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PRI convenes event at UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs on women and drug policies – implementation of the UN Bangkok Rules
Invitation: at this event at the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs, PRI and fellow experts will discuss key issues on women and drug policies and share new research and good practice. Details: 3 March 2020 from 8.00 to 8.50 a.m. in Room M 6.
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Working with police, magistrates and lawyers to promote fairer criminal investigations and trials in Uganda
Penal Reform International (PRI) is taking important and effective steps towards preventing ill-treatment and promoting the application of fair and effective criminal investigations and trials of people detained in Uganda. Police officers were introduced to investigative interviewing – using the ‘PEACE model’ – a practice promoted by the UN Special Rapporteur on torture and adopted in a number of countries to replace confessional-based interrogation methods, which can lead to coercion and torture. PRI also invited magistrates from across the country for a training on best practices in the implementation of the Prevention and Prohibition of Torture Act (PPTA) for the effective adjudication of torture cases.
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Latest news from the Middle East and North Africa
Penal Reform International in the Middle East and North Africa, in partnership with the Penitentiary and Reintegration Administration Algeria, and supported by the British embassy in Algiers, has been delivering capacity building interventions to prison staff on the principles of strategic planning and implementation methodologies.
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Ce sont des enfants – pas des terroristes !
On estime que 4640 enfants sont partis en Irak ou en Syrie, seuls ou avec leurs familles, pour rejoindre l’État islamique (EI) autoproclamé. Depuis la chute du groupe terroriste, un grand nombre d’entre eux vivent dans des camps de déplacés dans des conditions déplorables. Ces enfants ont non seulement été victimes de recrutement ou de traite, mais ont également été témoins d’une violence et d’un endoctrinement extrêmes. Nous appelons les autorités gouvernementales à prendre urgemment leurs responsabilités afin de garantir leurs droits.
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Children – not terrorists! Bringing children home from ISIL
An estimated 4640 children travelled to Iraq or Syria, either alone or with their families, to join the so-called Islamic State (ISIL). Since the fall of the terrorist group, many of them live in displacement camps under deplorable conditions. They have not only been victims of recruitment or trafficking, but also witnessed extreme violence and indoctrination. We call on State authorities for an urgent response to guarantee their rights.
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Penal Reform International stands in solidarity with the criminal justice reform community
PRI wishes to express its sympathy with the criminal justice reform community following the attack in London on Friday 29 November 2019 at a prisoner rehabilitation event, which led to the deaths of two representatives of a prisoner education programme, Learning Together.
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Our ambitions for 2020-2023
This year PRI is celebrating 30 years of accomplishments in developing and promoting fair and effective criminal justice systems across the world.
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Penal Reform International recipient of the Open Society Foundations 2019 New Executive Fund
Open Society Foundations has awarded Penal Reform International's Executive Director, Florian Irminger, a New Executives Fund, which will help implement a 'vision of catalytic organisational change'.
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Event: Trends and Efforts Addressing Life Imprisonment in the United States and Around the World
PRI joins partners to launch Global Prison Trends 2019 at an event focusing on life imprisonment on 15 October 2019 in New York.