PRI statement on World Day Against the Death Penalty (10 October 2011) Penal Reform International (PRI) uses the opportunity of the ninth World Day Against the Death Penalty to publish the “London Declaration”, adopted at the conference “Progressing toward abolition of the death penalty and alternative sanctions that respect international human rights standards” on 19 […]
Within the framework of PRI’s project “Progressive Abolition of the Death Penalty and Alternatives that Respect International Human Rights Standards”, PRI’s Middle East and North Africa office conducted two specialised training workshops in Tunisia and Lebanon between 1 and 6 October 2011 with the financial support of the European Union. PRI trains civil society in […]
PRI submits position paper to the Committee on the Rights of the Child’s Day of General Discussion (30 September 2011) on the situation of children of imprisoned parents. The paper entitled “Protecting Children in Prison with a Parent – Implement and Develop the Bangkok Rules” calls on policy makers and practitioners around the world to […]
Ahead of its 103rd session, Penal Reform International submitted information to the Human Rights Committee on Armenia. The briefing outlines PRI’s concerns with regard to the excessive use of pre-trial detention in Armenia, while alternative non-custodial preventive measures are hardly ever applied. Read more about PRI’s submission
Death penalty loses popularity worldwide On 19 and 20 September, Penal Reform International (‘PRI’) brought 120 people from retentionist countries to London to discuss global trends towards abolition of the death penalty. PRI Chair, David Daubney, described this conference as “an opportunity to inspire decision- and policy-makers in death penalty countries to identify new ways of […]
PRI’s MENA Regional Director gives some thoughts on the prospects for death penalty abolition, in light of the recent and current upheaval in the area. Interviewed at the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty AGM in Rabat, Taghreed Jaber spoke of her fears that the death penalty might be used as revenge, as well as […]
On 15 September 2011, authority for Kazakhstan’s penitentiary system will be transferred back from the Ministry of Justice to the Ministry of the Interior of Kazakhstan. Penal Reform International has serious concerns that this transfer of authority will undermine Kazakhstan’s previous reforms aimed at the mode rnisation and the demilitarisation of the penitentiary system. In […]