Last week, PRI’s Middle East and North Africa (MENA) office organised a three-day Training of Trainers workshop for prison staff in Yemen on treating prisoners according to international human rights standards. Approximately 20 prison managers and officers attended the workshop, which aimed to build the capacity of the prison administration and staff members on general […]
Last week, PRI’s Executive Director Alison Hannah gave a presentation at an international conference in Turin organised by the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) on bridging the gaps between prison and community-based rehabilitation and reintegration programmes for violent extremist offenders. The three-day conference brought together international and country experts to highlight the results […]
At PRI’s Executive Board meeting on 25 January 2018, the future of the Moscow office was reviewed. Following this, the Executive Board reluctantly took the view that in the current financial climate, the organisation cannot continue its financial support for the Moscow office. This decision was not made lightly. The Moscow office, one of the […]
A three-year project that aims to strengthen the efforts of the government and civil society organisations (CSOs) in Kyrgyzstan to prevent torture was launched last week at a press conference in Bishek. The project, which is funded by the European Union, is being implemented by PRI in partnership with the Human Rights Ombudsman of Kyrgyzstan; the National Center […]
Earlier this month, PRI’s South Caucasus and Central Asia offices organised for a delegation from Kazakhstan to visit Georgia to learn about the country’s good practice examples in the fields of child protection, welfare and justice. The delegation visited children’s rehabilitation facilities, low-risk facilities, foster homes, and family homes for homeless children and children with […]
In December 2017, Penal Reform International signed an agreement with the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) to provide support in developing a strategy for demilitarisation of the prison service. MINUSCA has been working in Central African Republic since 2014, supporting efforts to address the root causes of conflict and […]
A meeting held at PRI’s Head Office in London on 23 January 2018 gathered a number of experts to discuss the mental health and well-being of prisoners, in order to provide input into a publication that will give guidance to front-line prison staff to identify and support prisoners’ mental health needs. The publication, which will […]
On Wednesday 17 January, PRI’s Central Asia Regional Director Azamat Shambilov took part in a US Congress hearing, organised by the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, on ‘Advancing Human Rights through International Prison Reform’. The hearing, which was hosted by Congressmen Randy Hultgren and James P. McGovern, explored the problems facing prisons around the world and examined the […]
In May 2018, PRI will co-organise the 2018 World Congress on Justice for Children, which will take place at the UNESCO House in Paris. The Congress, on 28-30 May 2018, will address three major issues, which are: the global trend towards children’s involvement in violent extremism and possible responses; the need for more effective ways […]
On 8 December 2017, PRI’s Central Asia office was presented with a European Union award recognising PRI’s work to improve access to justice for vulnerable groups. The European Union in Kazakhstan hosted an International Human Rights Award ceremony in Astana to mark International Human Rights Day, which is celebrated globally every year on 10 December, the day the […]