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International Penal and Penitentiary Foundation

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Language: French, English

Member of ISPAC: Yes

Granted DPI Status: No

Consultative Status: General

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Date of Last Update: 05-14-2006

Purpose

International efforts to harmonize criminal justice policy date back to the nineteenth century, when representatives of various European nations met periodically to exchange information and to consider common standards in the treatment of offenders. In 1872, cooperation took a step forward when an International Prison Commission (IPC) was set up to collect national prison statistics and make recommendations for prison reform in Europe. When the League of Nations was formed in 1919, it saw as part of its mandate the promotion of the rule of law in the international community. The IPC became affiliated with the League and continued to hold conferences, meeting in 1925, 1930 and 1935. In the latter year, the IPC became the International Penal and Penitentiary Commission (IPPC). See: United Nations, The United Nations and Crime Prevention (New York: United Nations, 1991), 3-4. When the new United Nations was created in 1954, it incorporated crime prevention and standards of criminal justice into its policy-setting role. In December 1950, the IPPC was dissolved, to be replaced by the International Penal and Penitentiary Foundation. The IPPF is a foundation governed by Sects. 80 ff of the Swiss Civil Code and created on the 5th of July 1951. The Foundation shall have as its aim to promote studies in the field of the prevention of crime and the treatment of offenders, especially by scientific research, publications and teaching. To this end, it shall use the income from the remaining assets of the former International Penal and Penitentiary Commission (IPPC), as well as funds which the Foundation may itself receive.


Membership Statement

The organs of the Foundation shall be the Council of the Foundation, hereinafter referred to as the Council, and the Executive Committee. The Council is composed of those persons, former delegates to the IPPC, who are signatories of the Charter. Of these persons, the first delegate of each government to the IPPC is the voting member on the council. By a two-thirds majority of all voting members, the Council may elect members, both voting and associate members, who are not signatories of the Charter, from countries who have been members of the IPPC, and who have not failed to fulfill their obligations under the Constitutional Regulations of the IPPC at the time of its dissolution. No country shall have more than three members. Any vacancy in the membership of the Council is filled by election of a person from the country of the outgoing member by a two-thirds majority vote of the voting members of the council. A person elected under the previous two paragraphs shall become member of the Council when his election has been approved by his government. If, after receiving notification of such election, the government does not formulate an objection within three months, the election shall be considered as approved.


Current Projects

The implementation of prison-sentences and the internal and external security.


Contact Information

Peter J.P. Tak (prof. dr),
Radboud University Nijmegen

  
NETHERLANDS (Europe)
Phone: 24 361 30 88
FAX: 31 24 361 1695
email: P.Tak@jur.ru.nl


Member Organizations

No Members


Affiliations

No Affiliations

Officers

Title Name Address Phone Fax Email Website Mobile
President Professeur à L’Université de Liège Boul. du Rectorat, 7, Batim B 31 B – 4000 Liège – Sarttilman 0032 4 3663081 0032 4 3663144 gkellens@ulg.ac.be
Secretary General Peter TAK Radboud University Nijmegen 31 24 361 3095 or 3088 31 24 361 1695 P.Tak@jur.ru.nl
Trésorier Pierre-Henri Bolle Professeur à l’Université de Neuchâtel Av. du 1er Mars 26 CH – 2000 Neuchâtel 0041– 32 – 7181275 0041 – 32 – 7181221 pierre-henri.bolle@unine.ch


Interests

No Interests


Publications

  • International Penal and Penitentiary Foundation Publication List



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