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UNODC Manual for the Measurement of Juvenile Justice Indicators

This manual is designed to identify and promote the use of global juvenile justice indicators. It was initiated at UNICEF and is published by UNODC. Penal Reform International was a member of the expert reference group which selected the final indicators. The Russian translation was published in 2010.

A Rare and Arbitrary Fate

A Rare and Arbitrary Fate: Conviction for Murder, the Mandatory Death Penalty and the Reality of Homicide in Trinidad and Tobago is a statistical study of reported murders and people indicted for murder between 1998 and 2002. It was researched and written by Roger Hood and Florence Seemungal from the Centre of Criminology, University of […]

Gacaca Research Report No.6: From camp to hill, the reintegration of released prisoners

During 2003 in Rwanda, a Presidential Decree ordered the provisional release of some categories of detainees. Around 22,000 persons were released from prison at the time. Their reintegration was achieved in two stages: first they spent some time in solidarity camps, and then they returned to the hills. To help prepare for the new releases […]

Gacaca and reconciliation: Kibuye case study 3

For the Rwandan government, the Gacaca, an original blend of restorative and retributive justice, is the main tool for reconciliation in Rwandan society. This series of three reports focuses on the Gacaca courts and the context of reconciliation in the Kibuye region – a region renowned for its extreme poverty, the intensity of the violence […]

Gacaca and reconciliation: Kibuye case study 2

For the Rwandan government, the Gacaca, an original blend of restorative and retributive justice, is the main tool for reconciliation in Rwandan society. This series of three reports focuses on the Gacaca courts and the context of reconciliation in the Kibuye region – a region renowned for its extreme poverty, the intensity of the violence […]

Gacaca and reconciliation: Kibuye case study 1

For the Rwandan government, the Gacaca, an original blend of restorative and retributive justice, is the main tool for reconciliation in Rwandan society. This series of three reports focuses on the Gacaca courts and the context of reconciliation in the Kibuye region – a region renowned for its extreme poverty, the intensity of the violence […]

Discrimination Against Roma in Criminal Justice and Prison Systems in Romania

The current study is based on a review of existing literature, studies and documents that present violations of Rroma people’s rights in the criminal justice and prison systems in Central and Eastern Europe. This material highlights some of the issues related to discrimination against Rroma in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe an area […]