(20 April 2012) Penal Reform International will be sending two delegates to the 21st Session of the UN Crime Commission and will be using the opportunity to promote the UN Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-custodial Measures for Women Offenders, adopted by the UN General Assembly on 21 December 2010 (Bangkok Rules). […]
On 19th April 2012 in Astana, PRI’s Central Asia office was involved in discussions at the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan on two draft laws concerning the creation of a National Preventive Mechanism (NPM), aimed at the prevention of torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment, and on public monitoring of […]
On 3 April 2012 in Kampala at a side event, hosted by Foundation for Human Rights Initiative (FHRI) to the 126th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, PRI launched its Briefing “What parliamentarians can do to work on penal reform”. With almost 60 participants from Ugandan parliament, representatives of the penitentiary system and NGOs, the interest […]
From 22 – 23 March, PRI hosted a regional forum on torture prevention and rehabilitation was organized in Tbilisi in the framework of the PRI’s project on Strengthening Institutions and Building Civil Society Capacity to Combat Torture in 9 Post-Soviet Countries. The project is funded by the European Union. The regional forum focused on pressing […]
At its 55th Session held in Vienna in March 2012, the Commission on Narcotic Drugs passed a resolution which calls on states to address the specific needs of women in drug demand reduction programmes and strategies including – where the needs of women offenders are concerned – by implementing the Bangkok Rules. As the circumstances […]
The South Caucasus Regional Office of Penal Reform International (PRI), in co-operation with the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), is organizing a regional forum on March 22-23 at the Sheraton Metechi Palace Hotel in Tbilisi. The regional forum will focus on pressing issues in the field of torture prevention, the effectiveness […]
On 26 March, PRI will address the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with an oral statement, and provided a submission, “Falling through the Cracks: Guidance on Implementation of Article 30” during its forthcoming 19th session. In the context of children of incarcerated parents, PRI’s […]
PRI participated in the Annual Day of Discussion on the rights of children during the 19th Session of the Human Rights Council today. PRI, in conjunction with OSJI and IJJO, submitted an oral statement to the Council highlighting the impact of extensive periods of pre-trial detention on the social and mental development of juveniles and […]
On 6 March 2012, Penal Reform International (PRI), the Permanent Mission of Thailand to the UN, the Quaker UN Office (QUNO) and OMCT (World Organisation Against Torture) hosted a side event to promote the UN Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-custodial Measures for Women Offenders (the Bangkok Rules), adopted by the UN […]
On 25 February 2012 Penal Reform International, Middle East and North Africa signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Justice in Tunis. The MoU stipulates direct cooperation and partnership with Tunisian government and non government institutions, and with the Tunisian Organization for Penal and security Reform, as a local partner representing Tunisian civil society institutions. […]