Announcement

Public Symposium to Be Held (28 June 2026)

The Ministry of Justice of Japan and UNAFEI will hold a public symposium, co-organized by the Criminal Justice and Welfare Forum OASYS, with the support of the Asia Crime Prevention Foundation.

This symposium will welcome representatives from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the Institutes of the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme Network (PNIs), as well as practitioners and researchers from Japan and abroad. It will revisit the journey of the international community that led to the development of the United Nations Model Strategies on Reducing Reoffending, commonly known as the Kyoto Model Strategies, and explore future directions for advancing efforts to reduce reoffending by drawing on a wide range of perspectives and experiences.

Date and time: Sunday, 28 June 2026, 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Venue: Kyoto International Conference Center
Participation: In person or online
Advance registration is required. Please register by 22 June 2026 through the link below:
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On 17 – 20 Feb

UNODC-UNAFEI Study visit for National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO)）was concluded.

This training was carried out in support of a Japan-funded UNODC project aimed at strengthening the investigative capacities of NABU and SAPO. The participants engaged in active discussions on effective financial investigations in corruption cases—specifically, how to trace and identify illicit financial flows and recover criminal proceeds derived from bribery and money laundering. For further details, please refer to the report.

Number of participants: 25 in total (20 from NABU, 5 from SAPO)

This training was carried out in support of a Japan-funded UNODC project aimed at strengthening the investigative capacities of NABU and SAPO. The participants engaged in active discussions on effective financial investigations in corruption cases—specifically, how to trace and identify illicit financial flows and recover criminal proceeds derived from bribery and money laundering. For further details, please refer to the report.

Number of participants: 25 in total (20 from NABU, 5 from SAPO)

	Presentation by NABU		Presentation by SAPO

	Lecture by Deputy Director of UNAFEI		Remarks by UNODC & UNAFEI

On 14 Jan – 5 Feb

The 189th Senior Seminar on “Reducing reoffending through rehabilitation and social reintegration: Relevant UN standards and norms and promising practices” was held by UNAFEI in collaboration with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). A total of 12 participants from 10 countries (Brazil, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Japan, Kenya, Maldives, Pakistan, Somalia, Thailand, Viet Nam) joined the seminar.

The seminar comprised of individual presentations on their initiatives regarding main topics, lectures delivered by overseas and Japanese experts, study visits, and group workshops.

For further details, please refer to the full report.

>The 189th Senior Seminar on “Reducing reoffending through rehabilitation and social reintegration: Relevant UN standards and norms and promising practices” was held by UNAFEI in collaboration with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). A total of 12 participants from 10 countries (Brazil, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Japan, Kenya, Maldives, Pakistan, Somalia, Thailand, Viet Nam) joined the seminar.

The seminar comprised of individual presentations on their initiatives regarding main topics, lectures delivered by overseas and Japanese experts, study visits, and group workshops.

For further details, please refer to the full report.

	Presentation by a Participant		Group Work Presentation

	Lecture by Visiting Experts		Group Photo

on 30 January

The 44th Public Lecture on Criminal Justice Policy was held on 30 January 2026.
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