. Theissues to be discussed at the Seminar will be the outstanding achievements made by the TOC Convention, legal/practicalinformation that is necessary for the drafting of national legislation which complies with the TOC Convention and technicalassistance that can be provided by the CICP.
B. Fortieth Anniversary Ceremony and Symposium
As UNAFEI will celebrate its 40th anniversary in 2002, the 40th Anniversary Ceremony and Symposium will beheld from 2 to 3 October 2002. This celebration will be held together with the ACPF (Asian Crime Prevention Foundation)
which celebrates its twentieth anniversary at the same time. The celebrations will be held at the Ministry of Justice inTokyo. The theme of the Symposium will be “Regional Strategies for Combating Corruption in the Context ofDevelopment.” UNAFEI alumni from Japan and abroad will be invited to this occasion.

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