PRI welcomes the decision by the Supreme Court of India to uphold the Juvenile Justice Act (2000) and not to lower the age of the child in criminal cases. On 17 July 2013, the Court rejected petitions which requested amending the Juvenile Justice Act to lower the age of the child. If successful, the amendment […]
Last week, 25 representatives from the Tanzanian government, criminal justice agencies and civil society organisations came together in Dar Es Salaam to discuss the findings and recommendations of the recent report, Review of law and policy to prevent and remedy violence against children in police and pre-trial detention in Tanzania, researched and published by PRI with […]
As part of our multi-faceted programme of work to reduce and end violence against children in the criminal justice system around the world, we have produced eight country research reports aiming to increase the understanding of the specific legal and policy measures that can work to prevent and remedy violence against children. While these have been […]
PRI was honoured to join an expert meeting convened by University of Chicago Law School on 14 May, to provide guidance and feedback for a thematic report by Professor Manjoo on the causes of women’s incarceration around the world, the conditions of such incarceration, and its consequences. The experts mapped various issues relevant to violence […]
Between 14 and 18 May, PRI, and project partner Foundation for Human Rights Initiative (FHRI), brought 14 parliamentarians to London and Brussels for a high-level study visit on the progressive abolition of the death penalty. The MPs were selected because they have demonstrated political leadership in promoting abolition of death penalty, criminal justice reforms or […]
Over 35 experts on juvenile justice convened in Kampala on 22 May 2013 and pledged more collective and concrete action on juvenile justice reform in Uganda. The roundtable, organised by The Foundation for Human Rights Initiative (FHRI) in partnership with Penal Reform International (PRI) and the Uganda Child Rights NGO Network (UCRNN), was attended by […]
PRI will be co-hosting a side event with the ICRT at the UN Human Rights Council on Thursday 30th May on “Rehabilitation and redress for victims of torture: State obligations and practice”. The side event gives an opportunity to reflect on obligations of states in the provision of redress to victims of torture in accordance with Article 14 of […]
“Parliamentarians of the world, in the middle of the world” PRI received a warm welcome when it arrived in Ecuador for the 128th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. Along with more than 1,200 participants representing parliamentarians from around the world, PRI attended the inaugural ceremony at the National Assembly of Ecuador. The President of Ecuador, […]
From April 16-17, 2013 Penal Reform International in Central Asia organised training for staff of akimats (local state authorities), which were given responsibility for rehabilitation of prisoners on release in August 2010. The training was made possible with the financial support of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Kazakhstan. Read the press release: Resocialisation training for […]
Last Friday (26 April 2013) at the 22nd Session of the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in Vienna, PRI presented a discussion paper The Use and Practice of Imprisonment: Current Trends and Future Challenges at a side-event. Despite a night session of the Committee of the Whole on the Thursday evening, the side event […]