ANNUAL REPORTFOR 2021•

Main Activities of UNAFEI•

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MAIN ACTIVITIES OF UNAFEI(1 January 2021 – 31 December 2021)
I. ROLE AND MANDATE
The Asia and Far East Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders(UNAFEI) was established in Tokyo, Japan, in 1962 pursuant to an agreement between the United
Nations and the Government of Japan. Its goal is to contribute to sound social development in the
Asia and the Pacific region by promoting regional cooperation in the field of crime prevention andcriminal justice, through training and research.
UNAFEI has paid utmost attention to the priority themes identified by the Commission on
Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice. Moreover, UNAFEI has been taking up urgent,contemporary problems in the administration of criminal justice in the region, especially problems
generated by rapid socio-economic change (e.g., transnational organized crime, corruption,
economic and computer crime and the reintegration of prisoners into society) as the main themes
and topics for its training courses, seminars and research projects.
II. TRAINING
Training is the principal area and priority of the Institute's work programmes. In theinternational training courses and seminars, participants from different areas of the criminal justicefield discuss and study pressing problems of criminal justice administration from various
perspectives. They deepen their understanding, with the help of lectures and advice from the
UNAFEI faculty, visiting experts and ad hoc lecturers. This so-called "problem-solving throughan integrated approach" is one of the chief characteristics of UNAFEI programmes.
Each year, UNAFEI conducts two international training courses and one international seminar.
Government officials from various overseas countries receive fellowships from the Japan
International Cooperation Agency (JICA is an independent administrative institution for ODA
programmes) each year to participate in all UNAFEI training programmes.
Training courses and seminars are attended by both overseas and Japanese participants.
Overseas participants come not only from the Asia-Pacific region but also from the Middle andNear East, Latin America and Africa. These participants are experienced practitioners andadministrators holding relatively senior positions in the criminal justice field.
The global Covid-19 pandemic had a significant impact on UNAFEI’s activities during the2021 calendar year. All international training courses and a seminar were postponed until
September 2021, when UNAFEI resumed its courses in an exclusively online format.
By the end of 2021, UNAFEI had conducted a total of 176 international training courses andseminars. UNAFEI also conducts a number of other specialized courses, both country and subject
focused, in which hundreds of other participants from many countries have been involved. Over6,100 criminal justice personnel representing 141 different countries and administrative regions
have participated in these training courses and seminars. In their respective countries, UNAFEI
alumni have been playing leading roles and hold important posts in the fields of crime prevention
and the treatment of offenders, and in related organizations.
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A. The 175th International Training Course
1. Title, Duration and Participants
The 175th International Training Course on the “Treatment of Women Offenders” took
place online from 26 October to 11 November 2021, with 21 overseas participants from 11
jurisdictions.
2. Programme Overview
This programme focused on the treatment of women offenders, aiming to enhanceknowledge and understanding on gender-responsive offender treatment in the community andin prisons by taking into account the gender-specific needs of women offenders. Due to the
Covid-19 pandemic, the programme was conducted online. To account for the time differences
and work duties of each participant, the participants were divided into two groups, and eachgroup had live Q&A sessions with the lecturers, discussions and individual presentations online.
The participants were also provided a virtual conference room and chat room through which
they were able to communicate with the UNAFEI faculty and staff members as well as theircolleagues in real time.
3. Lecturers(a) Lectures
Lectures were video-recorded in advance, and the participants watched them on-demand.
They submitted questions to the lecturers online in advance of the live Q&A sessions with thelecturers. Lectures were given by an expert from the United States, ad hoc lecturers from Japanand a UNAFEI faculty member:(i) Expert from the USA
Dr. Stephanie S. Covington (Co-Director, Institute for Relational Development andCo- Director, Center for Gender & Justice)“Gendered Justice: Creating Services for Women”(ii) Ad hoc lecturers
Ms. KAMIOKA Harue (Founder of the Women’s Drug Addiction Rehabilitation
Center “DARC”)“Mother-child Support Programme for Women with Drug Use Disorders and Their
Kids”“Outcomes of Interviews with Women with Lived Experiences of Addiction and
Their Children”
Ms. KINOSHITA Toshimi (President of the women’s halfway house “Ryozenkai”)“Halfway House (Rehabilitation Facility) ‘Ryozenkai’”Ms. ODAGIRI Mari (Chief of the Sendai Regional Correction Headquarters)“Characteristics of Women’s Correctional Institutions – Challenges and Solutions”
In addition, Professor TAKAI Ayaka from UNAFEI provided a lecture on “Supervision of
Female Clients in Community Settings in Japan”.
(b) Q&A Sessions with the Lecturers
The Q&A session with Dr. Covington helped deepen the participants’ understanding on thetheoretical background and scientific evidence that support the idea of gender-responsive
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aspects of effective gender-responsive offender treatment in the community and prison settings.
During the Q&A session with Dr. Covington, the participants were divided into two breakout
rooms to discuss and propose a plan to put into practice the Guiding Principles for GenderResponsive Services recommended by Dr. Covington in her lecture. Each group presented theoutcomes of their discussions and was given feedback by Dr. Covington.
4. Action Plans
At the end of the programme, participants were required to make and present their actionplans to improve the treatment of women offenders in each jurisdiction based on what they hadlearned throughout the programme. It was obvious from the Action Plans presented by theparticipants that everyone remarkably enhanced their understanding on gender-responsive
offender treatment and was eager to put their plans into practice in their jurisdictions, and a lotof interesting ideas were proposed to achieve gender-responsive offender treatment.
5. Feedback from the Participants
We received a lot of positive feedback from the participants, such as “This was the firsttime to learn about the concept of ‘gender-responsiveness’”, and “It was a great experience toshare our practices with other participants”. There were also many requests for in-person
training and follow-up training. We are sure that all the participants will make the most of what
they have learned throughout the programme, and despite the inability to meet in person, it wasworth providing the opportunity to learn from each other online.
6. Comments from the Programming Officer (Professor SASAKI Ayako)
The concept of gender-responsive offender treatment and its practical application isrelatively new in the long history of corrections in Japan, and while it seemed to be alien to theparticipants at the beginning of this programme, we saw that women offenders in every
jurisdiction share many similar issues in areas such as drug addiction, traumatic experiences,intimate relationship violence and abuse, and parental responsibilities. It was also clear that theparticipants had been aware of those issues in their daily duties of treating women offenders
and that the concept of gender responsiveness provided the participants with a theoreticalframework and scientific approach that would be useful in practice. The course also enabled
the participants to share a lot of suggestions on how to effectively handle practical issues.
During the programme, I was pleased to hear from some participants that they had alreadyshared with their colleagues the knowledge they gained through this programme, and I am
confident that the outcomes of this programme will contribute to the development of treatmentof women offenders in their respective jurisdictions.
B. The 176th International Training Course [Note: NL 163]
1. Title, Duration and Participants
The 176th International Training Course on “Achieving Inclusive Societies throughEffective Criminal Justice Policies and Practices” took place online from 15 November
to 9 December 2021, with 17 overseas participants from 11 jurisdictions.
2. Programme Overview
Goal 16 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (SDGs) seeks to achieve
peaceful and inclusive societies, and this training course aimed to promote the role of criminal
justice in achieving such societies. This programme offers participants an opportunity toshare experiences and knowledge on (i) Effective measures to support crime victims and (ii)
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facilitate offenders’ social reintegration. This programme was exclusively conducted online
due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
3. The Content of the Programme(a) Lectures
In order to maximize the effectiveness of the programme, all lectures delivered by external
lecturers in English, including their respective Q&A sessions, were conducted in a live online
format. However, since the participants needed to continue their professional and family
duties during the programme, other lectures were recorded in advance and broadcast ondemand. Specifically, participants were asked to watch on-demand video lectures and to
submit their questions for the lectures via an online learning management system. The
lecturers then answered the questions during recorded Q&A sessions that were broadcast ondemand. This way, we tried to provide both convenience and interactivity while delivering
the training on demand.
In this programme, participants also watched on-demand video lectures by UNAFEI
professors on the criminal justice system in Japan as a preliminary assignment and submitted
their questions online.
In addition, the following two visiting experts from overseas and three ad hoc lecturers
from Japan were invited to share their knowledge on the theme of this training course:(i) Visiting Experts
1. Ms. Vera Tkachenko
Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Officer
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)“Rethinking incarceration: Promoting partnerships to reduce reoffending”
2. His Honour Judge Jonathan Cooper
Deputy Resident Judge for Cambridgeshire,“Community Sentences in England and Wales”

UnitedKingdom(ii) Ad hoc lecturer
1. Mr. MUTO Issei
Assistant Director, Crime Victim Support Office Education, Training and Welfare
Division, Commissioner-General's Secretariat, National Police Agency“Crime Victim Support Provided by the Police”
2. Mr. HONDA Yuichiro
Public Prosecutor
Chief, Social Reintegration Support Office, General Affairs Department, Tokyo
District Public Prosecutors’ Office“Efforts of the Social Reintegration Support Office”
3. Ms. TOMITA Satoko Attorney at Law, Chief, International Affairs Office, Japan
Legal Support Center“Japan Legal Support Center”

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Participants were divided into two groups based on time zones and the themes of theirchoice for the Individual Presentations sessions and discussions.
Individual Presentations
Participants shared the practices and the challenges in their respective jurisdictions
regarding the theme of the Programme through their individual presentations. All thepresentations were recorded and uploaded online for reference by participants inother groups or those who could not attend the sessions.
Discussions
Participants had fruitful discussions on the themes of the Programme: (i) Effective
measures to support crime victims and (ii) Effective measures in the pre-trial, trial andsentencing stages to prevent reoffending and facilitate offenders’ social reintegration.
(i) Effective measures to support crime victims
The participants discussed and shared their perceptions of the differences in victim andwitness protection systems in different countries. This served as the basis for the following
discussion. In addition to the above, we shared knowledge about the system and its operationin each country, including measures to prevent secondary victimization, including witness
protection, the use of victim impact statements to appropriately consider the impact of theincident on the victim in sentencing, legal aid for victims who are particularly vulnerable andneed special consideration, such as underage victims and female victims of sexual crimes, anddamage recovery through restorative justice in each jurisdiction. The usefulness, challenges
and operation of these systems were the subject of discussion. Although the systems adopted
to support victims differ in each jurisdiction, prevention of secondary victimization bycriminal justice actors is the first priority, and practical efforts to enable investigators andjudicial officers to treat victims in an appropriate manner, as well as the enhancement oftraining to realize such efforts, are necessary to reduce the barriers for victims to report their
victimization. It was also shared that these efforts enable victims to report the damage,facilitate the investigation of cases and enhance the cooperation of victims in conducting trials.
(ii) Effective measures in the pre-trial, trial and sentencing stages to prevent reoffending
and facilitate offenders’ social reintegration
As measures to reintegrate offenders into society, the legal frameworks and practices ofvarious jurisdictions were introduced, including alcohol and drug courts, and various
educational programmes to promote the reintegration of offenders into society. In addition, inmany countries, prisons are suffering from overcrowding, which hinders appropriate
correctional education for offenders. As the causes of overcrowding, participants shared thedifferent problematic situations in each jurisdiction, such as the overuse of arrest and pre-trial
detention, strict bail criteria and insufficient use of non-custodial sentencing. Then the needto improve the situation was shared. Based on this, measures to improve practice werediscussed.
(c) Action Plans
Each participant concluded the programme by presenting their own action plans based on
the challenges they identified and what they learned in the lectures, presentations by thecolleagues and discussions.

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4. Feedback from the Participants
Most of the participants said that they would have preferred to have the training in Japanbecause they would have liked to visit the relevant facilities to deepen their understanding of
the actual practices, and they would have liked more time to interact with each other, including
in informal situations. On the other hand, they also commented that they were able to cultivate
knowledge online.
5. Comments from the Programming Officer
Although we see words and concepts such as the SDGs and inclusive society more andmore, criminal justice practitioners are not often aware of them in their daily practice.
However, it is important for them to think about the nature and history of criminal justice andthe direction they should aim toward in the future by cultivating their consideration of topics
that are closely related to practice. It can also serve as a milestone when dealing with difficult
cases for which there are no fixed answers or when considering the framework and operationof a new system. In this sense, this training course included a long-term perspective toward
2030, the target year of the SDGs. I believe that this training course provided many useful hints
for our long-term vision for the next 10 years. As the programming officer of this training
course, I was exposed to a variety of ideas relating to inclusive societies, and I feel that I wasable to update my own mindset. I hope the participants are able to utilize the knowledge gained
from this training course for the future development of criminal justice procedures in theirjurisdictions.
III. SPECIAL TRAINING COURSES, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND OTHER
ACTIVITIES
A. The Comparative Study on Criminal Justice Systems of Japan and Nepal
From 15 to 19 February 2021, 12 Nepalese criminal justice practitioners discussed
challenges to the implementation of the new Criminal Procedure Code in Nepal.
B. Training Course for Corrections Officers in the Philippines
For a total of 13 days from 18 January to 26 March 2021, an online training was held by
UNAFEI and the UNODC Regional Office for Southeast Asia and the Pacific in Bangkok, atwhich 42 corrections officers from the Manila City Jail and 34 officials from the Probation and
Parole Administration discussed offender assessment and rehabilitation programmes.
C. Training for Timor-Leste on Prison Reform
From 6 to 7 May, 11 officials from the National Directorate of Prison Services and Social
Reintegration and prison staff from Timor-Leste participated in an online training course on
the theme of “Development of assessment tools”. The course was held by UNAFEI and the
UNODC Regional Office for Southeast Asia and the Pacific in Bangkok.
D. UNODC/UNAFEI Joint Project for Cambodia on the Development of Community
Corrections
On 16 July and 8 October, 48 criminal justice practitioners from Cambodia participated in
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E. The First Youth International Training Course
From 2 to 6 August, 23 youth participants from Japan and overseas participated in an online
training course on the theme of Youth Initiatives for Prevention of and Desistance from Drugrelated Offences.
F. The 23rd UNAFEI UNCAC Training Programme
From 22 September to 18 October 2021, 27 criminal justice practitioners from 19 countries
discussed “Tackling Emerging Threats of Corruption in the Borderless and Digitalized World”.
G. The Fourteenth Regional Seminar on Good Governance for Southeast AsianCountries
Due to the global pandemic, the 14th Good Governance Seminar, originally scheduled tobe held in December, was rescheduled to 23 and 24 March 2021. The Seminar, which was held
online, addressed the theme of “Integrity and Independence of Judges, Prosecutors and Law
Enforcement Officials”.
H. The Fifteenth Regional Seminar on Good Governance for Southeast Asian Countries
The 15th Good Governance Seminar was held online from 20 to 22 December 2021 on thetheme of “Effective International Cooperation for Combating Corruption”.
IV. ALUMNI WEBINARS
A. Third Alumni Webinar
On 12 February 2021, UNAFEI, together with JICA, held its third alumni webinar, which
was attended by over 70 practitioners. This webinar was a forum for UNAFEI alumni to meet
online and focused on reducing reoffending, which was the main theme of Workshop 2 of the
Fourteenth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice. The webinar
included four presentations, including an introduction of the topics that were discussed during
Workshop 2, a presentation on reducing reoffending of female offenders by the Thailand
Institute of Justice (TIJ) and reports by two UNAFEI alumni (Malaysia and Papua New Guinea)
on their efforts for reducing reoffending in their respective countries. A Q&A session was held
during the webinar, and an informal alumni networking session took place after the formal
session.
V.

INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION SERVICES

The Institute continues to collect data and other resource materials on crime trends, crime
prevention strategies and the treatment of offenders from Asia, the Pacific, Africa, Europe and theAmericas, and makes use of this information in its training courses and seminars. The Informationand Library Service of the Institute has been providing, upon request, materials and information
to United Nations agencies, governmental organizations, research institutes and researchers, both
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VI. PUBLICATIONS
A. Annual Publications
Reports on training courses and seminars are published regularly by the Institute. Since
1971, the Institute has issued the Resource Material Series, which contains contributions by thefaculty members, visiting experts and participants of UNAFEI courses and seminars. In 2021,
the 112th edition of the Resource Material Series was published. Additionally, issue 162 (onthe 175th International Training Course) of the UNAFEI Newsletter was published, which
included a brief report on the seminar and other timely information. These publications are alsoavailable on UNAFEI’s website at http://www.unafei.or.jp/english.
B. The Report of Workshop 2
As it has done for previous workshops, UNAFEI published the report of Workshop 2 of the
Fourteenth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice on “Reducing
Reoffending: Identifying Risks and Developing Solutions”. The report was published in
November 2021 in print and electronically on UNAFEI’s website. The 242-page reportcontains the background paper for the workshop (A/CONF.234/9), the official report of theworkshop (A/CONF.234/L.4), presentation papers by the keynote speakers and workshop
panellists and other information related to the workshop.
C. Research Studies by UNAFEI Professors
UNAFEI’s main work is to conduct international training courses and seminars for
personnel in crime prevention and criminal justice administration in developing countries
around the world, as well as regional and bilateral support and research on crime prevention
and treatment of offenders. Through long-term international training and regional and bilateralsupport, UNAFEI has accumulated knowledge on criminal justice in various countries, mainlyin the participating countries.
Based on this knowledge, we have published “Prevention of Crime and Treatment of
Offenders”, also known as UNAFEI’s Resource Material Series, and other publications to
introduce criminal justice systems in Japan and other Asian countries in the past.
Due to the global Covid-19 pandemic, many of the training programmes planned for the
fiscal year of 2020 were postponed. Accordingly, UNAFEI decided to make use of this time to
conduct research and publicize the results in Japanese. The outcome of our efforts are two
Japanese publications: “Criminal Justice and Criminal Treatment Systems in Countries
Assisted by UNAFEI – Cambodia, Kenya, Myanmar, Nepal and Viet Nam” and “AntiCorruption Strategies in Southeast Asia”. These publications were published in 2021.
VII. OTHER ACTIVITIES
A. Public Lecture Programme
On 29 January 2021, the 39th Public Lecture Programme was conducted online due to the
Covid-19 pandemic. 323 participants from 26 countries and regions attended. This
Programme was jointly sponsored by the Asia Crime Prevention Foundation (ACPF), the Japan
Criminal Policy Society (JCPS) and UNAFEI.
The Public Lecture Programme increases the public’s awareness of criminal justice issues,
through comparative international study, by inviting distinguished speakers from abroad. In
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2021, Mr. Lee Ying Wai, Jacky, Acting Senior Superintendent, Hong Kong Correctional
Services Department, Hong Kong, and Professor Nicola Padfield, Professor in Criminal andPenal Justice at the Law Faculty, University of Cambridge, were invited as speakers. They
presented on “Smart Prison Development in Hong Kong” and “Evaluating ‘Smarter Sentencing’and ‘Smarter Punishments’: a View from England”, respectively.
B. The 14th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
From 7 to 12 March 2021, UNAFEI faculty members and staff participated in the 14th United
Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (the “Kyoto Congress”), which washeld in Kyoto, Japan at the Kyoto International Conference Center. In close collaboration with the
UNODC and the Thailand Institute of Justice, UNAFEI played a leading role in organizing thesubstance and format of Workshop 2 on the topic of reducing reoffending. In addition to its rolein the workshop, UNAFEI faculty members were directly involved in the following Congress
events and ancillary meetings:(i) Plenary, High-level Segment, Statement by Director SETO Takeshi on UNAFEI’s
activities;(ii) Plenary, Statement by Director SETO Takeshi as the Scientific Moderator of Workshop 2
on the outcome of the workshop;(iii) Ancillary meeting, “The World Congress for Community Volunteers Supporting Offender
Reintegration”, hosted by the Rehabilitation Bureau of the Ministry of Justice of Japanand UNAFEI;(iv) Ancillary meeting, “Follow-up to the UNAFEI Training Courses and Seminars”, hosted
by UNAFEI and Asia Crime Prevention Foundation (ACPF);(v) Ancillary meeting, “Five Years of the Nelson Mandela Rules”, hosted by the Raoul
Wallenberg Institute (RWI);(vi) Ancillary meeting, “Rehabilitation and Social Reintegration of Women Prisoners andOffenders”, hosted by UNAFEI and the Thailand Institute of Justice (TIJ).
C. The Kyoto Congress Youth Forum
From 27 to 28 February 2021, UNAFEI a faculty member participated in the Kyoto Congress
Youth Forum as a moderator for thematic group discussions on “Youth engagement in preventing
youth crime and reintegrating youth offenders”. The outcomes of these discussions were conveyed
to the plenary session of the Kyoto Congress.
D. Assisting UNAFEI Alumni Activities
Various UNAFEI alumni associations in several countries have commenced, or are about tocommence, research activities in their respective criminal justice fields. It is, therefore, one of theimportant tasks of UNAFEI to support these contributions to improve the crime situationinternationally.
E. Overseas Missions and International Conferences
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, UNAFEI faculty and staff were unable to participate inany overseas missions, but we attended international conferences and events which were held
online or in hybrid format. The major conferences and events UNAFEI attended were as
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follows:
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April
64th session of the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (Director Seto,
Professor Miyagawa, Professor Takai, Professor Sasaki, Professor Otsuka, Professor
Tanaka)May
Special session of the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention
against Corruption on the preparations for the special session of the General Assembly(UNGASS) against corruption (Professor Watanabe, Professor Okuda)
The thirtieth session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice(Director Seto, Deputy Director Irie, Professor Watanabe, Professor Hosokawa, Professor
Okuda, Professor Yamana, Professor Miyagawa, Professor Takai, Professor Sasaki,
Professor Otsuka, Professor Tanaka)
June
GCTF Criminal Justice and Rule of Law (CJ-ROL) Working Group Review meeting(Professor Yamana)
Review of Implementation of the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC)(Professor Okuda)
The 12th Annual Meeting of the Asian Criminological Society (Professor Takai, Professor
Sasaki, Mr. Thomas L. Schmid) *Former Deputy Director Ishihara also attended
September
Resumed twelfth session of the Implementation Review Group (IRG) for UNCAC(Director Morinaga, Deputy Director Irie, Professor Okuda)
UNDP Webinar (Professor Miyagawa, Professor Otsuka)
Information Briefing for the intersessional meeting of the thirtieth session of theCommission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (Professor Yamana, Professor
Takai, Professor Sasaki)
October
The first Global Youth Forum for a Culture of Lawfulness (Professor Okuda, Professor
Miyagawa, Professor Otsuka)
Forum on Post Release Supervision and Support in Kyrgyzstan (Professor Tanaka,
Professor Takai, Professor Otsuka)
ICPA (International Corrections and Prisons Association) annual Conference (Professor
Miyagawa, Professor Takai)
November
The third intersessional meeting of the thirtieth session of the Commission on Crime
Prevention and Criminal (Director Morinaga, Deputy Director Irie, Professor Watanabe,
Professor Okuda, Professor Yamana, Professor Takai, Professor Sasaki)
GCTF Countering Violent Extremism Working Group Working Group Session I (Director
Morinaga)
Informal Technical Consultation: Treatment of Drug Use Disorders and Associated Mental
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Health Disorders in Prison Settings (Professor Miyagawa, Professor Sasaki)-

December
GCTF Criminal Justice and Rule of Law Working Group (Director Morinaga)
Asia-Pacific Regional Seminar of Judges on the Rome Statute and the International
Criminal Court (Professor Hosokawa)
GCTF Countering Violent Extremism Working Group Workshop Session II (Director
Morinaga, Deputy Director Irie)
Virtual Preparatory Consultations: Key Elements of Model Strategy on Reducing
Reoffending (Director Morinaga, Professor Sasaki, Professor Takai)
The reconvened thirtieth session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal
Justice (Deputy Director Irie, Professor Yamana)
The ninth session of the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention
against Corruption (Deputy Director Irie, Professor Okuda)

F. Assisting ACPF Activities
UNAFEI cooperates and collaborates with the ACPF to improve crime prevention andcriminal justice administration in the region. Since UNAFEI and the ACPF have many similargoals, and a large part of the ACPF’s membership consists of UNAFEI alumni, the relationshipbetween the two is very strong.
VIII. HUMAN RESOURCES
A. Staff
In 1970, the Government of Japan assumed full financial and administrative responsibility
for running the Institute. The Director, Deputy Director and approximately nine professors are
selected from among public prosecutors, the judiciary, corrections, probation and the police.
UNAFEI also has approximately 15 administrative staff members, who are appointed fromamong officials of the Government of Japan, and a linguistic adviser. Moreover, the Ministryof Justice invites visiting experts from abroad to each training course and seminar. The Institutehas also received valuable assistance from various experts, volunteers and related agencies in
conducting its training programmes.
B. Faculty and Staff Changes
Ms. ISHIHARA Kayo, formerly deputy director of UNAFEI, was transferred to the Osaka
High Public Prosecutors Office in April 2021.
Mr. FUTAGOISHI Ryo, formerly a professor of UNAFEI, was transferred to the Sendai
District Public Prosecutors Office in April 2021.
Mr. OTANI Junichiro, formerly a professor of UNAFEI, was transferred to the Tokyo
District Public Prosecutors Office in April 2021.
Mr. MORIKAWA Takeshi, formerly a professor of UNAFEI, was transferred to theInternational Affairs Division, Minister’s Secretariat, Ministry of Justice, in April 2021.
Mr. FURUHASHI Takuya, formerly a professor of UNAFEI, was transferred to theInternational Affairs Division, Minister’s Secretariat, Ministry of Justice, in April 2021.
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Mr. SETO Takeshi, formerly director of UNAFEI, was transferred to the Supreme Public
Prosecutors Office in July 2021.
Ms. IRIE Junko, formerly a prosecutor of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office,
was appointed as Deputy Director of UNAFEI in April 2021.
Mr. OKUDA Yoshinori, formerly a prosecutor of the Himeji Branch of the Kobe District
Public Prosecutors Office, was appointed as a professor of UNAFEI in April 2021.
Mr. YAMANA Rompei, formerly a prosecutor of the Koriyama Branch of the Fukushima
District Public Prosecutors Office, was appointed as a professor of UNAFEI in April 2021.
Ms. MIYAGAWA Tsubura, formerly the chief instructor of the Okinawa Juvenile
Training School for Girls, was appointed as a professor of UNAFEI in April 2021.
Ms. TANAKA Mii, formerly an officer of Supervision Division, the Rehabilitation
Bureau, Ministry of Justice, was appointed as a professor of UNAFEI in April 2021.
Mr. MORINAGA Taro, formerly Director of the International Cooperation Department,
Research and Training Institute, was appointed as Director of UNAFEI in July 2021.
Mr. FUJITA Takeshi, chief of secretariat of UNAFEI, was transferred to the Tokyo High
Public Prosecutors Office in April 2021.
Mr. YAMANE Kenji, formerly a chief of the Training and Hostel Management Affairs
Section of UNAFEI, was transferred to the Toyama District Public Prosecutors Office in April
2021.
Mr. TADA Ryosei, formerly an officer of The General Affairs and Planning Department,
the Research and Training Institute, was appointed as a chief of Secretariat of UNAFEI in April
2021.
Mr. YAMAMOTO Shinichi, formerly an Assistant Director of the International Affairs
Division, the Criminal Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Justice, was appointed as a chief of theTraining and Hostel Management Affairs Section of UNAFEI in April 2021.
Mr. YOSHIHARA Daiki, formerly an instructor of the Hiroshima Juvenile Classification
Home, was appointed as a senior officer of the Training and Hostel Management Affairs
Section of UNAFEI in April 2021.
Ms. OTANI Makiko, formerly an officer of the International Affairs Division, Minister’s
Secretariat, Ministry of Justice, was appointed as an officer of the Training and Hostel
Management Affairs Section of UNAFEI in April 2021.
IX. FINANCESThe Ministry of Justice primarily provides the Institute’s budget. UNAFEI’s total budget for
its programmes is approximately ¥120 million per year. Additionally, JICA and the ACPF provide
assistance for the Institute's international training courses and seminars.
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Distribution of Participants by Professional Backgrounds and Countries(1st International Training Course - 176th International Senior Seminar, U.N.Human Rights Courses and 1 Special Course)
As of 31 December 2021
Professional Background
Country/Area
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24

Judicial and
Other
Administration

PublicProsecutors

Judge

Afghanistan

119Bangladesh

24

15

PoliceOfficials
6

Correctional
Officials(Adult)5
22

BhutanCorrectional
Officials(Juvenile)

Probation
ParoleOfficers

Family Court
Investigation
Officers

Child
WelfareOfficers

Social
WelfareOfficers

Training &Research
Officers

Others

Total

1
5

1

32
4

6

2

23

Brunei4

Cambodia

2

3

1

7

China

13

5

5

10

Georgia

23
2

6

1

14
8

41

3

1

83

6

1

Hong Kong

22

12

79

1
32

3

9

1

1

2

4

6

India

15

10

55

7

Indonesia

23

25

33

34

15

Iran

5

12

8

8

6

Iraq

6

3

3

8

5

Jordan

2

1

3

7

2

Korea

13

3

53

6

37

1

2

4

101

4

144

1

42

5

2

32

4

3

119

15

Kyrgyzstan

1

2

3

Laos

16

9

7

10

42

Malaysia

26

2

7

52

37

Maldives

6

4

5

9

2

Mongolia

413Myanmar

12

1

1

12

Nepal

40

18

18

34

1

4

22

13

3

48

4

1

9

29

44

Oman
Pakistan
Palestine

2

Philippines

25

8

4

1

6

3

1

2

28
2

10

4

30
3

113

2

2

101

5

7

161

1

1

17

1

1

75

1

138

5
8

1

2

11

3

17

1

Saudi Arabia

5

7

3

Singapore

12

18

5

12

10

3

10

Sri Lanka

24

25

27

25

20

1

11

Taiwan

12

4

2

2

1

Tajikistan

2

3

1
3

1

7

3
1

9

3

21
5

Timor-Leste

3

1

4

8

1

215
8

Thailand

29

51

46

19

Turkey

2

1

1

2

1

1

United Arab Emirates

1
4

2

1

1

1

5

6

8

253

277

495

234

4

2
5

2

Uzbekistan
Viet nam

16

Yemen

2

A S I A

399

Algeria
Botswana

2

Cameroon

4

Cote d'Ivoire

22

9

1

8

1

4

6

49

52

1

4
40

86

4

4

31

1

11

1

5

13

5

2

3

4

2

1

5

5

3

Ethiopia3

1

2

Gabonese Repubulic

2

20
11
3

1

6

2

Ghana

1

1

5

Guinea

2

1

4

Kenya

13

3

14

6

Lesotho

2
1

8
7

10

2

1

20

1

2

71

2

Liberia3
1

Madagascar

1

1
3

1

1

2

2

Mozambique1

Namibia

3

Niger

1

1
4
4

1

Morocco

4
1

1

5

4

1

1

2

Somalia

1

1

10

1

1

3

1

2

7

7

7

1

Nigeria18

2

Gambia

Mauritius

1,924
6

2

1

9
46

2

Egypt

Mali

21

1

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Malawi

147

1
1

18
1

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25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14

South Africa

4

Seychelles

4

Sudan

2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11

1

Swaziland
Tanzania

13

Tunisia3

7

1

Zambia1

Zimbabwe

1

AFRICA

47

42

Australia

1

1

Fiji

7

Kiribati

1

Marshall Island

1

9

2
2

25
2

1

6

8

3

8

12

44

106

1

33

2

1

9

22

2

10

3

1

57

5
1

2

1

2

1

1

6

2

2

1

27

10

9

2

1

3

2

2

7

4

6
3

Tonga

2

1
1

4

2

39

3

19

73

38

2

2

0

2

Vanuatu

Antigua and Barbuda

3

Barbados

75

1

13

1

19

1
0

22

8
0

0

3

1

5

1
1
1

1

1
32

4
2

Chile

1

1

4

Colombia

3

1

2

6

Costa Rica

3

5

5

Dominican Republic

1

1

2

1

4

1

5

Grenada

1

14

2

16
2

1

6

1

1

1

1
2

1

Guyana

3

1

Haiti

1
2

12
1

1

Honduras

2

8
1
1

1

6

66

2

Ecuador

7
3

1

23

203
2

2

4

1

4

9

2
1

1

4

1

4

315

1

1

Samoa

Brazil

4

7

4

17

Solomon Islands

Bolivia

1

4

Palau
17

0

3

1

Papua New Guinea

24
1

1

Guatemala

20

5

Nauru

El Salvador

2

1

1

Belize91

Micronesia

Argentina

1

5

1

1

Cook Islands

New Zealand

1
1

2
4

UgandaTHE PACIFIC
1

2

3

1

5
4
1

8

1

11

Jamaica3

2

Mexico

2

2

1

5

9

5

2

17

1

9

4

5

1

1

Nicaragua
1Paraguay

1

Peru

4

10

Saint Christopher and Nevis

11

1

1

1

Saint Vincent
Trinidad and Tobago

11PanamaSaint Lucia

5

1

12

1

1

2

2
1

3

2
1

2
1

2

U.S.A.

1

Uruguay1

3Venezuela

1

NORTH & SOUTH AMERICA

32

Albania1

Armenia

1

Azerbaijan

2

22

1

12

51

118

3
1
17

3

2

1

2

1

4

15
14

2

3

2
1

Estonia1

1
2

Hungary1

267

1

Bulgaria

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

27

1
2
1

Lithuania

1

1

Moldova1

1Poland1

1

Ukraine

1

2

4

EUR OPE

8

2

5

6

0

0

0

0

0

JAPAN

119

214

336

113

110

102

235

72

TOTAL

644

536

732

911

432

147

369

77

1

1

9

0

1

1

23

1

1

38

2

48

93

1,482

45

57

116

149

4,215

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

Note: This chart covers UNAFEI's International Training Courses, International Senior Seminars, U.N.Human Rights Courses and 1 Special Course completed by 31 December 2021; participants of other categories of training courses are notreported.

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MAIN STAFF OF UNAFEI

Faculty:
Mr. MORINAGA Taro

Director

Ms. IRIE Junko

Deputy Director

Ms. WATANABE Machiko

Professor

Mr. HOSOKAWA Hidehito

Professor

Mr. OKUDA Yoshinori

Professor

Mr. YAMANA Rompei

Professor

Ms. MIYAGAWA Tsubura

Professor
Chief of Research Division

Ms. TAKAI Ayaka

Professor

Ms. SASAKI Ayako
Mr. OTSUKA Takeaki

Professor
Professor
Chief of Information and Public Relations

Ms. TANAKA Mii

Professor

Mr. Thomas L. Schmid

Linguistic Adviser

Secretariat:
Mr. TADA Ryosei

Chief of Secretariat

Mr. KOJITANI Masaaki

Chief of Planning Affairs Section

Mr. YAMAMOTO Shinichi

Chief of Training and Hostel Management
Affairs Section

Mr. OKUBO Shirou

Chief of General Affairs Section

Mr. ITO Akihiro

Chief of Financial Affairs Section

AS OF 31 DECEMBER 2021

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2021 VISITING EXPERTS

THE 175TH INTERNATIONAL TRAINING COURSE
Dr. Stephanie S. Covington

Co-Director, Institute for Relational Development
Co-Director, Center for Gender & Justice
United States of America

THE 176TH INTERNATIONAL TRAINING COURSE
Ms. Vera Tkachenko

Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Officer
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

His Honour Judge Jonathan Cooper

Deputy Resident Judge for Cambridgeshire
United Kingdom

THE 23RD UNAFEI UNCAC TRAINING PROGRAMME
Dr. Thomas DoughertyInternational Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property
Attorney for Central, Southern and Eastern Europe
U.S. Department of Justice
United States of America

Mr. Lam Seow Kin

Deputy Director, Investigations
Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau
Singapore

Mr. Robin Lee

Chief, Digital Technology Office, Deputy Director,
Investigations
Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau
Singapore

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2021 UNAFEI PARTICIPANTS

THE 175TH INTERNATIONAL TRAINING COURSE
Overseas Participants
Ms. Desiana Natalia Sagita

Poverty Eradication and Gender Officer
Poverty Eradication and Gender Division
ASEAN Secretariat
ASEAN Community (Indonesia)

Ms. Flory Flores Sanchez

Jail Senior Superintendent/ Deputy Director for
Welfare and Development/ Gender and Development
Technical Working Group Chairperson
Directorate for Welfare and Development
Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP)ASEAN Community (Philippines)

Ms. Nur Asyikin Hamzah

Senior Assistant Director
Psychological & Correctional Rehabilitation Division
Singapore Prison Service, Ministry of Home Affairs
ASEAN Community (Singapore)

Mr. Dao Van Le

Assistant Officer
General Staff Division, Department of Prison
Vietnam Prison Management Department
ASEAN Community (Viet Nam)

Mr. Namik Hasanov

Operation Sector Inspector
Operation-regime department
Penitentiary Service
Azerbaijan

Ms. Maria Delcarmen Lopez

Chief Finance Officer
Accounts Department
Kolbe Foundation
BelizeMr. David Brandon Mckoy

Inspector of Police
Research, Planning Legal Affairs and Compliance
Belize Police Department
Belize17

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Mr. Kenroy Karl Elijio

Sergeant of Police / Police Instructor
National Police Training Academy
Belize Police Department
BelizeMr. Vitou Mao

Official
Department of Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal
Matters and Extradition
Ministry of JusticeCambodia

Mr. Mowafaq Mishael Alsnaid

Assistant Director
Correction and Rehabilitation Center for Operational
SupportDepartment of Correction and Rehabilitation
JordanMr. Sukur Bin Noordin

Head of Supervision and Monitoring Unit
Division of Parole and Community Service
Malaysia Prison Department
Malaysia

Mr. Norul Hisyam Bin Ismail

Deputy Superintendent of PrisonsInternational Affairs and Transfer Division
Malaysia Prison Department
Malaysia

Mr. Navindranath Beedassy

Assistant Superintendent of Prison
Mauritius Prison Service
Mauritius

Ms. Nandanee Dussoye

Woman Assistant Superintendent of Prison
Women Prison / General Duties
Mauritius Prison Service
Mauritius

Mr. Munkhsaikhan Choindon

Vice Chief in charge of Security and Operations
Administration
Closed Correctional Unit - 429 - Specialized Medicalof Department of Corrections
Mongolia

Ms. Frances Fajardo Magnaan

Clerk II
Dagupan City Parole and Probation Office/Region 1
Parole and Probation Administration
Philippines

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Ms. Leilani Reyes Serzo

Chief Probation and Parole Officer
Manila City Parole and Probation Office No. 2
Parole and Probation Administration
Philippines

Ms. Chathurangi Jayathri MahawadugeState Counsel
Criminal Division
Attorney General’s Department, Colombo 12
Sri Lanka

Ms. Irani Ganga Wakishta Arachchi

Senior State Counsel
Criminal Division
Attorney General’s Department
Sri Lanka

Ms. Maria Helena Dos Santos

Prison Guard
National Directorate of Prison Service
Ministry of Justice, Becora Prison
Timor-Leste

Ms. Helena Madeira Gomes

Sub-Chief of Prison Guards
Social Reintegration Department
Ministry of Justice, National Directorate of Prison
Service
Timor-Leste

THE 176TH INTERNATIONAL TRAINING COURSE
Overseas Participants
Ms. Aya Marylin Nancy Kouakou

Substitute for Public Prosecutor
Abidjan Court of First Instance
Ministry of JusticeCote d'Ivoire

Ms. Eman Samir Elkamary

Judge
International Cooperation Department
Egyptian Public Prosecution
Egypt

Mr. Mahmoud Ahmed Hamdy
Elsergany

Public Prosecutor
International Cooperation Department
Egyptian Public Prosecution
Egypt

Ms. Meseret Bahru Temesghen

Public Prosecutor
Corruption Crimes Directorate
Federal Attorney General
Ethiopia
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Mr. Juste Ambourouet Ogandaga

President of Chamber
Civil Department
Ministry of JusticeGabon

Ms. Lynda Nzah Bekale

President of Chamber
Civil Department
Ministry of JusticeGabon

Ms. Stephanie Kartikamutiara
Brennadiva

Senior Inspector Police (Cybercrime Investigators)
Cybercrime Directorate of Criminal Investigation Board
Indonesian National Police
Indonesia

Mr. Mzonde Eric Geoffrey Mvula

High Court Judge
Civil Division
Malawi Judiciary, High Court of Malawi
MalawiMs. Nirmala Adhikari Bhattarai

Joint Secretary
International Law and Treaty
Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs
Nepal

Mr. Rajaram Dahal

Under Secretary
Administration
Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs
Nepal

Mr. Mohammed Mahmood Halidu

Senior Legal Officer
Legal and Prosecution Department
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
Nigeria

Mr. Umar Faruk Yesufu

Staff Officer Logistics
Inspector General of Police Secretariat
Nigeria Police Force
Nigeria

Ms. Veleala Mautu

Senior Officer - Supreme Court
Civil and Criminal Court Division
Ministry of Justice and Courts Administration
Samoa

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Mr. Poramba Liyanage Udara
Karunatilaka

State Counsel
Criminal Division
Attorney General's Department
Sri Lanka

Ms. Samadari Udeshini Piyasena

State Counsel
Criminal Division
Attorney General's Department
Sri Lanka

Ms. Tharsika Thirukumaranathan

State Counsel
Criminal Division
Attorney General's Department
Sri Lanka

Mr. Jasur Abdumurod Ogli Erkhonov

Prosecutor
Department for ensuring the powers of the prosecutor in
criminal courts
General Prosecutor's Office
Uzbekistan

THE 23RD UNAFEI UNCAC TRAINING PROGRAMME
Overseas Participants
Ms. Rubina Mkhitaryan

Senior Specialist
Criminal Legislation Penitentiary and Probation Policy
Development Department
Ministry of Justice
Armenia

Mr. Islam Mohamed Radwan Elhadidy Chief Prosecutor
Abdou
International Cooperation Department
The Egyptian Public Prosecution
Egypt
Mr. Ziyad Taha Amin Taha Abouelella

Senior Prosecutor
International Cooperation Department
Egyptian Public Prosecution
Egypt

Ms. Saffiatou Nyang

State Counsel
Criminal Division
Ministry of JusticeGambia21

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Ms. Evelin Damary Mendoza

Deputy Chief Prosecutor
Police Depuration OfficePublic Ministry
Honduras

Ms. Arin Karniasari

Prosecutor
Directorate of Prosecution
Indonesian Corruption Eradication Commission
Indonesia

Ms. Salmah

Middle Investigator
Investigate Directorate
Corruption Eradication Commission
Indonesia

Mr. Ali Hassan Berro

Senior Policy Analyst
Public Sector Reform
Office of the Minister of State for Administrative ReformLebanonMr. Chantheuane Boulome

Acting Division of Audit Grant Project
Audit Loan and Grant Project Department
State Audit Organization
Lao PDR

Ms. Merium Mable Sodala Chithila

Operations Analysis Manager
Monitoring and Analysis Department
Financial Intelligence Authority
MalawiMr. Petros Mfune

Senior Report Centre Officer
Investigations/Report Centre
Anti-Corruption Bureau
MalawiMr. Asrul Ridzuan Ahmad Rustami

Senior Assistant Commissioner
Division of Anti-Money Laundering
Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission
Malaysia

Mr. Mohd Nadzri Bin Ibrahim

Assistant Commissioner
Division of Anti-Money Laundering
Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission
Malaysia

Mr. Ashfaaq Naeem

Public Prosecutor
Prosecution
Prosecutor General's Office
Maldives
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Ms. Naahy Hawwa

Public Prosecutor
Special Prosecution Unit
Prosecutor General’s Office
Maldives

Mr. Raju Adhikari

Investigation Officer
Property Investigation and Evaluation Department
Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority
Nepal

Mr. Suresh Chandra Adhikari

Section Officer
Policy, Planning and International Relation Division
Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority
Nepal

Mr. Obehi Samuel Ahanmisi

Assistant Superintendent of Police/Detective
Force Criminal Investigations/X-SQUAD Section
Nigeria Police Force
Nigeria

Ms. Rasha Tawfiq Said Amarneh

Commissioner Advisor
Palestinian Anti-Corruption Commission
Palestine

Mr. Manuel Antonio Mata Avendano

Criminal Judge
Accusatory Criminal System
Judicial Authority
PanamaMs. Tapas Victoria Kametan

Senior Legal Officer
Legal Division-Proceeds of Crime and International
Crime Cooperation Unit
Office of the Prosecutor
Papua New Guinea

Mr. Conrad Mate Patuve

Parole Officer
Parole Service
Department of Justice and Attorney General
Papua New Guinea

Mr. Euclides Vidal Madeira

Investigator
Investigation
Anti-Corruption Commission
Timor-Leste

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Mr. Mirshod Khujaev

Inspector
Public Relations, Appeals and International Cooperation
Department
Anti-Corruption Agency
Uzbekistan

Mr. Sadullajon Inoyatullaev

Senior Teacher
Department of Teaching Legal English
Academy of General Prosecutors Office
Uzbekistan

Mr. Simcha Abel Blessing

Assistant Public Prosecutor
Commercial Crime Unit
Office of the Public Prosecutor Vanuatu
Vanuatu

Ms. Thi Thuy Linh Pham

Officer of Department of Economic Security
Ministry of Public Security
Viet Nam24