In early December PRI attended the 6th International Conference of the International Juvenile Justice Observatory, Making deprivation of children’s liberty a last resort – towards evidence-based policies on alternatives. The Conference, held over 2 days on 3–4 December, provided a very timely opportunity on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of […]
22nd December 2014
Today (20 November) the international community is celebrating the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). Ratified by 194 countries worldwide, the CRC is the most widely supported treaty in international human rights history. It represents an unprecedented global commitment to address the particular needs of children, […]
20th November 2014
Denis Angeri of Foundation for Human Rights Initiative (FHRI) Uganda, praises the commitment of the Ugandan government to children’s rights but says that much more needs to be done to protect children in conflict with the law. In particular, stronger measures are needed to protect the growing number of street children who should be protected but are frequently rounded […]
3rd October 2014
The terrible gang rape of a student in New Delhi in December 2012 has provoked fierce debate about the treatment of juvenile offenders who commit serious violent crimes in India over the last 18 months. In July 2013, the Supreme Court rejected petitions to lower the age of criminal responsibility to 16 following a campaign […]
27th August 2014
PRI has been working with the Special Representative of the Secretary General on Violence against Children, Marta Santos Pais, to raise awareness and bring about changes in the treatment of girls in the criminal justice system. In this blog she explains how the new Model Strategies and Practical Measures for the Elimination of Violence against […]
15th July 2014
Currently PRI Central Asia is implementing a project to humanise the criminal justice systems of Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan through establishing criminal legislative codes in line with international human rights standards. PRI along with local partners (Golos Svobody in Kyrgyz Republic and Human Rights Center in Tajikistan) organised expert meetings, workshops for local civil society […]
2nd July 2014
PRI’s Policy Director, Andrea Huber, looks at the some of the major trends – national, international, the good, the bad and the ugly – in criminal justice and penal policy over the last few years. This blog was first published by the Human Rights Centre at the University of Essex. If there is a criminal […]
11th June 2014
PRI обозначил работу с несовершеннолетними как одну из приоритетных задач. В рамках этого направления наш офис реализует ряд проектов в трех странах Центральной Азии, одним из них является проект по апробированию ювенальной дивергенции на местном и центральном уровне, реализуемый при поддержке Детского Фонда ООН Юнисеф. Как известно, Конвенция ООН о правах ребенка, ратифицированная Казахстаном еще в […]
3rd June 2014
PRI is very happy to welcome into force the 3rd Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child (OP3). OP3 establishes a ‘Communications Procedure’, providing children with an international complaints mechanism to address violations of their rights. In January 2014, Costa Rica became the 10th country to ratify OP3 – bringing it […]
22nd April 2014
Becky Randel, PRI’s Research Assistant travelled to Geneva last week, with Nikhil Roy PRI’s Programme Development Director and Triona Lenihan PRI’s Policy Intern, to discuss, promote and engage with States on PRI’s programme of work relating to children deprived of their liberty. On Thursday 13 March, the Human Rights Council had its Annual Day on the […]
17th March 2014