Submission
Penal Reform International and the Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales (CELS) made a joint statement on drugs and human rights at the 36th Session of the Human Rights Council on 25 September 2017. The statement highlighted how a range of well-documented human rights violations – such as increased police violence and mass incarceration of people involved […]
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International Standard
A resolution was adopted at the 58th Ordinary Session of The African Commission on Human and People’s Rights on the revised Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (Nelson Mandela Rules) The Resolution: encourages all stakeholders to draw inspiration from the Mandela Rules in order to fill the existing gaps in the applicable laws, policies […]
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Report
This mid-term evaluation reports on progress achieved in PRI’s two-year UKAid-sponsored ExTRA Project – Excellence in Training on Rehabilitation in Africa. The ExTRA project is a pilot initiative, which focuses on developing community service as an alternative to short-term prison sentences for petty offences in three countries – Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. The evaluation was […]
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An estimated 741,000 women and girls are held in prisons around the world, and the female prison population is increasing at a faster rate than for the male prison population. The tenth anniversary of the UN Bangkok Rules was marked by statements from international institutions, leaders and over 80 civil society organisations expressing alarm at the increase in the […]