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Legal professionals and NGOs in remote Pakistan discuss the value of the UN Bangkok Rules
In November, PRI’s partner NGO in Pakistan, the DOST Welfare Foundation, which works in the north western border province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, trained 48 law students, 21 faculty members of local Law Colleges, and 30 NGO representatives from Peshawar on the UN Bangkok Rules on women offenders and prisoners. The prison population in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa […]
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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 and FHRI deliver first East Africa training for women prison staff on the UN Bangkok Rules
‘How should we conduct body searches on women that keeps their dignity yet enables us to find any hidden disallowed objects? ‘How can we best support our women prisoners to earn an income when they are released? ‘Our superiors need to know about the Bangkok Rules! How can we get their support to put the […]
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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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Prison monitors from 13 countries attend summer school on the UN Bangkok Rules
In late August, 16 members and staff of National Preventative Mechanisms (NPMs) from 13 countries gathered for a summer school in Bristol, UK, on preventing torture and ill-treatment through gender-sensitive monitoring. Organised by PRI and the University of Bristol, in partnership with the Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT), the four day summer school […]
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PRI to work with the Kenya Probation Service to pilot gender-sensitive approach to community service
PRI is delighted to have received a grant from the Thailand Institute of Justice (TIJ) to work with the Kenya Probation Service to study and develop gender-sensitive community and probation orders in Kenya. The UN Bangkok Rules, universal international standards adopted for women offenders in 2010, call for prioritisation of ‘gender-sensitive non-custodial measures’, recognising the […]
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Kenya’s probation officers become champions for the needs of women offenders
In April, 18 staff from the Kenyan Probation and After Care Service and two senior officials from the Prison Department took part in a three-day PRI training on women offenders and the UN Bangkok Rules in Nakuru, Kenya. The staff came from a number of districts in Kenya and the training was intended to provide […]
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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 UN Crime Commission 2015
The UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice will convene in Vienna on 18-22 May. Held annually it is the principal policy-making body of the UN in the field of crime prevention and criminal justice and is therefore of key relevance to PRI’s mission. The Commission is the preparatory body for and implements many 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 […]