Publication
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Training on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice for Southeast Asia 2025
Key takeaways from the class of 2025 of the Training on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice for Southeast Asia or T4SEA2025, the international course co-organised by the Thailand Institute of Justice (TIJ) and the United Narions Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
05 Jan 2026
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The Rule of Law in Thailand - Key Findings from the WJP GPP 2025
This in-depth Country Report provides a specialized assessment of the rule of law in Thailand, focusing on two primary components: Thailand’s overall performance in the WJP Rule of Law Index 2025 and Key findings from the General Population Poll (GPP), which captures the perspectives and lived experiences of Thai citizens. The report is based on face-to-face interviews conducted between June and July 2025 with a representative sample of 1,100 households nationwide. This publication serves as a critical update to the data last collected in 2018, offering an up-to-date look at the legal and institutional landscape of the country.
17 Dec 2025
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Outside: Gender, Drugs and Electronically Monitored Parole in Thailand
The primary objective of this study is to develop a comprehensive understanding of the current implementation of the Thai government's electronic monitoring (EM) policy. The Department of Probation has extensively adopted EM equipment for operational use, with over 30,000 sets of equipmen in circulation. Therefore, it is imperative to investigate and research the outcomes of their use. This research, conducted by the Thailand Institute of Justice, aims to gain additional information on the first-hand effects of EM equipment on both persons being monitored and probation officers responsible for their use. Through this study, the researchers aim to compare the practical outcomes of EM equipment use with the original government policy objectives and rationale. By doing so, the researchers hope to identify potential issues and shortcomings in the current policy governing the use of EM equipment and provide reco mmendations to improve the existing policy. In investigating the potential gendered implications of electronic monitoring (EM) as a tool for rehabilitating ex-prisoners, the researchers conducted in-depth discussions with 34 probation officers and 43 parolees who were previously or currently monitored by EM equipment in various regions of Thailand. The study aimed to explore the impact of gender on pathways to imprisonment and the gendered implications on the effectiveness of EM in Thai probation, under the current operating conditions and policies in place in Thailand. The Thailand Institute of Justice hopes that this study and its findings will be beneficial as an assessment of the use of EM equipment in Thailand's probation system, giving much needed clarity as the scope and scale for EM use has been expanding significantly in recent years. The report identifies challenges that have been brought about by the current policies and guidelines on EM use by the Department of Probation as well as by other policy overhauls, provides first-hand accounts of the experiences so far in implementing EM use, and contains a number of adjustments and recommendations which could be implemented in order for such resources as EM to be more effectively deployed in support of the goals of the probation system for the rehabilitation and reintegration of offenders into society and to be sure the sustainability of such reintegration by preventing recidivism. The Thailand Institute of Justice sincerely hopes that this report will serve as an anchor for future research and discourse on the issue as well as serve to inform policy-making within Thailand and beyond on successful implementation of EM use for women that is gender-sensitive, specific and effective.
19 Aug 2025
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Executive Summary: Global Prison Trends 2025
This executive summary includes extracts from the full report published in English. This year marks the eleventh edition of Global Prison Trends, Penal Reform International's flagship publication, published in partnership with the Thailand Institute of Justice. This year's edition has also received financial support from the Latin American Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders (ILANUD). The report provides insights and analysis on recent developments and challenges in criminal justice, prison policy and practice.
30 Jun 2025
PNI Newsletter: Issue 2, Autumn 2022
The CCPCJ Thematic Discussion on the follow-up of the Kyoto Declaration will take place from 5 to 7 December 2022. This second issue of the PNI Newsletter, therefore, focuses on Pillar II of the Kyoto Declaration – “Advancing Criminal Justice Systems” – which is the theme of this thematic discussion. The PNI Newsletter aims to provide insight into current activities of the UN Crime Programme. In this regard, this Autumn 2022 Issue features two articles from Dr. Matti Joutsen highlighting important work of the Crime Programme that took place over the past months, namely the Eleventh session of the UNTOC Conference of the Parties and the Ad Hoc Committee to Elaborate a Comprehensive International Convention on Countering the Use of Information and Communications Technologies for Criminal Purposes (known as “UN Cybercrime Convention”). The PNI Newsletter also serves to share knowledge and ideas. In this issue, we are pleased to introduce three short articles from our network on reducing reoffending, regional cooperation and people-centred criminal justice. To provide a closer look at individual institutes, this issue features interviews with the Directors of the Basel Institute on Governance and UNICRI.
หน่วยงานผู้จัดทำ : PNI
เผยแพร่วันที่ : December 2022
At the Nexus: A Record of the TIJ's First 10 Years 2011 - 2021
At the Nexus: A Record of the TIJ's First Ten Years tells the story of our organisation: our founding and principles, our initiatives and partnerships, our spirit and pride in striving to improve the criminal justice system and the lives of all of those who rely on it.
หน่วยงานผู้จัดทำ : TIJ
เผยแพร่วันที่ : September 2022
PNI Newsletter: Issue 1, Spring 2022
The United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme Network (PNI) consists of the United Nations 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. In January 2022, the members of the PNI decided to publish a “PNI 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. The Newsletter also serves to promote cooperation within the Network as well as with UN entities and with national and international stakeholders, through the dissemination of information and the sharing of knowledge. The Newsletter will be published twice a year, in the spring and the autumn. This first issue features two articles on the UN Crime Programme and the PNI, by Dr. Matti Joutsen, Special Advisor of the Thailand Institute of Justice and former Director of European Institute of Crime Prevention and Control (HEUNI), as well as an overview of PNI publications related to cybercrime, which is the theme of the 31st session of the UN Crime Commission. This issue also focuses on the PNI contribution to the UN Crime Programme and includes updates on activities undertaken during 2021 and early 2022 by the Network as well as by individual members of the PNI in the implementation of the Kyoto Declaration. In order to provide a closer look at individual institutes, each issue of the Newsletter will include interviews with PNI Directors.
หน่วยงานผู้จัดทำ : PNI
เผยแพร่วันที่ : May 2022
Guidance Document on the Bangkok Rules: Implementing the United Nations Rules on the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-custodial Measures for Women Offenders
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หน่วยงานผู้จัดทำ : TIJ, Penal Reform International
เผยแพร่วันที่ : December 2021
ALSA Forum Thailand 2022
This year is the first year of collaboration between ALSA Forum and the Thailand Institute of Justice to host the youth forum. The purpose of this collaboration is for the younger generation across ASEAN to exchange legal, economic and social aspects from different backgrounds and utilize a multidisciplinary approach to solve current and upcoming legal and justice challenges. Find out more details in this booklet.
หน่วยงานผู้จัดทำ : ALSA Forum, TIJ
เผยแพร่วันที่ : June 2022
Executive Summary of Global Prison Trends 2022
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หน่วยงานผู้จัดทำ : TIJ, Penal Reform International
เผยแพร่วันที่ : May 2022
