The 24th Session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
UNAFEI

Individual Statement
by Mr. NAGAI Toru, UNAFEI Professor
Workshop on the follow-up to the Thirteenth United Nations Congress on Crime
Prevention and Criminal Justice organized byUnited Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme Network ofInstitutes
2: Follow-up to the Thirteenth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention andCriminal Justice(A): Successes and challenges in implementing comprehensive crime prevention andcriminal justice policies and strategies to promote the rule of law at the national andinternational levels, and to support sustainable development

Thank you, Mr. Moderator,
On behalf of UNAFEI, I would like to introduce our recent activities for thepromotion of the rule of law, which is one of the most important elements of the Doha
Declaration.
We are a United Nations regional institute, established in 1962 by agreement
between the United Nations and the Government of Japan, with the aim of promoting
the sound development of criminal justice systems and mutual cooperation, byproviding training courses and seminars for criminal justice personnel.
The Doha Declaration stresses the need to implement UN standards and norms.
In this regard, UNAFEI has been focusing on the implementation of the Bangkok Rules
and helped coordinate Workshop 1 at the 13th Congress, along with the Raul
Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (RWI), other PNIs andthe Thailand Institute of Justice (TIJ).
The Bangkok Rules address many important aspects of the treatment andreintegration of women offenders, such as the elimination of violence against women,developing gender-specific health care, rehabilitation and reintegration programmes andso on. Considering all of these aspects, we helped coordinate the Workshop in order toshare good practices on the implementation of the Bangkok Rules.
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The 24th Session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
UNAFEI

However, as a training institute for criminal justice personnel, we would like tore-emphasize the importance of capacity building for criminal justice personnel,
including female officers. The need for such training is addressed by both the Doha
Declaration and the Bangkok Rules. Thus, we think that establishing soundorganizations through capacity-building is one of the keys to promoting the rule of law.
For example, even if laws or polices adopt the Bangkok Rules verbatim (wordfor word), and even if human rights groups are able to advocate outside of prisons forprevention of violence against woman inmates, there is no guarantee of change insideprison. In order to root out violence against women in prisons, it is crucial that theactual officers who work directly with female inmates change their mindsets andunderstand and respect the law and the UN standards and norms. Also it is crucial todevelop senior female officers in order to provide appropriate gender specific treatment
to women.
Therefore, as a training institute for criminal justice personnel, UNAFEI will
not only cooperate with law and policy makers, human rights groups, and other NGO
groups but also continue to organize the training courses and seminars for criminal
justice personnel in order to achieve universal acceptance of the rule of law, as UNAFEI
has done for the past 50 years. We believe that our network which consists of more than
5,000 UNAFEI alumni is a resource to promote the rule of law throughout the world.
In this regard, we are planning to organize various seminars both at UNAFEI
and in the Asian region in cooperation with the UNODC and other organizations, withthe aim of further implementation of the UN standards and norms such as the Tokyo
Rules, the Beijing Rules and the updated version of the SMR.
In closing, let me reassure you of UNAFEI’s continued support for the UN
Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme.
Thank you very much for your attention.

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