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.
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 […]
This document provides principles, guidelines and techniques for effective independent monitoring of places of detention of children in the Middle East and Nothern Africa.
PRI’s series of documents on the issues surrounding the death penalty. Published in Russian.
PRI’s series of documents on the issues surrounding the death penalty. Published in Arabic.
Recommendations of the participants of the conference on the theme “Life imprisonment in Kazakhstan: challenges for reform” -19 November 2010.
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 […]
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 […]
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.
Eight Years On…A Record of Gacaca Monitoring in Rwanda summarises the findings of all of PRI’s Gacaca reports to date. It is published in English and French. The book is not an analysis by PRI of the process or a commentary on it. It is however a faithful record of the points expressed by Rwandans […]