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Call for input: Criminalisation of women due to poverty and status  

Penal Reform International (PRI) and Women Beyond Walls are collaborating to map out the key areas in need of reform related to the criminalisation of women globally due to their poverty and status. We want to know which criminal laws target or disproportionately impact women, what do we know about the impact of these laws, and […]

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Regional conference on justice-affected women in Africa held in Kampala

From 18-20 October 2023, Penal Reform International (PRI) in partnership with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Uganda Prison Service (UPS), Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) and with the financial support of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and Embassy of France in Uganda, organised a regional conference on the […]

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Call for input: Violence and Health in Prison

As Secretariat of the Informal CSO Group on Health in Prison, Penal Reform International (PRI) is coordinating civil society input to inform an upcoming technical brief on violence and health in prison by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Please share any relevant research, initiatives, publications, or hyperlinks. Email your responses to tlenihan@penalreform.org […]

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Training workshop on gender mainstreaming in the criminal justice sector

Doreen Namyalo Kyazze, PRI Regional Director for Sub-Saharan Africa, presenting at training workshop. On the 17-19th July, a training workshop on gender mainstreaming was held with officers of the Directorate of Public Prosectution at the Rosewood Hotel, Mbale in Uganda. The aim of the workshop was to improve access to justice for women in the […]

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Open Letter to the Organisers of Women Deliver and the Generation Equality Forum

PRI joins 200+ organisations and individuals in an Open Letter to the Organisers of Women Deliver and the Generation Equality Forum: High-Level Forums on Women’s Rights Must Not Ignore the Rights of Criminalised, Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women. We, the undersigned, call upon the organisers of Women Deliver and the Generation Equality Forum to ensure that these high-level forums on women’s […]

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Regional Congress on the Death Penalty in Jordan: A major first

Taghreed Jaber, PRI Regional Director for Middle East and North Africa; and Suzanne Jabbour, Executive Director of Restart Centre for Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence and Torture, Chair of the United Nations Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture, and PRI Board Member. On 11 and 12 July 2023, for the first time in the Middle East, […]

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Expert meeting on the human rights implications of electronic monitoring

On 27 June 2023, a range of experts gathered in Brussels to discuss the use of electronic monitoring (“EM”) and related human rights implications. Participants included academics, representatives from national probation agencies, the Confederation of European Probation (CEP), the Council of Europe, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, and civil society groups. […]

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Training for income-generating agricultural activities in CAR

Penal Reform International, as part of our work with the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission (MINUSCA) supporting the national strategy for demilitarising prisons in Central African Republic (CAR), has assisted the Ministry of Justice in partnering with the Central African Agricultural Development Agency of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. The goal of this […]

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PRI brings together experts in a roundtable on Roma and non-custodial sanctions

On 7 March 2023, PRI hosted a multi-stakeholder regional roundtable in Brussels to discuss and address problems faced by Roma in European criminal justice systems, especially within the context of implementing non-custodial sanctions and measures. The roundtable discussions benefitted from the expertise and perspective of criminal justice practitioners from seven European countries as well as […]