Penal Reform International has many inspiring speakers available to speak on a variety of topics related to criminal justice, including amongst its Board members. Please contact us to identify a speaker.

PRI’s spokespeople:

Florian Irminger
Executive Director
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In September 2018, Florian joined PRI as its Executive Director. He was previously the Head of Advocacy at Human Rights House Foundation in Geneva. Before joining HRHF, Florian co-founded Stop Suicide, a non-governmental organisation dedicated to the prevention of suicide among young people in Switzerland. Florian has been Chair of the Board of the House of NGOs in Geneva. From 2009 to 2012, he was a member of the editorial team responsible for revising Geneva’s constitution, adopted in 2012, and was also a member of the young leaders’ programme of the World Economic Forum.

Olivia Rope
Director of Policy and International Advocacy
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Olivia is Director of Policy and International Advocacy at Penal Reform International where she leads on policy-setting regional bodies and advocacy with international and on a range of human rights and criminal justice issues, acting as spokesperson for the organisation internationally. Olivia has authored key publications and training materials for PRI and worked extensively with UN and other institutional actors and partners. Previously, Olivia worked at Amnesty International in their European Union office in Brussels and in their New Zealand section. She completed her LLM in International and European Human Rights Law at the University of Amsterdam in 2008 and was admitted to the High Court of New Zealand as a Barrister and Solicitor in 2009.

Taghreed Jaber
Regional Director for Middle East and North Africa
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Tsira Chanturia
Regional Director for South Caucasus
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Azamat Shambilov
Regional Director for Central Asia
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Doreen Namyalo Kyazze
Africa Programme Manager
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