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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 […]

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PRI at the IPU: Rule of law and access to justice are crucial to lifting the most marginalised out of poverty and achieving MDGs

“Parliamentarians of the world, in the middle of the world” PRI received a warm welcome when it arrived in Ecuador for the 128th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. Along with more than 1,200 participants representing parliamentarians from around the world, PRI attended the inaugural ceremony at the National Assembly of Ecuador. The President of Ecuador, […]

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Expert training for Kazakhstan’s local authorities on improving rehabilitation services for former prisoners

From April 16-17, 2013 Penal Reform International in Central Asia organised training for staff of akimats (local state authorities), which were given responsibility for rehabilitation of prisoners on release in August 2010. The training was made possible with the financial support of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Kazakhstan. Read the press release: Resocialisation training for […]