On 5 and 6 June, PRI’s Policy Director Andrea Huber attended the annual meeting of the Group of Friends of Corrections in Peace Operations (GoF), which was hosted by the Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations. The GoF is a United Nations Member States-driven initiative, which provides expert advice and support on correctional issues […]
For the first time in Kazakhstan, a monitoring group has been established to carry out permanent and independent public monitoring of penitentiary institutions for children. The group, which sits under the Commissioner for the Rights of the Child in the Republic of Kazakhstan, was created with the support of PRI and UNICEF. The monitoring group was […]
On 30 May 2017, PRI’s Central Asia office (PRI CA) hosted the National Forum on preventing the radicalisation of prisoners and countering violent extremism in prisons in Kazakhstan in Astana, Kazakhstan. The aim of the dialogue was to create a constructive platform to discuss methods of countering radicalisation in prisoners and preventing violent extremism. As a basis […]
PRI’s Middle East and North Africa Office (PRI MENA) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Emirates Human Rights Association (EHRA). The MOU supports the efforts of the EHRA to raise capacity building of the organisation’s members to achieve its vision and goals of promoting the principles of human rights, particularly in the area of justice […]
On May 23 2017, PRI’s Central Asia office (PRI CA), along with the European Union and several national and international organisations, co-hosted a national roundtable, Access to justice for vulnerable groups in places of deprivation and limitation of liberty: special focus on women and children’s rights, in Astana, Kazakhstan. The roundtable, which was dedicated to […]
Today, PRI launches its annual flagship publication, Global Prison Trends 2017, at the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice. Global Prison Trends 2017 identifies the topical developments and challenges in criminal justice and prison policy and practice over the past 12 months, and highlights some significant reports and jurisprudence. It is the third edition […]
The UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice will convene in Vienna on 22 – 26 May 2017. The UN ‘Crime Commission’ meets annually and is the principal policy-making body of the UN in the field of crime prevention and criminal justice. It is therefore of key relevance to PRI’s mission. The Commission is the preparatory […]
This article has been reproduced from the original on the OSCE’s website. The implementation of the revised minimum standard rules for the treatment of prisoners (Nelson Mandela Rules), challenges faced by prison administrations and penitentiary staff, as well as good practices in this regard were the focus of a meeting of practitioners in the OSCE […]
Penal Reform International (PRI), Kyrgyzstan’s State Service of Execution of Punishments and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) last month jointly organised the country’s first international Penitentiary Forum. The aim of the forum, which took place in Bishkek from 28-29 March 2017 and which was supported by the British Embassy, was to create […]
Update 17 May: please note the application period has now closed. Applications are now open for members and staff of National Preventive Mechanisms to a Summer School in August 2017 on ‘Detention monitoring applying the UN Nelson Mandela Rules’ in Bristol, UK. The Nelson Mandela Rules In December 2015, after a four-year review process, the UN […]