Follow-up Seminar on Criminal Justice for Central Asia
“Addressing Corruption which hinders Countermeasures against Drug Offences:
Focusing on Ethics and Codes of Conduct for Judges, Prosecutors
and Law Enforcement Officials”
PROGRAMME OVERVIEW
1. Duration and Participants○ From 5 March to 18 March 2014
○ 10 participants from 5 countries (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan,Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan)
2. Programme Outline
UNAFEI has implemented the series of “Seminar on Criminal Justice forCentral Asia” annually for nine years starting from FY 2004. These seminarscontributed in preventing crime and improving criminal justice system in the Central
Asia Region by clarifying the problems of corruptions among criminal justiceofficials, particularly in addressing drug offence and by examining countermeasuresfor corruption including preventive measures.
This year’s seminar was held as a follow-up seminar of the nine years’ series of
the “Seminar on Criminal Justice for Central Asia” and compiled the result of theseries as well as producing the medium-and-long term action plan regarding thecountermeasure against corruption in addressing drug offence in the participatingcountries or the Central Asia Region. This seminar specifically focused on ethics
and codes of conduct for judges, prosecutors and law enforcement officials, which
are prerequisite for the proper implementation of countermeasures against drugoffences.
This Seminar also endeavored to enhance the cooperative relationships among
the criminal justice agencies within the Central Asia region.
Major topics for discussion included:
1) Status in Respective Countries:a) Status of drug offence;b) Control and punishment of drug offence;c) Issues on control of drug offence;d) Status of corruption in judiciary, prosecutorial authorities and law

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enforcement authorities;f) Status of preventive measures of corruption within judiciary, prosecutorial

authorities and law enforcement authorities;g)

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withinjudiciary,prosecutorial authorities and law enforcement authorities;2) Codes of conduct and other measures for preventing corruption:a) Codes of conduct for judges and prosecutors;b) Codes of conduct for law enforcement officials;c) Monitoring of implementation of the codes of conduct;d) Effective measures against corruption in the judiciary, prosecutorial
authorities and law enforcement authorities.
3) Appointment, education and training:a) Procedure for appointment of judges, prosecutors and law enforcement
officials;b) Legal education for judges and prosecutors regarding legal ethics;c) Education and training for law enforcement officials regarding
professional responsibility.
4) Procedural Regulations:a) Requirements and procedures for disqualification and recusal of judges
and prosecutors in criminal cases;b) Impeachment and disciplinary procedures for judges and prosecutors;c) Internal regulations for law enforcement officials to avoid a bias orconflict of interest.
3. Lectures
Lectures by UNAFEI Professors and the following experts were provided:
・ Visiting Experts
 Ms. Olga Zudova
Senior Regional Legal Adviser
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Regional Office for Central Asia
Programme Office of Kazakhstan (Almaty) Mr. Tony Kwok Man-wai2

Anti-Corruption Consultant
Former Deputy Commissioner of the Independent Commission AgainstCorruption
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
・ Ad hoc Lecturer
 Mr. Louis D’Ambrosio
Country attaché, Tokyo Country OfficeDrug Enforcement Administration
United States Department of Justice Mr. Yosuke Uchida
Ethics Officer for Planning,
National Public Service Ethics Board3