Today – Human Rights Day (10 December 2013) – is a chance for organisations around the world to draw attention to both the continuing violations of peoples’ rights and the positive steps being made in protecting and respecting them. So it is appropriate that today PRI is in Kolkata, India, conducting a training of trainers’ workshop […]
10th December 2013
While the focus of last week’s conference on Alternatives to Imprisonment was on sentencing practice, the third day included a preview of the UNODC’s new handbook: Early access to legal aid in criminal investigations and proceedings: a handbook and training curriculum for policy makers and practitioners. Most of the countries at the conference – eight […]
12th November 2013
On 9-10 October, three representatives of PRI – Nikhil Roy, Jenny Clarkin and myself – attended the first ever World Congress on Probation. Organised by the European Organisation for Probation (CEP) and hosted in London, the Congress welcomed over 300 delegates from 50 countries. It was a packed agenda and even documenting the highlights here […]
11th October 2013
Morocco’s Islamist-led government has unveiled a charter outlining a raft of long-awaited judicial reforms including a strengthening of the judiciary’s independence that have been a priority of the ruling party. The charter was presented late Thursday by the justice ministry, some two years after the kingdom adopted a new constitution in the face of sweeping […]
17th September 2013
Eight years in the making, the UN Principles and Guidelines on Legal Aid in Criminal Justice Systems were formally adopted by the UN General Assembly on 20 December. PRI’s Executive Director reflects on their importance and on the task of implementation that lies ahead. PRI has been involved throughout the process. 2012 ended on a positive note with the news that […]
3rd January 2013
In many nations of the world, prisons are used in large part for what was their original purpose – not as a punishment or correctional measure but to hold suspects and defendants until they can be tried in court. In more than fifty countries, the majority of people in prison on any one day are […]
30th November 2012