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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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Summer school for NPMs: preventing torture through gender-sensitive monitoring
From 10-13 August 2015, PRI and the University of Bristol in association with the Association for the Prevention of Torture will be running a Summer School for members and staff of National Preventive Mechanisms on ‘Preventing torture and ill-treatment of female detainees through gender-sensitive monitoring’. The Summer School will take place in Bristol, UK (2 hours […]
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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 […]
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PRI awarded four-year grant by Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs for penitentiary reform in Yemen
The four year project starting in December 2014 will aim to reform the penitentiary system in line with international human rights; develop the capacity of civil society groups to initiate projects to support people in the criminal justice system and to protect the rights of prisoners; and implement alternative sanctions and diversion mechanisms at community […]
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International conference in Amman highlights progress of criminal justice reform initiatives in MENA
On 3 and 4 November, PRI’s Middle East and North Africa office co-organised a large international conference with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and under the patronage of his Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan. This conference marked the end of a three year project (2011-2014) funded by the Swedish International […]
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PRI participates in expert consultation on children in detention with UN Special Rapporteur on Torture
On Tuesday this week, PRI took part in an Expert Consultation on Juveniles Deprived of their Liberty hosted by the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Professor Juan Méndez, at the American University Washington College of Law in Washington DC. 30 experts attended the consultation to discuss legal standards, best practices, and an array of topics […]
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International experts gathered in Amman for today for start of PRI conference on criminal justice and human rights
PRI’s International Conference on ‘Criminal Justice Reform and Human Rights: Recent Trends’ opened today (3 November) in Amman under the patronage of His Majesty King Abdullah II Ibn Alhussein of Jordan. The two day conference is organised by Penal Reform International (MENA) in collaboration with the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Public Security […]
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PRI promoting justice for children at next month’s international conference marking 25 Years of the CRC in Leiden
20 November 2014 will be the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) – now the most widely ratified human rights treaty in the world. As part of a week-long series of events marking the occasion, the University of Leiden is holding an international ‘Conference 25 Years […]