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 on non-custodial alternatives to imprisonment.
We are also launching our new flagship report – Global Prison Trends – see Wednesday 15 April below for details of the launch event.
See also the official Congress website
And a list of all the ancillary meetings
Many of the events will be webcast. Keep informed by following @penalreformint on twitter.
Events
Panels organised or co-organised by PRI are marked with a *.
Monday 13 April
Workshop 1: Role of the United Nations standards and norms in crime prevention and criminal justice in support of effective, fair, humane and accountable criminal justice systems: experiences and lessons learned in meeting the unique needs of women and children, in particular the treatment and social reintegration of offenders.
PRI participation: PRI Regional Director in MENA, Taghreed Jaber, on Why the Bangkok Rules are needed and their implementation five years on.
Tuesday 14 April
OHCHR Global Panel: Moving away from the death penalty – The death penalty and drug-related offences
Time: 10.30am – 12pm
*Revision of the UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners
Time: 13.00 – 14.30, Auditorium 1. Download the flyer.
Co-sponsors: PRI, South Africa, Thailand, Switzerland and Uruguay.
See updated joint-NGO briefing on the process.
*Gender-sensitive monitoring and oversight of prison systems
Time: 15.00 – 16.30 – Auditorium 2. Download the flyer.
Organisers: PRI and the Raoul Wallenberg Institute
Moving away from the death penalty
Time: 15.00 – 16.30
Organiser: Amnesty International
Wednesday 15 April
Perfecting the safeguards on the way to the moratorium on death penalty
Time: 13.00-14.30
Organiser: Academic Network against the Death Penalty
*Global Prison Trends: Developments and challenges in penal policy
Time: 15.00 – 16.30, Room 101, Download the flyer.
Organiser: PRI, UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Swedish Prison and Probation Service
Gender in crime and criminal justice process, evidence from research
Time: 13.00 – 14.30
Organiser: UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
Thursday 16 April
Implementing Non-custodial Measures for Women in Relation to Drug Offences
Time: 10.30 – 12.00
Organiser: Office of the Affairs and Projects under Her Royal Highness Princess Bajrakitiyabha’s Initiative, Thailand’s Ministry of Justice
Prison overcrowding
Time: 13:00 – 14.30
Organiser: UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
Friday 17 April
*Revision of the UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners
Time: 15.00 – 16.30, Auditorium 2. Download the flyer.
Co-sponsored by: PRI, South Africa, Thailand, Switzerland and Uruguay
See updated joint-NGO briefing on the process.