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PRI’s MENA office workshops promote restorative justice for young people in Egypt this week
PRI’s Middle East and North Africa office are organising two workshops this week on the juvenile criminal system in Egypt. The sessions are part of a project funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The training, carried out in cooperation with the Ministry of Justice, will focus on raising awareness of international standards and […]
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PRI MENA celebrates World Day for the Prevention of Child Abuse at the Rehabilitation Centre for Juveniles in Amman
On Monday, PRI’s Middle East and North Africa office celebrated World Day for the Prevention of Child Abuse at the Rehabilitation Centre for Juveniles in Amman. The event was organised in partnership with the Ministry of Social Development and was attended by 28 children detained at the centre, the Director of the Jordanian Juvenile Police, […]
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PRI MENA and the Yemeni Prison Directorate cooperate to protect vulnerable groups and train prison staff
Last week, Taghreed Jaber, Regional Director of PRI’s Middle East and North Africa (PRI MENA) office, and Yemen’s Prisons Director, Major General Mohamed Ali Alzelb, signed an agreement of cooperation for an initiative to protect vulnerable groups in Yemeni prisons and to provide training for Yemeni prison staff. The initiative is part of a wider […]
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PRI hosts a workshop on alternatives to detention in Jordan
PRI’s Middle East and North Africa office held a two-day workshop on ‘Alternative sanctions to detention: prospects for and ways of promoting their application in Jordan’ this week by the Dead Sea. Participating were representatives of media organisations in Jordan, audio-visual, print and electronic media, along with civil society organisations active in the field of […]
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Press release: Turning research into action to eliminate torture and ill-treatment of children in detention
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, 21 September 2012 —The Kyrgyz Parliament and Government are hosting an international conference today to reduce violence against children in conflict with the law with the support of The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Penal Reform International (PRI). Globally, the vast majority of children are detained for non-violent crimes including running away […]
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PRI publishes new research into violence against children in juvenile justice settings in eight countries
PRI has published new research examining law and policy in relation to violence against children in particular during arrest and in pre-trial detention in eight countries (Bangladesh, Georgia, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Russian Federation, Tanzania and Uganda). There are estimated to be over one million children in detention around the world, the vast majority detained for non-violent offences, […]
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PRI hosts Tenth General Assembly of the World Coalition against the Death Penalty in Jordan
Under the patronage of His Excellency the Minister of Justice for Jordan, Khalifa Khalid Al-Sulaiman, PRI and the World Coalition against the Death Penalty opened the tenth General Assembly of the World Coalition. The General Assembly focused on the efforts and realities in the fight against the death penalty at the international level and in […]
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PRI to address the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
On 26 March, PRI will address the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with an oral statement, and provided a submission, “Falling through the Cracks: Guidance on Implementation of Article 30” during its forthcoming 19th session. In the context of children of incarcerated parents, PRI’s […]
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PRI: Death Penalty Abolition after Arab Spring
PRI’s MENA Regional Director gives some thoughts on the prospects for death penalty abolition, in light of the recent and current upheaval in the area. Interviewed at the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty AGM in Rabat, Taghreed Jaber spoke of her fears that the death penalty might be used as revenge, as well as […]