News & Announcements
(10 May 2012) PRI's Nikhil Roy writes his second blog instalment, this time from Kolkata and fresh from visiting a men's prison.
(7 May 2012) Directors and representatives of prisons and NGOs meet in Amman for a roundtable on human rights approaches in prison management and conduct field visits to men's and women's prisons.
(4 May 2012) PRI's Programme Development Director blogs on his visit to Dhaka, holding high-level meetings with ministers and launching two books by our Honorary President.
(27 April 2012) PRI is delighted that the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice has adopted the Principles and Guidelines on Access to Legal Aid in Criminal Justice Systems. They highlight the crucial role of legal aid in giving access to justice for everyone, including those who are poor and marginalised.
(26 April 2012) PRI's Executive Director writes about discussions at the Crime Commission on abolition of the death penalty and the children of incarcerated parents
PRI is currently seeking to recruit an independent consultant/evaluation team to conduct an Independent Progress Review (IPR) of performance and progress so far of its PPA-supported programme.
(25 April 2012) PRI's Executive Director writes about success for legal aid guidelines and an event on children in prison
(23 April 2012) PRI and other NGO's today issued a joint statement on review of the UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of prisoners. The statement to the 21st Session of the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice was issued under standing agenda item 8 on use and application of UN standards and norms in the field of crime prevention and criminal justice, including their use and application to be discussed on 27 April 2012 in Vienna.
(24 April 2012) Making Law and Policy that Work has been translated into Spanish and launched at Universidad Mayor in Chile.
(20 April 2012) Penal Reform International will be sending two delegates to the 21st Session of the UN Crime Commission and will be using the opportunity to promote the UN Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-custodial Measures for Women Offenders, adopted by the UN General Assembly on 21 December 2010 (Bangkok Rules).
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