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The 34th session of the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ) will be held in Vienna from 19-24 May 2025. The Crime Commission is the principal policymaking body that guides the UN in the field of crime prevention and criminal justice and takes action through resolutions and decisions. Follow our delegation through […]
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5th World Congress on Justice With Children in Madrid Global event to advance children’s rights in justice systems Madrid, Spain – 1 June 2025 – The 5th edition of the World Congress on Justice With Children will be held in Madrid, Spain, from 2 to 4 June 2025, under the theme: “Advancing Child-Centred Justice: Preventing […]
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Penal Reform International is proud to welcome four distinguished experts to our Membership Council, strengthening our collective efforts to build fairer, more effective justice systems worldwide: Professor Fergus McNeill, Dr Josephine Ndagire, Ambika Satkunanathan and Professor Maiko Tagusari. Drawing on exceptional expertise, our new Council members are leaders in fields critical to PRI’s mission: advancing […]
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The International Corrections and Prisons Association (ICPA) Annual Conference 2023 is taking place this week in Antwerp, Belgium, from 22-27 October 2023, hosted by the Belgian Prison Service. The theme of the conference is “Humane Corrections: What more can we do“, reflecting the need for a more humane approach to corrections and to identify new and […]
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The 32nd Session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ) will be held in Vienna, Austria and online from 22 – 26 May 2023. The CCPCJ is the principal policymaking body that guides the UN in the field of crime prevention and criminal justice, which takes action through resolutions and decisions. PRI will be at the […]
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The 50th session of the UN Human Rights Council took place in Geneva from 13 June to 8 July 2022. Over the past weeks, human rights experts, state and civil society representatives have highlighted human rights violations in criminal justice systems, particularly for vulnerable and marginalised groups, and have underlined the need to, among other […]
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Nur-Sultan city Today, on July 8, at the International Online Forum “The […]
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The rescheduled 14th UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice will be held from 7 – 12 March 2021 in Kyoto, Japan under the overall theme “Advancing crime prevention, criminal justice and the rule of law: towards the achievement of the 2030 Agenda”. The UN ‘Crime Congress’, held once every five years since 1955, […]
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Prisons and justice systems are facing unprecedented challenges brought by the COVID-19 global pandemic. At this launch event for PRI’s new report Global Prison Trends 2020, international leaders and experts will address chronic issues that have led to this human rights and public health crisis with people in prison being so vulnerable – and critically, […]
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This year PRI is celebrating 30 years of accomplishments in developing and promoting fair and effective criminal justice systems across the world. Today, we set our trajectory for the coming decade, launching our new strategy for 2020-2023. The decade we are entering will determine whether the world is able to sustain and promote human rights, […]