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.