The 24th Session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
UNAFEIStatementby Mr. YAMASHITA Terutoshi, UNAFEI Director
Agenda item 5: Integration and coordination of efforts by the United Nations
Office on Drugs and Crime and Member States in the field of crime prevention
and criminal justice.
(e) : Other activities in support of the work of the UNODC, in particular activitiesof the United Nations crime prevention and criminal justice programme network,
non-governmental organizations and other bodies.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman,On behalf of UNAFEI, I would like to update the Commission on some ofour recent activities and highlight some key issues we intend to pursue as welook ahead toward the next Crime Congress. But first, let me take a moment toreflect on the Thirteenth Congress that convened in Doha last month. The
Congress and the resulting Doha Declaration serve as important reminders thatthe criminal justice policies and practices we deal with on a daily basis directly
impact issues tied to the broader UN development agenda—issues such as
poverty, health, education, violence against women and children, and so on.
Although these issues cannot be solved by criminal justice systems alone,
without effective, fair, humane and accountable criminal justice systems, efforts
to solve our most challenging social issues are doomed to failure. For thatreason, the Doha Declaration reaffirms the necessity of international cooperation,technical assistance and capacity building in the field of crime prevention andcriminal justice.
For those unfamiliar with UNAFEI, we are a United Nations regional
institute, established in 1962 by agreement between the United Nations and theGovernment of Japan, with the aim of promoting the sound development ofcriminal justice systems and mutual cooperation. As a United Nations Crime
Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme Network Institute, UNAFEI, relying
on the administrative and budgetary support of the government of Japan, has
supported the UNODC primarily by providing training courses and seminars forcriminal justice personnel.
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UNAFEIIn selecting the themes of its courses and seminars, UNAFEI matches
the needs of the participating countries with the priority areas of the United
Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme, as identified by theGeneral Assembly, the Economic and Social Council, and the Commission.
Mr. Chairman,
UNAFEI’s alumni form a strong international network, which now
consists of more than 5,000 former participants from over 135 countries. Manyalumni have been serving in important positions within their governments andhave been playing leading roles in the field of criminal justice. This alumni
network, taking a people-centered approach, fosters international cooperation incriminal justice around the world.
Our activities are greatly assisted by the cooperation and support ofvarious organizations, such as the UNODC, our fellow Programme NetworkInstitutes, and especially the Asia Crime Prevention Foundation. On behalf ofUNAFEI, I would like to take this opportunity to express our deepest appreciation
to them all.
Mr. Chairman,
The Doha Declaration stresses the need to implement UN standards
and norms. In this regard, UNAFEI has been focusing on the implementation ofthe 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 and the Thailand Institute of Justice (TIJ). Workshop 1
addressed the treatment and rehabilitation of women and children. UNAFEI will
do its part to promote and disseminate the Doha Declaration, as well as theofficial report and panelists’ papers of Workshop 1..
Mr. Chairman,
The Doha Declaration announced that the 14th Crime Congress will behosted by the government of Japan in 2020. As the PNI member in the hostcountry, UNAFEI hopes to play an active role in the preparations for the next
Congress, including the coordination and planning of workshops, as UNAFEI
has done for past congresses.
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UNAFEIThis year marks the 25th anniversary since the adoption of the Tokyo
Rules on non-custodial measures by the United Nations General Assembly.
UNAFEI is very proud of its involvement in formulating the first draft of thoserules. Therefore, it comes as no surprise that UNAFEI has continued to focus on
the implementation of non-custodial measures and community-based treatment
as some of the most important issues in the field of crime prevention andcriminal justice.
In July 2014, UNAFEI hosted the First Asian Volunteer Probation
Officers Meeting, which is the first known gathering of volunteer probation
officers from the Asian region and beyond. The purpose of the meeting was toshare information on best practices for the implementation of volunteer probation
officer programmes, and the meeting culminated in the adoption of the Tokyo
Declaration, which identified common characteristics among programmes in theparticipating countries and encouraged further networking and information
sharing on the international level. In January, UNAFEI held its 159th
International Senior Seminar on the theme of public participation in community
corrections, and in February, UNAFEI and the Thai government jointly held aseminar on promoting community-based treatment in the ASEAN region. The
seminar motivated the countries in attendance to further develop public
participation in community-based treatment.
Mr. Chairman,
Another theme to which UNAFEI attaches particular importance iscountermeasures against corruption. During the previous fiscal year, UNAFEI
organized two anti-corruption training programmes. From October to November
2014, UNAFEI held the 17th UNAFEI UNCAC Training Programme, which
focused on Identifying, Tracing, Freezing, Seizing/Confiscating and Recovering
Proceeds of Corruption.
In addition, in November 2014, UNAFEI hosted a regional seminar inKuala Lumpur. This was the 8th annual seminar on “Good Governance forSoutheast Asian Countries”. The seminar was conducted as a joint effort by
UNAFEI, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) and the Malaysia
Anti-Corruption Academy (MACA). I would like to take this opportunity to express
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my deepest gratitude to the government of Malaysia, especially to MACC andMACA, for their tremendous contribution to the success of the seminar.
Mr. Chairman,
Our international training courses and seminars on offender treatment
and corruption only compose a part of our programming on crime prevention andcriminal justice. I would like to update the Commission on our current courseon cybercrime, as well as our numerous country-specific training programmes
and technical assistance, but I’m afraid I have run out of time. So in closing, letme simply 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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