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, […]
PRI in partnership with Freedom from Torture will host a three day training on on rehabilitation of torture victims for staff of public organizations of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic and the Republic of Tajikistan between 31 October and 2 November in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The main goal of the training is to teach participants (doctors, psychologists, […]
(30 November 2011) On 10 and 11 November, nearly 300 representatives from over 90 countries gathered in Geneva to take stock of progress and challenges in the prevention of torture, five years after the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture entered into force. The Global Forum was organised by the Association for the Prevention […]