What are the #MandelaRules❓ ▶️ These crucial UN standards provide the blueprint for safe, humane and effective #prison management. But in too many prisons they are not yet a reality. Join UN Office on Drugs & Crime on Friday's #MandelaDay 2025 to call for their universal practical application❗️

🌍✨ A Commemorative Event for the Nelson Mandela Rules and Bangkok Rules 🌍✨ #PrisonReform #NelsonMandelaRules #BangkokRules #HumanRights #Ethiopia #GreenLegacyMovement #PrisonersMatter

Celebrating 10 years of the #NelsonMandelaRules and 15 years of the #BangkokRules, we held a high-level meeting spotlighted humane treatment, gender-responsive rehabilitation and the right to dignity—core principles for transforming prison systems. #MandelaDay #HumanRights

CJ in partnership with UNODC organized Training Workshop on criminal and Specialized Legal Aid Manual and Guidelines and TOT for Basket Fund Sub-Grantees, from July 15-19, 2025, with the financial support of EU. 32 participants from CSOs and Universities engaged on the training.

@UNODC_EA and the 🇪🇹 Sheger Chamber of Commerce & Sectoral Association have started a two-days capacity building for the Chamber's leadership as part of the🌐Global Action on Business Integrity targeting the business community on strengthening business integrity and ethics #SDG16

This week, over 300 adolescents teenagers🧑‍🤝‍🧑 joined ECA's annual life skills training in 🇪🇹. @UNODC_EA led a session on cyberbullying, AI 🤖 & online safety urging youth to take charge of their digital wellbeing and safe access online & combat cybercrime. #SDG10 #SDG3

@UNODC_EA supported FDRE Ministry of Justice ኢ.ፌ.ዴ.ሪ ፍትህ ሚኒስቴር Attorney General's Division to train 32 federal prosecutors in 🇪🇹 to familiarize with the newly adopted Asset Recovery Proclamation, its implementation manual & the law's linkage to existing laws addressing money laundering & terrorism financing.

Learning Across Borders! Our joint delegation from CJ and UNODC Ethiopia traveled to Nairobi as part of the Basket Fund for legal aid service provision, financed by the EU Delegation in Ethiopia Criminal Justice Program, to learn from Kenya’s vibrant legal aid sectors.

❗️#HappeningNow❗️ UN Office on Drugs & Crime and ICRC convene 40 pax from 15 countries + int’l organizations, academia, civil society & the private sector to shed light on the use of technology 📟 in #prison settings, using as a core parameter the safeguards enshrined in the #MandelaRules 🇺🇳

As a 5-day drafting session wraps up, UNODC & FDRE Ministry of Justice ኢ.ፌ.ዴ.ሪ ፍትህ ሚኒስቴር are aligning 🇪🇹's firearms laws w/ the Firearms & Nairobi Protocols and UNODC's Model Law. A joint team from legal drafting, the AG & reform units will share the draft w/ stakeholders. Supported by Sweden in Ethiopia & AU🇸🇪 #SDG16

Violence has no borders, not even digital ones. Join #TeamEurope the #16Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence 2025 for powerful messages countering technology facilitated #GBV in #Ethiopia! Together we say, there is #NoExcuse #TeamEurope

#የ16ቀናት ዘመቻ ምንድነው? በሴቶች ላይ የሚደርሰው ጥቃት በዓለም ላይ ከሚፈጸሙ የሰብዓዊ መብት ጥሰቶች እጅግ አስከፊው መሆኑን የምናስታውስበትና ጥቃቱን ለማስቆም እርምጃ እንዲወሰድ ጥሪ የምናቀርበበት ዘመቻ ነው። swll.to/n0lOas0

Tonight, our partner, Commercial Bank of Ethiopia lights up its tallest building in orange, standing with us to call for an end to #VAWG. This powerful display reminds us that change is possible when all of us come together. Let’s keep raising our voices throughout the #16Days of Activism.

United for change. 🧡 Yesterday’s reception at the German Embassy sparked many meaningful conversations on our engagement to stop ✋ violence against women and girls— and today, our sticker campaign for the 16 Days of Activism is visible all across the city. #16DaysofActivism

EU Head of Delegation visited Kaliti Women’s Prison to launch the 16 Days of Activism and review the EU funded project with UNODC and the Center for Justice. The visit reinforced dignity, rehabilitation, and rights for women in detention. #16DaysOfActivism #EUinEthiopia #EndGBV

UNODC supported FDRE Ministry of Justice ኢ.ፌ.ዴ.ሪ ፍትህ ሚኒስቴር train 40 federal & regional prosecutors (32M: 8W) on corruption offences, boosting 🇪🇹's frontline response to a top national priority. The session unpacked new laws, surfaced implementation gaps & shared good practices to secure stronger enforcement.

Last week, UNODC Eastern Africa handed over the Criminal Legal Aid and Specialised Legal Aid Service manuals and guidelines developed with Center for Justice - Ethiopia to H.E. Ermias Yemanebirhan (PhD) State Minister of the FDRE Ministry of Justice ኢ.ፌ.ዴ.ሪ ፍትህ ሚኒስቴር🇪🇹. Supported by the EU in Ethiopia / የአውሮፓ ህብረት በኢትዮጵያ🇪🇺 under the #EULegalAidBasketfund.

Today #PLEADYetu joined EACC Kenya Leadership Integrity Forum National Youth Council Kenya & Youth to mark #IACD2025 themed “Uniting with Youth in the fight against corruption: Shaping Tomorrow’s Integrity.” Centered on youth voices, collaboration, leadership & integrity. Funded by European Union In Kenya🇪🇺#SDG16 #SDG17

An important milestone was marked with the Closure Ceremony of the Technical Assistance Unit (TAU) under the EU Criminal Justice Support Programme in Ethiopia, implemented by Giz in consortium with dcaf.

FDRE Ministry of Justice ኢ.ፌ.ዴ.ሪ ፍትህ ሚኒስቴር UNODC Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice UN Ethiopia Koen Marquering Charity Kagwi-Ndungu Ermiyas Kostre ghetnet metiku Ethiopian Federal Police Federal Prison Commission-Ethiopia Abraham Ayalew Speaking on the occassion, the State Minister of Justice, Ermiyas Yemaneberhan (PhD), noted the critical importance of threat assessment exercises towards evidence based crime prevention. #SDG16