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PRI promoting justice for children at next month’s international conference marking 25 Years of the CRC in Leiden
20 November 2014 will be the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) – now the most widely ratified human rights treaty in the world. As part of a week-long series of events marking the occasion, the University of Leiden is holding an international ‘Conference 25 Years […]
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PRI welcomes the winners of our international investigative journalism competition
Penal Reform International (PRI) is delighted to welcome to London the winners of its inaugural competition for the best journalism investigating the death penalty and life (or long-term) imprisonment this week. Following review by panels of judges, the three winners will travel to London in October to visit the offices of The Guardian newspaper and meet […]
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PRI at the UN General Assembly October 2014
Each year state delegates, UN representatives and civil society organisations gather during the UN General Assembly in New York. This year PRI will be co-hosting two side-events during the Third Committee at the 69th Session of the General Assembly in October 2014 to highlight two particular issues relating to criminal justice and penal policy – human rights of women in custody […]
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Special panel and reception on children deprived of liberty: The Call for a Global Study on 14 October
PRI is among more than 50 leading non-governmental organisations that are urging members of the UN General Assembly to recommend a high-level UN Study on Children Deprived of Liberty to collect sorely needed information on children in detention worldwide. A Global Study is needed in order to accurately define the scope of the problem, identify […]
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Looking ahead to the first World Congress on Juvenile Justice
26 – 30 January 2015 International Conference Centre of Geneva Geneva, Switzerland The first ever World Congress on Juvenile Justice will take place in Geneva in January 2015. This week-long event aims to become a milestone in the implementation of international norms relating to children in conflict with law and children who are victims, survivors […]
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PRI Central Asia conference addresses role of ombudsmen in tackling violence against children in detention
Last week, PRI’s Central Asia office organised a conference in Dushanbe, Tajikistan with UNICEF and local partner the Child Rights Centre to raise awareness of the issue of violence against children in closed institutions, share information on regional practice, and to explore the role of the Ombudsman in protecting the rights of children in detention. […]
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PRI trains UN peacekeepers on the Bangkok Rules in Rwanda
PRI’s Policy Director, Andrea Huber, recently returned from a pre-deployment training session in Rwanda with the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations. The two-week training was the first of its kind to invite only female trainees as part of an effort to increase the number of female corrections officers involved in peacekeeping. Also for the first […]
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PRI calls on Human Rights Council to address prison overcrowding as a human rights issue
PRI is calling on the Human Rights Council and its bodies today to address as a human rights issue the overuse of imprisonment and the deplorable overcrowded conditions in prisons that it causes. Read this news article in Arabic / العربية In the Panel Discussion on Persons Deprived of their Liberty during this 27th Regular Session […]
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First international guidance on addressing needs of children of incarcerated parents launched in South Africa
From 3–5 September 2014, Keeping Children Safe (KCS) held an international conference in Cape Town to promote the Child Safeguarding Standards. As part of the conference programme, PRI – represented by Alison Hannah, PRI’s Executive Director and Jenny Clarkin, PRI Programme Officer – co-organised the launch of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the […]
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All set for launch of first General Comment on African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
4 September 2014 at 5.45pm (UTC+2) Vineyard Hotel Cape Town, South Africa It is now just over a week until the official launch of the first ever General Comment from the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC). Adopted in November 2013, General Comment No.1 on Children of Incarcerated […]