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Briefing: Next steps in the Review of the UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners
Together with six other organisation, PRI has issued an updated briefing on the review of the UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners. This briefing is issued ahead of the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice to be held from 22 to 26 April in Vienna. The report and recommendations of […]
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International Women’s Day: Renewed calls for better treatment of female prisoners
PRI would like to take the opportunity on International Women’s Day to promote better treatment of women in prison worldwide. Whilst the Bangkok Rules were adopted over a year ago there is still a long way to go to implement the Rules. On 6 March PRI, with the Thai Permanent Representation to the UN, OMCT and Quaker […]
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Turkish delegation join PRI to discuss good practice in justice for children
Last week PRI welcomed a delegation of judicial and prison staff from Turkey to its London office, facilitated by Marianne Moore of the Justice Studio and UNICEF Turkey. The main purpose of the visit was to learn more about good practice in juvenile justice, looking particularly at sentencing policies for young offenders, diversion and non-custodial options and treatment and […]
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PRI’s partner in Pakistan, the DOST Foundation, to host conference on alternatives to imprisonment next week
On 27-28 February, Prison, Police and Probation officials and the Judiciary from four provinces in Pakistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, Baluchistan and Sindh, as well as local civil society organisations and international criminal justice experts, will participate in a Conference ‘Criminal Justice Reform in Pakistan – Developing Alternatives to Prison’. The Conference will focus on prison […]
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PRI and Commonwealth Secretariat team up again to train prison officials from 19 African countries on human rights
From 18-22 February PRI will be delivering a five-day Training of Trainers in Human Rights for prison officials and heads of training institutions in Maputo, Mozambique. The training is the second such workshop to take place as part of a project sponsored by the Commonwealth Secretariat Human Rights Unit. The first training, which took place […]
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PRI recruits a national independent team of experts to monitor care facilities in Jordan
On 9 March, PRI’s Middle East and North Africa office will launch a national independent team for monitoring care centres in Jordan in partnership with the Ministry of Social Development. The 35-strong taskforce was formed following an agreement signed earlier between PRI and the Ministry of Social Development. The monitoring team will be granted access […]
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PRI’s Middle East and North Africa office training police officers in child rights in Yemen
PRI’s Middle East and North Africa office are currently organising workshops on justice for children in Sanaa, Yemen, in partnership with General Administration of Juvenile Police, and the Foundation, Together for Development and Human Rights. Forty-five police officers from the Department of Women, Juveniles, and the Interior Ministry’s branches in Yemeni provinces attended the training. Speaking […]
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New PRI briefing on the minimum age of criminal responsibility worldwide
The minimum age of criminal responsibility set by different countries ranges hugely from as low as six up to 18 years of age. The median age is 12. However, in nearly all countries, children above the age of criminal responsibility can be arrested, detained and imprisoned. This means that children are drawn at an early […]
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PRI’s Middle East and North Africa office organises an international seminar on the prospects for prison reform in Tunisia
More than 500 participants gathered in Tunis last week for an international seminar on the prospects for prison reform in Tunisia. The event was hosted by the Tunisian Prime Minister, Hamadi Jebali, and Justice Minister Noureddine Beheiri, and was organised in collaboration with the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Human Rights and Transitional Justice, […]
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Training for prison directors and senior prison officials in Jordan on applying international standards
Last week, PRI’s Middle East and North Africa office organised the fourth in a series of training workshops targeted at prison directors and senior prison officials in Jordan. 20 participants gathered at by the shores of the Dead Sea to attend this three-day training course on the international standards ratified by Jordan which govern their […]