On 26 January 2012, PRI hosted a national conference on “The development of the criminal justice system in Belarus”. The conference brought together 55 participants, including representatives of Parliament, the General Prosecutor’s Office, the Academy of the Ministry of Interior, prison and police officials, judges, lawyers, representatives of the Institute of Training and Retraining of […]
In December 2011, PRI launched its Ten-Point Plan for Fair and Effective Criminal Justice for Children. The Ten-Point Plan focuses on ways that law and policy makers and criminal justice practitioners can respond effectively and positively to children in contact and in conflict with the law. The Plan outlines PRI’s belief that a fair and […]
On Wednesday 4 January 2011 Penal Reform International , Middle East and North Africa Office and The Public Security Department (PSD) in Jordan, presented by its new juvenile Police Department, signed a memorandum of understanding to boost bilateral cooperation and promote the use of restorative justice. The MOU aimstoenhance the use of restorative justice in […]
Penal Reform International welcomes legal amendments to control the export of lethal injection drugs 20 December 2011, the European Commission extended the list of goods subject to export controls, to prevent their use for capital punishment. The export of certain anaesthetics, such as sodium thiopental and pentobarbital, which are used in lethal injections, will now […]
In December PRI conducted a multi agency training workshop on tools to monitor places of detention of children in Tanzania. Workshop participants included representatives of the Commission for Human rights and good governance, DPP, Police, Prisons detention homes for children, and Ministries for Social Welfare; Gender and Children; and Legal affairs. The workshopexplored the possibility […]
A roundtable was held in Bishkek for discussion of human rights issues in relation to temporary detention facilities (IVS) in Kyrgyzstan. The roundtable was attended by government representatives including the Attorney General, law enforcement agencies and the Office of the Ombudsman, national and international experts in the field of human rights, including the UN Special […]
PRI’s programme development director, Nikhil Roy, was invited by the Council of Europe as an expert speaker at two seminars on ‘European standards and safeguards for protection of prisoners’ rights and obligations of prison staff, including the prevention of ill-treatment in the places of deprivation of liberties’, held in Kyiv on the 17/18th November and […]
Penal Reform International (an international non-governmental organisation dedicated to the promotion of penal and criminal justice reform worldwide), in collaboration with Karama Human Rights Film Festival 2011, will present via its Middle East and North Africa office a panel session entitled Right to Life and the Arab Spring: Prospects for Abolition of the Death Penalty. This […]
On Human Rights Day, 10 December, PRI’s Central Asia office held a film festival to raise awareness of the damaging impact that imprisonment has on prisoners, their families and the staff who run the prisons themselves. Saule Mektepbareva, PRI’s Regional Director and Alison Hannah, Executive Director opened the festival, showing in a local cinema, and […]
Issues on prevention of HIV/AIDS in Kazakhstan prisons to be discussed within the framework of an EU project ASTANA – A round table on ‘Prevention of HIV/AIDS in prison system in Kazakhstan’ with the support of the European Union will be held on 6 December 2011 in the conference hall of the Jumbaktas hotel. During the conference, […]