The IPPF Colloquium

The Colloquium is the centrepiece of IPPF’s activities. It provides a forum for its members to discuss matters of critical and contemporary importance in the field of the prevention of crime and the treatment of offenders, with particular focus on penal and penitentiary issues, along with local experts and international speakers.

The IPPF Colloquium is a members-only event. As the IPPF maintains a link with national governments through the way its members are appointed, and in keeping with its focus on administrative, judicial, and academic matters, it is a key priority that each Colloquium be organised in close collaboration with the national authorities of the host country.

IPPF Colloquia, since 1962

2025 Akishima City, Tokyo, Japan
Reducing reoffending – in particular by promoting the United Nations Model Strategies on Reducing Reoffending

2022 Geneva, Switzerland
150-year IPPF Anniversary Celebration: Its contributions to the criminal justice and prison systems, past present and future

2019 Santiago/Valparaíso, Chile
Legality, non-arbitrariness and judicial and administrative 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 democratic 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, Germany
New methods of restriction of liberty in the penitentiary system

1962 Brussels, Belgium
New psychological methods for the treatment of prisoners