Bangkok Rules Questions & Answers
This document aims to answer questions you might have about the Bangkok Rules (UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-custodial Measures for Women Offenders).
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Partial Death Penalty Abolition in Central Asia: Recommendations
Following a conference on the progression of the abolition of death penalty in Central Asia, the conference participants made the following recommendations that the state bodies of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Republic of Kyrgyzstan and the Republic of Tajikistan implement the following measures at their earliest opportunity.
Dhaka Declaration on Reducing Overcrowding in Prisons in South Asia
The conference on penal reform in developing countries, ‘Locked up and Forgotten?’, took place on the 6th -7th October, 2010 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. 107 delegates from five South Asian Countries met to discuss overcrowding in prisons in the region, prison legislation and legal aid services in the criminal justice systems in South Asia. The participants agreed […]
Safeguarding Children in Detention: Independent Monitoring Mechanisms for children in detention in MENA
This document provides principles, guidelines and techniques for effective independent monitoring of places of detention of children in the Middle East and Nothern Africa.
Death Penalty Resources in Russian
PRI’s series of documents on the issues surrounding the death penalty. Published in Russian.
Death Penalty Resources in Arabic
PRI’s series of documents on the issues surrounding the death penalty. Published in Arabic.
Kazakhstan Recommendations November 2010
Recommendations of the participants of the conference on the theme “Life imprisonment in Kazakhstan: challenges for reform” -19 November 2010.
Workshop for East African human rights institutions on implementation of torture prevention standards
The School of Law at the University of Bristol is host to a four-year research project, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, UK, which is examining the role of non-binding ‘soft-law’ documents in the development of international human rights law. In particular, the “Implementation of Human Rights Standards” project (IHRS project) is focusing […]
Final Monitoring and Research Report on the Gacaca process
September 2009 marked the end of an era for Rwanda and also for PRI. After years of recording and supporting a greater understanding of the Gacaca jurisdictions, PRI’s monitoring and research programme came to a close as the Government of Rwanda wound up this system of community-based courts for prosecuting genocide suspects. The work was […]
Russia: Women in Prison
An at-a-glance overview of the position of women in prison in Russia, including a brief overview of the work of PRI in the area.