
Philipp Meissner
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Inter-regional Advisor, Team Leader for #Prison & Penal Reform in the #UN Office on Drugs and Crime | #UNODC | #MandelaRules | Views= personal, RTs≠endorsement
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📍#Lebanon (1/4)| A new chapter for juvenile justice begins. With قوى الامن الداخلي leadership, EU in Lebanon funding and UN Office on Drugs & Crime expertise,6⃣years of efforts culminate today→The Inauguration of the Rehabilitation Center for Children/Boys in Conflict with the Law. 🔗unodc.org/romena/en/pres…





CCPCJ Chair Jose A. Zabalgoitia addressed today’s high-level UN GA President debate on the global prison challenge, highlighting the role of UN standards like the Nelson Mandela Rules and Kyoto Model Strategies, and calling for action to uphold the dignity of those confined in prison.





🔴 Tune in at 13:15 EDT: UN Office on Drugs & Crime's #UNGA ministerial side event on translating UN standards on prison and offender management into real, on the ground action. With thanks to 🇿🇦🇰🇬🇯🇵🇹🇭🇬🇭🇸🇪🇩🇪 for their co-sponsorship. ▶️ bit.ly/4el22Wt #PrisonersMatter



At today’s #GeneralAssembly debate on “A Second Chance: Addressing the Global Prison Challenge,” Amb. Martin K.Ngoga reminded that justice systems must aim to rehabilitate, echoing Rwanda’s post-genocide journey of restorative justice. The Ambassador emphasized that 🇷🇼’s belief


At UN Office on Drugs & Crime Side Event “Translating UN standards on prison & offender management into action”, #Japan: ➡️is committed to enhancing the capacity of criminal justice practitioners through #UNAFEI training programs ➡️welcomes CCPCJ's recent consensus adoption of #KyotoModelStrategies






Moving from theory to practice! UN Office on Drugs & Crime convenes a ministerial side event on how to translate the #UN standards on #prison management into action. Tangible progress can be achieved if the treatment of offenders does not remain a mere afterthought! 🎥 bit.ly/3HG3GFO


Prisons worldwide face deep-rooted challenges, strained by over-incarceration, overcrowding & neglect. With 11.5M people behind bars, the United Nations General Assembly renewed urgent calls to better protect societies by focusing on rehabilitation & reintegration ⬇️ #PrisonersMatter