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PRI participates in discussion of the Rights of the Child at the 19th Session of the Human Rights Council
PRI participated in the Annual Day of Discussion on the rights of children during the 19th Session of the Human Rights Council today. PRI, in conjunction with OSJI and IJJO, submitted an oral statement to the Council highlighting the impact of extensive periods of pre-trial detention on the social and mental development of juveniles and […]
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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 at African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
On 27 November 2011, PRI attended the 18th Session of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (The Committee) in Algiers to advocate for the better protection of the rights of the children of incarcerated parents. PRI’s position on this important child rights issue is outlined in a recently […]