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Event: High Level Event on implementation of the UN Common Position on Incarceration

Organised by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, in collaboration with the Permanent Missions of Austria, Costa Rica, Colombia, Canada, Luxembourg, South Africa, and Switzerland; United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime; Department of Peace Operations; Penal Reform International; International Commission of Jurists; and the Institute for Crime & Justice […]

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Three ways to reduce the number of women in prison in the Americas

In July 2023, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights presented its first ever report detailing the scale and situation of women deprived of liberty in the Americas. In this blog, Coletta Youngers considers its findings and their importance for efforts to reduce women’s incarceration across the region. This article was originally published by WOLA (Washington […]

Coletta Youngers 16th August 2023

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Tres formas de reducir el número de mujeres encarceladas en las Américas

En julio de 2023, la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos presentó su primer informe sobre la magnitud y la situación de las mujeres privadas de libertad en las Américas. En este blog, Coletta Youngers analiza sus conclusiones y su importancia para los esfuerzos por reducir el encarcelamiento de mujeres en toda la región. Este artículo […]

Coletta Youngers 16th August 2023