Resources listing

Submission

Input to OHCHR on digital technology in criminal justice systems

Penal Reform International (PRI) welcomes the initiative of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to inform the Secretary General’s report to the General Assembly, pursuant to resolution A/RES/77/219, and the opportunity to provide input on the latest developments, challenges and good practices in human rights in the administration of […]

Languages: English

Submission

Input for the UN General Assembly Working Group on “Access to Justice” for Older Persons

Access to justice and discrimination issues affect older people throughout the criminal justice system at arrest and adjudication, detention, and transition back to the community. This submission provides input for the United Nations General Assembly Open-ended Working Group for the purpose of strengthening the protection of the human rights of older persons, specifically focusing on […]

Languages: English

Submission

Input for the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture: “Psychological Torture and Ill-Treatment”

Penal Reform International (PRI) and Dr. Sharon Shalev, Research Associate at the University of Oxford and Independent Consultant at SolitaryConfinement.org welcome the Special Rapporteur’s call for input for the forthcoming thematic report on “psychological torture and ill-treatment”. This submission highlights the relationship between psychological torture and ill-treatment to solitary confinement. We chose to prioritise solitary […]

Languages: English

Briefing

Policy briefing: EU-Indonesia Human Rights Dialogue

In this policy briefing the Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (ICJR) and Penal Reform International (PRI) detail key concerns on the interlinking issues on the agenda for the European Union-Indonesia Human Rights Dialogue in Brussels on 8 November 2019, and the EU-Indonesia Civil Society Seminar Forum on 7 November 2019: Access to justice and penal […]

Languages: English

Submission

Submission to the UN Working Group on discrimination against women in law and in practice

A submission made by Penal Reform International in answer to a call by the United Nations Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice. Input from States and other stakeholders will be used for a thematic report that will be presented to the 41st session of the Human Rights Council in […]

Languages: English

Submission

Joint oral statement: Human Rights Council September 2018

At the 39th regular session of the Human Rights Council on 14 September 2018, Penal Reform International (PRI), the International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC) and the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network delivered a joint oral statement welcoming the report of the Office of the High Commissioner on the implementation of the joint commitment to effectively addressing […]

Languages: English

Submission

Submission to PC-CP WG on European Prison Rules revision

This submission to the Working Group of the Council for Penological Co-operation (PC-CP) was made ahead of its meeting on 17–19 September 2018 in Strasbourg, where the Working Group will discuss revisions to the European Prison Rules. It is a joint submission with the Association for the Prevention of Torture. The European Committee on Crime […]

Languages: English

Submission

Oral statement to the 2018 Human Dimension Implementation Meeting

Penal Reform International delivered an oral statement on the importance of the Nelson Mandela Rules – the revised UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners – for preventing torture and ill-treatment, at the 2018 OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw. The statement highlights how full implementation of the Nelson Mandela Rules, together with the […]

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Submission

Submission: Implementation of the UNGASS Outcome Document in regard to human rights

This resource is PRI’s submission to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) for its report on the implementation of the joint commitment to effectively addressing and countering the world drug problem with regard to human rights. This report was requested by the resolution of the Human Rights Council 37/42, adopted on […]

Languages: English

Submission

Oral statement – Sustainable Development Goals and criminal justice reform

In this oral statement to the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in May 2017, PRI introduced our new report, Global Prison Trends 2017, published in collaboration with the Thailand Institute of Justice. The report includes a Special Focus section dedicated to the links between the Sustainable Development Goals and criminal justice. The oral statement […]

Languages: English