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PRI issues joint statement on the impact of the ‘war on drugs’ on human rights
PRI and the Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales made a joint statement on drugs and human rights at the 36th Session of the Human Rights Council.
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PRI’s MENA office holds conference on security and human rights in Algeria
Last week, PRI's Middle East and North Africa office organised a national conference on security and human rights in Algeria.
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PRI launches new report: Global Prison Trends 2017
PRI has launched its annual flagship publication, Global Prison Trends 2017, at the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice.
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PRI at the UN Crime Commission 2017
PRI will be participating in the 2017 Crime Commission in Vienna between 22-26 May. Our side-events focus on key criminal justice issues.
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Invite to Summer School 2017: Detention monitoring applying the UN Nelson Mandela Rules
Applications are now open for NPMs for the 2017 Summer school on detention monitoring applying the UN Nelson Mandela Rules.
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PRI joins penal reform leaders to discuss prison-based rehabilitation
An expert meeting convened by UNODC to discuss prison-based rehabilitation, drawing on the Mandela Rules and national practices.
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Penal Reform International mourning loss of founding member, Professor Sir Nigel Rodley
Penal Reform International is deeply saddened to hear of the loss of Professor Sir Nigel Rodley, a founding member of the organisation.
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Mandela Day highlighted by leading international human rights experts
Four human rights experts welcome the revised Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners - the Nelson Mandela Rules - today as one of the most significant human rights achievements in years.
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Panel on human rights of women in conflict with the law at the Human Rights Council
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Women who kill their abusers: how do criminal justice systems respond? New research
Linklaters LLP and PRI are today publishing a new multi-jurisdictional study on how women who have killed their abusers are treated in law and before the courts.