UNITED NATIONS
AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRIME AND THE TREATMENT OF OFFENDERS
NATIONS UNIES
INSTITUT AFRICAIN POUR LA PREVENTION DU CRIME ET LE TRAITEMENT DES DELINQUANTS
ESTABLISHED IN 1989
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JANUARY - MARCH 2024
WORKING VISIT OF THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF
UNAFRI TO THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE IN ZAMBIA
On February 21, 2024, the Director General of UNAFRI, Dr KITIO Édouard, travelled to Lusaka, Zambia for a working visit to the Ministry of Justice. This visit followed the recommendations of the last Ordinary Session of the UNAFRI Governing Board held in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) from October 2 to 3, 2023, inviting the Director General to undertake close contacts with States members in order to revitalize the activities of the Institute.
JANVIER-MARS Bulletin 2024
VISITE DE TRAVAIL DU DIRECTEUR GÉNÉRAL DE L’UNAFRI AU MINISTÈRE DE LA JUSTICE EN ZAMBIE
Le 21 février 2024, le Directeur Général de l’UNAFRI, Dr KITIO Édouard, s’est rendu à Lusaka en Zambie dans le cadre d’une visite de travail au ministère de la Justice. Cette visite faisait suite aux recommandations de la dernière session ordinaire du conseil d’administration de l’UNAFRI qui s’est tenue à Addis Abeba (Éthiopie) du 02 au 03 octobre 2023, invitant le Directeur Général à entreprendre des contacts rapprochés avec les États membres en vue de redynamiser les activités de l’Institut.
October- December 2023 Newsletter
FOCUS ON THE 12TH ORDINARY SESSION OF THE GOVERNING BOARD OF THE UNITED NATIONS AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRIME AND THE TREATMENT OF OFFENDERS (UNAFRI), HELD IN ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA, OCTOBER 3, 2023.
Since its inception in 1989, UNAFRI has operated with the Governing Board and the Secretariat as its organs. But Article IV of the Statute provides that the Institute may equip itself with any other body necessary to effectively carry out its mission, and in addition to any other that may be established by the Conference of Ministers. For a very long time, the role of the Conference of Ministers remained unseen to the point of almost non-existence. The only supreme body of the Institute was then the Governing Board.
OCTOBRE - DÉCEMBRE 2023
CLIN D’OEIL SUR LA 12E SESSION ORDINAIRE DU CONSEIL D’ADMINISTRATION DE L’INSTITUT AFRICAIN DES NATIONS UNIES POUR LA PRÉVENTION DU CRIME ET LE TRAITEMENT DES DÉLINQUANTS (UNAFRI), TENUE À ADDIS ABEBA (ÉTHIOPIE), LE 03 OCTOBRE 2023
Depuis sa mise en fonctionnement en 1989, l’UNAFRI a fonctionné avec comme organes le Conseil d’administration et le Secrétariat. Mais l’article IV des Statuts prévoit que l’Institut peut se doter de tout autre organe nécessaire pour s’acquitter de manière efficace de ses missions, et que pourrait créer la Conférence des Ministres. Pendant très longtemps, le rôle de la Conférence des Ministres est resté trop effacé au point de faire penser à son inexistence.
Juillet-Septembre 2023 BULLETIN - Français
LE ROYAUME DU MAROC CRÉE UN OBSERVATOIRE NATIONAL DE LA CRIMINALITÉ
Le 24 janvier 2023, le Ministre de la Justice du Royaume du Maroc, Monsieur Abdellatif OUAHBI, a saisi l’Instititut Africain des Nations Unies pour la Prévention du Crime et le Traitement des Délinquants (UNAFRI) d’une correspondance sollicitant son appui technique dans le cadre des démarches entamées pour la création de l’Observatoire National de la Criminalité au sein du Ministère de la Justice Marocain.
Jul - Sept 2023 Newsletter
THE KINGDOM OF MOROCCO CREATES
A NATIONAL CRIME OBSERVATORY
On 24 January 2023, the Minister of Justice of the Kingdom of Morocco, Mr. Abdellatif OUAHBI, sent a letter to the United Nations African Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders (UNAFRI) requesting its technical support, as part of the steps taken for the creation of the National Crime Observatory within the Ministry of Justice in Morocco.
avril-juin 2023 Bulletin
Le Ministre des affaires étrangères accueille le Directeur de l’UNAFRI
À la suite de sa nomination et de sa prise de fonctions le 1er mars 2023, Dr Édouard Kitio a rencontré le Ministre des Affaires Étrangères, Jeje Odongo, représentant le Gouvernement Ougandais, pour lui présenter ses lettres de créances.
JANVIER-MARS Bulletin 2023
Le nouveau Directeur arrive
M. Kitio Edouad, magistrat horshiérarchie, a pris la tête de l’Institut africain des Nations Unies pour la prévention du crime et le traitement des délinquants (UNAFRI). M. Kitio, originaire de la République du Cameroun, est le cinquième Directeur de l’Institut depuis sa création en 1989. Il a pris ses fonctions le 1er mars 2023.
JAN - MARCH 2023
New Director Arrives
Dr Kitio Edouad, a super scale Magistrate, has assumed leadership of the United Nations African Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders (UNAFRI). Dr Kitio who hails from the Republic of Cameroon is the fifth substantive head of the Institute since its inception in 1989. He assumed office on 1st March 2023.
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OCT-DEC 2022 FRENCH NEWSLETTER
L’UNAFRI a un nouveau Directeur
Une réunion consultative de deux jours du comité d’entrevue du comité consultatif technique (TAC) de l’Institut a débuté le 25 octobre 2022 à Munyonyo, Kampala. Son mandat était, entre autres, d’interviewer les candidats de différents pays africains pour le poste de Directeur de l’UNAFRI.
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OCT-DEC 2022 NEWSLETTER
UNAFRI to get new Director
A two-day Consultative Meeting of the Institute’s Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) Interview Panel got underway on 25th October 2022, in Munyonyo, Kampala. Its remit, among other issues, was to interview applicants from different African countries for the post of UNAFRI Director. It was chaired by Ms Rose Mutombo Kiese, the Institute’s Governing Board Chairperson, who also serves as the Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
PNI AUTUMN 2022 NEWSLETTER
The United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme Network (PNI)
The PNI family has been saddened by the loss of our dear friend Gary Hill on 18 September 2022. Gary was a great contributor to the work of the UN Crime Programme, the UN Crime Congress and the UN PNI. Gary also served as a member of the Editorial Team of the PNI Newsletter. The team has greatly benefited from his active engagement, wisdom and insights, and we will miss him terribly. Gary Hill in memoriam, page 12
PNI AUTUMN 2022 NEWSLETTER
The United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme Network (PNI)
The PNI family has been saddened by the loss of our dear friend Gary Hill on 18 September 2022. Gary was a great contributor to the work of the UN Crime Programme, the UN Crime Congress and the UN PNI. Gary also served as a member of the Editorial Team of the PNI Newsletter. The team has greatly benefited from his active engagement, wisdom and insights, and we will miss him terribly. Gary Hill in memoriam, page 12
MARCH - JUNE 2022 NEWSLETTER
Governing Board Chairperson visits UNAFRI
The Chairperson of UNAFRI’s Governing Board, Ms Rose Mutombo Kiese, who is also the Minister of State for Justice and Constitutional Affairs in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), made her inaugural visit to the Secretariat in April this year. The visit was in fulfilment of assurances she made when a UNAFRI delegation from Kampala visited her in Kinshasa, on 21st October 2021.
JAN-MARCH 2022 NEWSLETTER
Foreign Ministry Reaffirms Support to UNAFRI
On December 16th 2021, UNAFRI’s Acting Director, John Sembuya Ssali, paid a courtesy call on Uganda’s Foreign Minister, Gen. Jeje Odongo.
Mr Ssali informed the Minister that voices of concern were emerging regarding the delayed development of properties Uganda donated to the Institute at the time of its hosting in 1989.
JAN-MARCH 2022 FRENCH NEWSLETTER
Le ministère des Affaires étrangères réitère son
soutien à l’UNAFRI
Le 16 décembre 2021, le directeur intérimaire de l’UNAFRI, John Sembuya Ssali, a rendu une visite de courtoisie au ministre ougandais des Affaires étrangères, le général de division Jeje Odongo.
M. Ssali a informé l’Honorable Ministre que des voix inquiétantes se sont fait entendre concernant le développement qui tarde à venir sur les propriétés que l’Ouganda a offertes à l’Institut alors qu’il l’hébergeait en 1989.
OCTOBER 2021 NEWSLETTER
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Updates on PNI activities publications on cybercrime
The United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme Network (PNI) consists of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and 18 institutes and entities around the world. The mission of the PNI is to assist the international community in strengthening cooperation in crime prevention and criminal justice on the global, regional and sub-regional levels, within the framework of the United Nations Crime Programme.
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Newsletter” as a way of sharing information on the contributions of the Network, in a way that could benefit a wide range of international and regional stakeholders as well as the general public.