Colloquia
Find out about IPPF’s Colloquia, which have explored key issues in penal and penitentiary policy
IPPF Celebrates 150 year old roots, Geneva 2022
IPPF celebrated 150 years since the establishment of the International Penitentiary Commission (IPC), to which organisation IPPF can trace its roots, on September 8 and 9 2022 in Geneva. Switzerland is the official home and ‘seat’ of IPPF. The theme for the event was: 150 year IPPF/FIPP anniversary celebration: its contributions to the criminal justice and prison systems, past present and future.
Members, invited speakers and distinguished guests joined together to celebrate the contributions IPPF has made over its long history to criminal justice and penal systems, and looked forward to its future development. IPPF was very grateful for the support of the Swiss Centre of Expertise in Prison and Probation to organise the event. The anniversary event provided an opportunity for leaders in criminal justice and penal and penitentiary policy to discuss the future priorities and directions in our field over the next five to ten years. This fruitful discussion allowed for knowledge exchange and mutual learning between IPPF and peer organisations. It also provided an opportunity for IPPF to learn about the main priorities for international organisations in order to shape IPPF’s strategic plan and its contribution to international and national debates in the next ten years.
Speakers and respondents included:
- Ms. Annie Devos
Vice Chair, Council for Penological Co-operation (PC-CP), Council of Europe
- Mr Philipp Meissner
Prison Reform Focal Point, Justice Section, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
President, Justice Studies Center of the Americas (JSCA)
- Ms Olivia Rope
Executive Director, Penal Reform International
- Mr Vincent Delbos, member for France of the Council of Europe’s European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT), and senior inspector at the NPM of France
- Prof. Dr. Vassiliki Artinopoulou, member for Greece of the SPT
- Junko IRIE, Deputy Director, United Nations Asia and Far East Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders
- Jana Špero, Secretary General, Confederation of European Probation
Speakers and respondents addressed the following topic: The key issues and priorities in criminal justice and the penal system in international perspective.
Our Colloquia
2019 Santiago/Valparaíso, Chile
Legality, non-arbitrariness and administrative and judicial discretion in sentencing and enforcement of sentences
2017 Azores, Portugal
Defendants and detainees with psychiatric disturbances in the criminal process and in the prison system
2016 Helsinki, Finland
Overuse in the criminal justice system: on criminalization, prosecution and imprisonment
2014 Bangkok, Thailand
Women in Prison
2013 Wellington, New Zealand
Measures to deal with high risk offenders during and after their sentence
2011 Dublin, Ireland
Rehabilitation of Prisoners – its value
2010 Stellenbosch, South Africa
Pre-trial detention
2009 Liège, Belgium
The influence of scientific NGOS on National and International crime policy
2008 Stavern, Norway
Prison policy and prisoners’ rights
2007 Popowo, Poland
Minorities and cultural diversity in Prison
2006 Budapest, Hungary
The implementation of prison sentences and aspects of security
2004 Manaus, Brazil
The Impact of Criminal Networks and Organizations in Democratie Societies
2003 Cidade da Praia, Cape Verde
The relationship between public security in the state of law and the challenges posed by the society of risk
2002 Istanbul, Turkey
Practical Problems and New Perspectives in the Penitentiary Field
1998 Fuchu-Tokyo, Japan
Some essential issues in Contemporary Correctional Policy
1996 Berlin, Germany
Legal Aspects of Crime Prevention
1994 Macao, China
Pre-trial detention and fundamental rights
1992 Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Human Rights and Penal Detention
1988 Groningen, The Netherlands
Standard minimum rules for the implementation of non-custodial sanctions and measures involving restriction of liberty
1987 Poitiers, France
The Elaboration of Standard Minimum Rules for Non-Institutional Treatment
1986 Coimbra, Portugal
Community Service as an alternative to the prison sentence
1983 Kristiansand, Norway
The sanctions in the field of economic criminal law
1982 Syracuse, Italy
New trends in criminal policy
1979 Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Criminal Record and Rehabilitation
1977 Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Penal and penitentiary aspects of road traffic
1972 Vienna, Austria
Deviance and social reaction
1967 Ulm, Sweden
New methods of restriction of liberty in the penitentiary system
1962 Brussels, Belgium
New psychological methods for the treatment of prisoners