LGBTI persons in detention – or persons perceived as belonging to this group – are in a situation of particular vulnerability, at risk of human rights violations and abuses – including by fellow detainees – throughout the entire criminal justice system. The aim of LGBTI persons deprived of their liberty: a framework for preventive monitoring is […]
The Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan permits the use of the death penalty for two types of offence: terrorist offences resulting in fatalities, and especially grave crimes committed in wartime. While a moratorium on the death penalty has been in place since 2004, since 2013, Kazakhstan has been considering a new Criminal Code, the current draft of […]
This research report is based on a survey of 65 and 70 per cent of the female prison population in Armenia and Georgia respectively, carried out by PRI in May 2013. It also includes an analysis of statistics received from criminal justice authorities in the two countries. By providing facts and figures, the report seeks […]
PRI’s Moscow office has produced a new resource looking at the range of non-custodial sanctions available in Russia – how they developed, their application and impact in practice and how their effectiveness can be enhanced going forward.
In November 2010, PRI started a three‐year project, co‐funded by the European Union, to counter torture in prisons and other places of deprivation of liberty in nine former Soviet Union countries. One of the project’s objectives was to holistic and comprehensive programmes of rehabilitation based on existing models of international good practice, and in November 2011, project […]
PRI Board Member and Justice of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, Imman Ali, visited Armenia in Spring 2013 to act as an expert trainer on a training course for judiciary, prosecutors, lawyers and police. This training was part of a wider PRI programme to modernise the juvenile justice system in Armenia (2010-2013) funded by the European […]
This research report assesses the legislative framework, conditions of detention and the development of monitoring mechanisms, with a particular focus on the establishment of civil society monitoring mechanisms and the National Preventive Mechanisms under OPCAT, in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine. The research was conducted in 2011-2012 as part of PRI’s 2010-2013 project ‘Strengthening institutions and […]
This research report assesses the legislative framework, conditions of detention and the development of monitoring mechanisms, with a particular focus on the establishment of civil society monitoring mechanisms and the National Preventive Mechanisms under OPCAT, in Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan. The research was conducted in 2011-2012 as part of PRI’s 2010-2013 project ‘Strengthening institutions and […]
This research report assesses the legislative framework, conditions of detention and the development of monitoring mechanisms, with a particular focus on the establishment of civil society monitoring mechanisms and the National Preventive Mechanisms under OPCAT, in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. The research was conducted in 2011-2012 as part of PRI’s 2010-2013 project ‘Strengthening institutions and […]
This research aims to increase understanding of the specific legal and policy measures that can work to prevent and remedy violence against children in detention in Uganda. It identifies policy and legislative measures already in place to prevent and detect violence, to assist victims and to make perpetrators accountable; highlights significant gaps in provision; and […]