The ACPF and the Department of Juvenile Observation and Protection (DJOP), Ministry of Justice, Thailand discussed a future cooperation in Tokyo on 27 June 2018.

 

The DJOP manages and supervises 19 Juvenile Vocational Training Centres and 77 Juvenile Observation and Protection Centres in Thailand. Six (6) representatives of the DJOP participated in a UNAFEI course in June 2018. They visited juvenile training schools, a probation office and a halfway house in Japan.

 

The delegation members are

Mr. Sahakarn Petchanarin, Director General

Mr. Apichart Jarusiri, Deputy Director General

Ms. Watcharin Manyam, Director, Juvenile Justice Science Division

Mr. Seth Insuwan, Chief, Behavior Modification System Development Group

Ms. Kattiya Ratanadilok, Director, Research and Development Institute

Ms. Anchalee Aramrun, Vocational Training Technical Officer, Professional Level

 

 

front row from left: Ms. Watcharin, Mr. Yamashita, Mr. Sahakarn, Mr. Apichart, Ms. Kattiya,

second row from left: Mr. Shinjo, Mr. Seth, Mr. Yoshida, Ms. Anchalee

 

 

ACPF members visited Shirindhorn Juvenile Vocational Centre during the TIJ – ACPF Thailand seminar visit in February 2018. Ms. Kattiya treated them at the Centre. She is a UNAFEI alumna and cooperative for ACPF activities.

Taking the opportunity of Thai delegation visit to Japan, the ACPF discussed with them over future cooperation.

ACPF participants are Mr. Terutoshi Yamashita (Secretary General), Mr. Ichiro Shinjo (Special Councillor), and Mr. Hiroyuki Yoshida (Director, Programme Management Bureau). They all joined the TIJ – ACPF Thailand seminar visit in February 2018

 

The members of the ACPF and the DJOP deepened each other understanding of their activities. They actively discussed candidate institutions (juvenile vocational training centres, juvenile observation and protection centres) during the TIJ- ACPF Thailand visit in February 2019. The DJOP and the ACPF Thailand will cooperate to choose a new institution for ACPF members to visit.

 

In the discussion, it was mentioned that the major crime among juveniles in Thailand is drug crime (second major crime is offences against property). It was revealed that major crimes differ among countries due to their social situations.

The ACPF plans its program of visits to criminal justice institutions in the Philippines next March with special cooperation of the Crime Prevention Practitioners Association of the Philippines (CPPAP). This trip is filled with precious occasions that Japanese people can rarely visit. You are most welcome to join the program.

 

1　Time Schedule

　21 (Thursday) to 24 (Sunday) March 2019 (3 nights 4 days)

 

2　Flights

　Direct fights are available between Haneda, Nagoya, etc. and Manila. Your respective requests are welcome.

 

3　Programs（There are MUST places like Phil-Japan Halfway House (PJHH) and Prison! Detailed Schedule →）

21（Thur.）　Arriv. Manila, sightseeing, Philippine ACPF party for ACPF Members

22（Fri.）　Visits to PJHH, Prison, Criminal Justice Agency, ACPF party

23（Sat.）　Sightseeing (Tagaytay or other places)

24（Sun.）　Shopping in Manila, Leave Manila

 

4　Travel Fee　about 140,000 YEN

 

5　Application

　Asia Crime Prevention Foundation

　Phone：+81-42-543-7725　Fax:：+81-42-543-7726　E-mail：yoshida@acpf.org

The ACPF and CPPAP discussed measures to further enhance our cooperation at the meeting held in Manila on 20 May 2018.

 

The CPPAP is an overseas cooperative organization of the ACPF (official name: Crime Prevention Practitioners Association of the Philippines).

 

Mr. Yamashita, Secretary General, and Mr. Yoshida, Director of the Programme Management Bureau, who attended UN Vienna Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in May this year, visited Manila on the way back to Japan and had a meeting.

 

Four members of CPPAP attended the meeting.

Ms. Celia Leones, President of CPPAP, former Commissioner, National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM)

Dr. Manuel Co, Vice President of CPPAP, Administrator, Parole and Probation Administration

Ms. Donna Caparas, Treasurer, of CPPAP, Director of NAPOLCOM

Ms. Maria Lactaoen, Member, NAPOLCOM

 

＜from right, Ms. Caparas, Mr. Yamashita, Ms. Leones, Dr. Co, Mr. Yoshida, Ms. Lactaoen＞

 

The participants focused two points.

1 How to further enhance the management of Phil-Japan Halfway House (PJHH)

2 Seminar for Japanese companies advancing in the Philippine

 

PJHH has been assisting reintegration after release of prisoners through providing living space, foods, vocational trainings etc. in the PJHH for more than 20 years. ACPF Nagoya branch has been continuing financial assistances and obtained appreciation from the CPPAP. In September 2017, signing ceremony of the MOA of PJHH was conducted in Tokyo. The significance of further cooperation among Philippine Department of Corrections, Parole and Probation Administration, NAPOLCOM, CPPAP, the ACPF and others was confirmed. In order to more activate this movement, the ACPF and CPPAP agreed that ACPF Japanese members are welcomed to visit PJHH in Mutinlupa, have meetings with CPPAP members, and visit criminal justice institutions from 21 to 24 March 2019.

ACPF will inform our members of the concrete program of the ACPF trip to the Philippines soon. You are most welcome to join the trip.

 

The plan of seminar for Japanese companies is a new project. In Thailand, ACPF Thailand seminars for Japanese companies have been held every year since 2013. The number of companies attending the seminar exceeded 100, and about 20 ACPF Japanese members attended the seminar from Japan last February in 2018. The last seminar got high reputation.

By taking a good example of the ACPF Thailand seminars, discussions were made for preparatory works to hold its similar seminar. We will proceed to choose attractive themes and appropriate lecturers. We agreed to make efforts to hold the first seminar in Manila in July 2019.

The 27^th Session of the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ) was held from 14 to 18 May, 2018.

The commission is annually held as an intergovernmental conference and discusses on agendas and administration of UN Crime Congress which is to be held once in every five years.

（Commission Programme of Events in English）

 

The ACPF attended the Commission in capacity of a UN NGO. UNAFEI and the ACPF jointly conducted Shikita Memorial Event on 16 May.

During the Event, many speakers delivered their appreciation to Mr. Shikita, former Chairperson of the CACPF, for his contributions to the UN, and their expectation to the ACPF activities in the future.

 

＜At the Memorial Event room＞

 

＜ Friends and Colleagues of Mr. Minoru Shikita ＞

 

【 Achievements of Mr. Minoru Shikita 】

→ established the ACPF in 1982

→ took an active role in the UN Criminal Justice field for many years (Refer to No. 60 ACPF Magazine)

→ passed away at 85 years old on 12 September 2017.

 

Shikita Memorial Service was first conducted at the Lawyers Club, Tokyo, on 30 November 2017.

The ACPF received many condolence mails from Vienna and around the world. UNAFEI and the ACPF held Shikita memorial event to express our appreciation to Mr. Shikita for his international contributions.

The Shikita Memorial Event was carried on Mainichi Daily News on 18 May with a title “Memorial Service in Vienna for Mr. Shikita who contributed to enhancement of internationalization in the legal profession” .

 

【 Vienna Commission 】

 

Those who are related to Mr. Shikita attended the event.

Mr. Keisuke Senta, Director, UNAFEI（→Mr. Senta’s memorial speech）

Dr. Eduardo Vetere, former Director for the Treaty Affairs, UNODC, successor of Mr. Shikita

Ms. Jolanta Redo, Permanent Representative of the ACPF /for Europe and Central Asia to the UN Office at Vienna（→Ms. Redo’s memorial speech）

Dr. Matti Joutsen, former Director, HEUNI（→Dr.Joutsen’s memorial speech）

Mr. Yvon Dandurand, Senior Associate, ICCLR&CTJ

Dr. Wisit Wisitora-At, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Justice, Thailand

Dr. Zin Hwan Kim, President, KIC

Mr. Gary Hill, CEGA Service

Mr. Terutoshi Yamashita, Secretary General, ACPF（→Mr. Yamashita’s memorial speech）

 

ACPF Members attended the Commission (in alphabetical order of family name)

Ms. Yukari Nishi (Attorney at Law)

Ms. Sawako Suenaga

Mr. Satoshi Tsutsumi, Councillor

Mr. Terutoshi Yamashita (Secretary General)

Mr. Hiroyuki Yoshida (Director, Programme Management Bureau)