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 Kazakhstan their opinion about capital punishment and […]
ПРЕСС-РЕЛИЗ Сотрудники тюремной службы обучаются работать с лицами, приговоренными к пожизненному лишению свободы ЖИТИКАРА – 12-13 сентября 2013 года в здании УК-161/3 ДУИС по Костанайской области пройдут тренинги для тюремного персонала на тему «Применение пожизненного лишения свободы как основной альтернативы смертной казни в Казахстане в рамках принятия нового Уголовного кодекса». Тренинги проводятся Представительством Penal […]
PRESS RELEASE, 12 September 2013 Prison guards to be trained how to treat prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment ZHITIKARA – Prison guards in Kazakhstan will learn how to appropriately treat life sentenced prisoners, in a training workshop drawing on international best practice. The training, to be held on 12-13 September, will be for staff in Kostanay […]
The First National Conference on Juvenile Justice “Justice for Children” organised by Penal Reform International MENA Office in cooperation with the Public Security Directorate / Juvenile Police Department took place on 20 and 21 August 2013. The event took place under the patronage of His Excellency Minister of Justice and Minister of State for Prime Ministry Affairs […]
Penal Reform International (PRI) in cooperation with the Public Security Directorate / Juvenile Police Department is organizing the First National Conference on Juvenile Justice: “Justice for Children” on 20 – 21 August 2013. The event is held under the patronage of His Excellency Dr. Abdullah Ensour, the Prime Minister of Jordan. The conference will focus […]
Amman, July 30, 2013 The National Independent Inspection team delivers its first inspection reports to the Minister of Social Development, and the Minister representing the Government of Jordan promised to follow the recommendations of the team. In a press conference organized by Penal Reform International (PRI) and the Ministry of Social Development on July […]
Penal Reform International (PRI) held the third meeting for the National Independent Inspection Team for monitoring care centers in Jordan on Wednesday, 24 July 2013 at Le Royal Hotel in Amman in the presence of the PRI acting director, Haitham Shibli and National Independent Inspection Team members. The team recently launched their first inspection visit […]
On 15 June 2013, PRI and its local NGO partner BLAST, will be holding a national roundtable on violence against children in pre-trial and police detention. The roundtable, will be chaired by the Hon Justice M Imman Ali, of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, and a PRI Board Member, and will include representatives from government and […]
PRI’s Policy Director Andrea Huber will be joining Rashida Manjoo, the UN’s Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women on a side-event panel on Violence against Women in Custodial Settings at the Commission on the Status of Women in New York today. International human rights law requires that all people deprived of their liberty should be treated humanely […]
From 16-18 March 2013, PRI, in partnership with HAQ Centre for Child Rights, the National Law University-Delhi, UNICEF India, Save the Children-India, Cordaid, UK Department for Development and Child Fund- India, will host an International Colloquim on Juvenile Justice in Delhi. The purpose of the colloquium is to reflect upon the variety of problems different […]