On March 10-12 2015, the staff of the Kyrgyz National Torture Prevention Center (NTPC) will attend training on the monitoring of detention/custodial restraint for juveniles in Kyrgyzstan. The training is part of a three-year project on Gradual eradication of violence against children in detention in Central Asia implemented jointly by the Youth Human Rights Group Public Association […]
This week, PRI’s Central Asia office is holding a training course in Almaty for the staff of closed institutions on therapeutic responses to address offending and anti-social behaviour by children and adolescents. At the time of writing, there are 95 under-18s in correctional institutions and 167 in specialised schools for children in Kazakhstan. “Amid the political and socio-economic changes taking […]
25-26 августа 2014 года в житикаринской колонии УК-161/3 были проведены психологические тренинги для сотрудников, которые работают с лицами, приговоренными к пожизненному лишению свободы или длительным срокам заключения. Проведение тренинга организовало Представительство PRI (Международная тюремная реформа) в Центральной Азии при финансовой поддержке Европейского союза. Непосредственно сам тренинг проводили Динара Дильдабекова, координатор проектов PRI в центральной Азии […]
The training workshops, held on 25-26 August 2014 in Zhitikara, Kazakhstan and on 28-29 August 2014 in Tajikistan, were for prison guards and psychologists and aimed to evaluation of emotional condition of prison guards, promoting respect of prisoners` rights, prevention of violence. It was run by Penal Reform International in Central Asia, with financial support […]
Bishkek, 17 April 2014 On 21-24 April 2014, the Office of Akyikatchi (Ombudsman) of the Kyrgyz Republic, NGO Youth Human Rights Group’ and Penal Reform International (PRI) in Central Asia, will hold a seminar entitled Strengthening the potential of the Kyrgyz Ombudsman Office Children and Youth Unit staff as part of the project entitled “Progressive abolition of […]
Defence for Children International, together with partner NGOs, including Penal Reform International, are launching a Call for a Global Study on Children Deprived of their Liberty today at the United Nations Office in Geneva. Press release, 13 March 2014 Today at the United Nations Office in Geneva, Defence for Children International (DCI), in collaboration with partner NGOs*, […]
PRI is happy to announce the launch of its new training resource: Protecting children’s rights in criminal justice systems: a training manual and reference point for professionals and policymakers. Children in conflict or contact with criminal justice or welfare agencies either as children in need of protection, children at risk, on arrest, during trial, in […]
г. Астана, отель «RIXOS» 17 октября 2013 года, 09:00 ч. 17 октября 2013 года состоится форум на тему: «Социальное реформирование тюремной системы: трудоустройство, реинтеграция и обучение». В ходе форума примут участие представители государственных органов, эксперты, экс-осужденные. В августе 2010 года функция по работе с лицами, освобождающимися из мест лишения свобода, была передана акиматам. Однако на […]
ASTANA – October 17, 2013 forum on the theme: “Social reform of the prison system: employment, reintegration and training” was held. The forum was attended by representatives of state authorities, experts as well as ex- prisoners. In August 2010 the function on work with released prisoners was transferred to akimats. However, in practice this work […]
World Day against the Death Penalty, October 10, was introduced by the World Coalition against the Death Penalty in 2003. There are many different events worldwide dedicated to the abolition of the death penalty. This year Penal Reform International in Central Asia asked famous and well-known people in Tajikistan their opinion about capital punishment and […]