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Paralegal activity in Rwanda: a case study
This case study documents the experience of Penal Reform International running a pilot paralegal programme in Rwanda from 2009 to 2010. PRI’s work from 1998 to 2010 in the Great Lakes region of Africa aimed to reduce the pre-trial prison population. The organisation monitored the process of Gacaca – the name given to the system […]
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PRI roundtable on the death penalty in Belarus
On 26 January 2012, PRI hosted a national conference on “The development of the criminal justice system in Belarus”. The conference brought together 55 participants, including representatives of Parliament, the General Prosecutor’s Office, the Academy of the Ministry of Interior, prison and police officials, judges, lawyers, representatives of the Institute of Training and Retraining of […]
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Kazakhstan: New project for rehabilitation of ex-prisoners
Announcement January 25, 2012 at 11am Penal Reform International in Central Asia will hold a press conference. Ex-prisoners, the Ambassador of Norway to Kazakhstan, the Regional Director of Penal Reform International’s (PRI) Central Asia Office and national experts in criminal justice will take part in the press conference. In January of this year Penal Reform […]
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PRI Launches a Ten-Point Plan for Fair and Effective Criminal Justice for Children
In December 2011, PRI launched its Ten-Point Plan for Fair and Effective Criminal Justice for Children. The Ten-Point Plan focuses on ways that law and policy makers and criminal justice practitioners can respond effectively and positively to children in contact and in conflict with the law. The Plan outlines PRI’s belief that a fair and […]
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PRI MENA signs MoU with Police Department in Jordan
On Wednesday 4 January 2011 Penal Reform International , Middle East and North Africa Office and The Public Security Department (PSD) in Jordan, presented by its new juvenile Police Department, signed a memorandum of understanding to boost bilateral cooperation and promote the use of restorative justice. The MOU aimstoenhance the use of restorative justice in […]
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PRI launches new documentary films on the abolition of the death penalty and alternatives sanctions of life imprisonment
During December 2011 and January 2012, PRI hosted four film festivals in Belarus, Jordan, Kazakhstan and Tbilisi on the abolition of the death penalty and its alternative sanction of life imprisonment. The film festivals were held with the financial assistance of the European Union under the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) and […]
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PRI welcomes legal amendments to control lethal drug export
Penal Reform International welcomes legal amendments to control the export of lethal injection drugs 20 December 2011, the European Commission extended the list of goods subject to export controls, to prevent their use for capital punishment. The export of certain anaesthetics, such as sodium thiopental and pentobarbital, which are used in lethal injections, will now […]
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PRI conducts training workshop on multi agency monitoring of places of detention for children in Tanzania
In December PRI conducted a multi agency training workshop on tools to monitor places of detention of children in Tanzania. Workshop participants included representatives of the Commission for Human rights and good governance, DPP, Police, Prisons detention homes for children, and Ministries for Social Welfare; Gender and Children; and Legal affairs. The workshopexplored the possibility […]
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Roundtable on human rights in Kyrgyzstan’s temporary detention
A roundtable was held in Bishkek for discussion of human rights issues in relation to temporary detention facilities (IVS) in Kyrgyzstan. The roundtable was attended by government representatives including the Attorney General, law enforcement agencies and the Office of the Ombudsman, national and international experts in the field of human rights, including the UN Special […]
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PRI participate in Council of Europe Seminar in Ukraine on the prevention of ill treatment in places of detention.
PRI’s programme development director, Nikhil Roy, was invited by the Council of Europe as an expert speaker at two seminars on ‘European standards and safeguards for protection of prisoners’ rights and obligations of prison staff, including the prevention of ill-treatment in the places of deprivation of liberties’, held in Kyiv on the 17/18th November and […]