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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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Please save the date: HRC side event on rehabilitation and redress for victims of torture on 30 May
PRI will be co-hosting a side event with the ICRT at the UN Human Rights Council on Thursday 30th May on “Rehabilitation and redress for victims of torture: State obligations and practice”. The side event gives an opportunity to reflect on obligations of states in the provision of redress to victims of torture in accordance with Article 14 of […]
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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 […]
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Discussion paper: The Use and Practice of Imprisonment: Current Trends and Future Challenges
Last Friday (26 April 2013) at the 22nd Session of the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in Vienna, PRI presented a discussion paper The Use and Practice of Imprisonment: Current Trends and Future Challenges at a side-event. Despite a night session of the Committee of the Whole on the Thursday evening, the side event […]
Report from last month’s Learning Initiative on Juvenile Justice hosted by UNICEF India
Following the International Colloquium on Juvenile Justice, PRI’s Programme Development Director Nikhil Roy took part in a UNICEF India Learning Initiative on Juvenile Justice. This two-day event included participants from State Government representatives from the Departments in charge of implementation of the Juvenile Justice Act, personnel from State Child Protection Societies, Police officials, State Commission for […]
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PRI at the 53rd Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
PRI and other NGOs issued a joint statement at the 53rd Session of the African Commission. The statement called on all African Union states, while continuing to move towards full abolition of the death penalty, to take steps in law and practice to respect international standards that provide safeguards guaranteeing protection of the rights of […]