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PRI’s Middle East and North Africa office hold First National Conference on Juvenile Justice

The First National Conference on Juvenile Justice “Justice for Children” organised by Penal Reform International MENA Office in cooperation with the Public Security Directorate / Juvenile Police Department took place on 20 and 21 August 2013. The event took place under the patronage of His Excellency Minister of Justice and Minister of State for Prime Ministry Affairs […]

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Sign up for an Online Course on Safeguards against Torture and Ill-Treatment

Human Rights Education Associates (HREA), specialists in human rights education and e-learning, are running an online course on safeguards against torture and ill-treatment with PRI’s Policy Director Andrea Huber as instructor from 16 October to 26 November. Numerous conventions and standards have been adopted at regional and international level to respond to and prevent the […]

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Supreme Court of India decides not to lower the age of the child in criminal cases

PRI welcomes the decision by the Supreme Court of India to uphold the Juvenile Justice Act (2000) and not to lower the age of the child in criminal cases. On 17 July 2013, the Court rejected petitions which requested amending the Juvenile Justice Act to lower the age of the child. If successful, the amendment […]

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Tackling violence against children and juvenile justice reform the focus of a roundtable in Tanzania last week

Last week, 25 representatives from the Tanzanian government, criminal justice agencies and civil society organisations came together in Dar Es Salaam to discuss the findings and recommendations of the recent report, Review of law and policy to prevent and remedy violence against children in police and pre-trial detention in Tanzania, researched and published by PRI with […]

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8 country reports on preventing and addressing violence against children in detention

As part of our multi-faceted programme of work to reduce and end violence against children in the criminal justice system around the world, we have produced eight country research reports aiming to increase the understanding of the specific legal and policy measures that can work to prevent and remedy violence against children. While these have been […]

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PRI and BLAST to hold Juvenile Justice roundtable in Bangladesh on 15 June 2013

On 15 June 2013, PRI and its local NGO partner BLAST, will be holding a national roundtable on violence against children in pre-trial and police detention. The roundtable, will be chaired by the Hon Justice M Imman Ali, of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, and a PRI Board Member, and will include representatives from government and […]

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PRI joins expert meeting with UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women

PRI was honoured to join an expert meeting convened by University of Chicago Law School on 14 May, to provide guidance and feedback for a thematic report by Professor Manjoo on the causes of women’s incarceration around the world, the conditions of such incarceration, and its consequences. The experts mapped various issues relevant to violence […]

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MPs visit London and Brussels for a study visit on abolishing the death penalty

Between 14 and 18 May, PRI, and project partner Foundation for Human Rights Initiative (FHRI), brought 14 parliamentarians to London and Brussels for a high-level study visit on the progressive abolition of the death penalty. The MPs were selected because they have demonstrated political leadership in promoting abolition of death penalty, criminal justice reforms or […]

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PRI co-hosts expert roundtable on juvenile justice in Uganda

Over 35 experts on juvenile justice convened in Kampala on 22 May 2013 and pledged more collective and concrete action on juvenile justice reform in Uganda. The roundtable, organised by The Foundation for Human Rights Initiative (FHRI) in partnership with Penal Reform International (PRI) and the Uganda Child Rights NGO Network (UCRNN), was attended by […]