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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 […]
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PRI hosted an international colloquium on juvenile justice in Delhi last week
On 16-18 March 2013, HAQ: Centre for Child Rights, National Law University – Delhi, Penal Reform International, UNICEF India, Save the Children, India, and Child Fund, India, hosted an International Colloquium on Juvenile Justice in Delhi. This was the first time there had been a gathering of international experts on the subject of Juvenile Justice in India, and the Colloquium brought together […]
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PRI at the IPU: Re-thinking drugs policies: lively debate among parliamentarians in Quito
At the Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in Quito, Ecuador, an interesting panel discussion is taking place on “The legalisation of drugs: Can it help curb organised crime?” The room is cramped with parliamentarians from the globe. Introduced by four expert panelists from Afghanistan, Serbia, Uruguay and Mexico, the debate seeks to break the taboo […]
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UN Human Rights Council adopts a resolution calling for a panel debate on children of parents sentenced to death
At the end of last week, the UN Human Rights Council adopted a resolution without a vote (so with consensus), calling for a panel debate at the Council on children of parents sentenced to death or executed. Children are often the forgotten victims of the death penalty, and suffer extreme emotional trauma and stigma from […]
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PRI’s Central Asia office are hosting training for journalists on reporting on penal reform issues
PRI’s Central Asia office are running training for 25 journalists on reporting on penal reform issues in Astana this week. The training will be led by a team of experts from the United Kingdom, including Malcolm Dean, former Guardian journalist, now working for the Guardian Foundation, and from Kazakhstan. The goal of the event is to […]
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PRI joins Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women on panel at Commission on Status of Women today
PRI’s Policy Director Andrea Huber will be joining Rashida Manjoo, the UN’s Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women on a side-event panel on Violence against Women in Custodial Settings at the Commission on the Status of Women in New York today. International human rights law requires that all people deprived of their liberty should be treated humanely […]