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Government, civil society and international experts gather in Kazakhstan, to discuss treatment of children in institutions
Between 13 and 15 September, PRI’s Central Asia office hosted an International Symposium on the prevention of violence against children in closed institutions in Central Asia in Astana, Kazakhstan. Around two hundred delegates attended from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan – penitentiary staff, judicial personnel, police, representatives from various child rights organisations (state and NGOs), as […]
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PRI opens new regional office in Kampala, Uganda
PRI is delighted to announce the opening of its new PRI Africa Office in January 2016. Based in Kampala, Uganda, the office will develop PRI’s expanding work in the Sub-Saharan Africa region. PRI has worked in partnership with criminal justice agencies and civil society in the sub-Saharan Africa region since the 1990s. Our work in […]
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PRI and FHRI present Children of Imprisoned Parents in Uganda research at ACERWC Conference
Ronald is 13 years old. He has no contact at all with his parents both of whom are in prison. In the future he wishes to study very hard so that he is able to get his parents out of prison. Dalius is 10 years. His mother is in prison. He feels sad about his mother […]
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PRI to join high-level panel on protecting girls in criminal justice systems at the UN General Assembly
Despite a strong international framework designed to prevent and respond to violence against girls in both public and private spheres, the social status of women and girls, together with deep-rooted discriminatory attitudes often compromise the responses of criminal justice systems to address gender-based violence committed against them. Girls who fall victim to violence and exploitation […]
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PRI brings five Central Asian countries together to discuss tackling violence against children in institutions
From 2-4 September, PRI in Central Asia held the Central Asian Dialogue on prevention of violence against children and the rights of children in difficult circumstances. While numbers are falling, some 30,000 children are estimated to be held in closed institutions across Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Research by PRI carried out in late 2014 found […]
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Renate Winter from UN Committee on the Rights of the Child leads training on violence for staff of residential institutions in Tajikistan
From 27-29 May, PRI Central Asia held a three-day training workshop in Tajikistan for staff of closed facilities for children on tackling violence against children. The workshop was led by the Vice President of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, Renate Winter, together with international experts from Serbia and Kyrgyzstan and local experts. […]
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PRI focuses on corruption in prisons and needs of girls in detention at the Human Rights Council (June 2015)
The 29th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council begins in Geneva next week. PRI’s delegation will be focusing on two key issues: corruption in detention, and the rights of girls in detention. Join PRI for these two events: Girls in Detention Thursday 18 June 2015, 15:00-17:00, Palais des Nations, Room XXVI. Co-hosted by the Permanent Mission of […]
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PRI at the 13th UN Crime Congress 2015, Qatar
PRI is delighted to be attending the 13th UN Crime Congress in Doha, Qatar from 12-19 April. We are participating in official Workshop A and hosting and taking part in a number of panels. We have a stand in the exhibition halls where you can pick up our publications and watch our short animated film […]
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PRI to provide monitoring training for National Torture Prevention Centre in Kyrgyzstan
On March 10-12 2015, the staff of the Kyrgyz National Torture Prevention Center (NTPC) will attend training on the monitoring of detention/custodial restraint for juveniles in Kyrgyzstan. The training is part of a three-year project on Gradual eradication of violence against children in detention in Central Asia implemented jointly by the Youth Human Rights Group Public Association […]
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PRI Central Asia hosts training on therapeutic responses to children in conflict with the law
This week, PRI’s Central Asia office is holding a training course in Almaty for the staff of closed institutions on therapeutic responses to address offending and anti-social behaviour by children and adolescents. At the time of writing, there are 95 under-18s in correctional institutions and 167 in specialised schools for children in Kazakhstan. “Amid the political and socio-economic changes taking […]