Resources listing

Guidelines

Psychosocial rehabilitation of torture survivors: Guide for psychosocial professionals

This publication was developed and published within the framework of the project “Promoting human rights-based approach in reforming prison system in Tajikistan”, implemented by Penal Reform International jointly with the NGO “Society of Consultant Psychologists and Psychotherapists of the Republic of Tajikistan” and the Public Foundation “Legal Initiative” with the financial support of the Delegation […]

Languages: Russian, Tajik

Guidelines

New roadmap for ex-offenders in Tajikistan

PRI’s Central Asia office has produced a roadmap for ex-offenders in Tajikistan, which contains information about support services that ex-prisoners can access. These services help with registration of documents, recalculation of pensions, receiving unemployment benefits, continuing education, and obtaining employment. The handbook was prepared within the framework of a project implemented by the Institute for International […]

Languages: Russian, Tajik

International Standard

UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (Nelson Mandela Rules)

The UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (SMRs) were initially adopted by the UN Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders in 1955, and approved by the UN Economic and Social Council in 1957.  The Nelson Mandela Rules: an animated introduction from Penal Reform International on Vimeo. […]

Languages: Uzbek, Arabic, Chinese, English, Finnish, French, German, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish, Tajik

Report

Balancing security and dignity in prisons: a framework for preventive monitoring

In many countries, whether driven by political or media pressure for tighter security, a punitive approach to imprisonment, inadequate staff-prisoner ratios or a lack of training on inter-personal skills, de-escalation and mediation, prison management often takes unnecessary or disproportionate recourse to security measures in violation of detainees’ right to dignity. This paper aims to provide […]

Languages: Uzbek, English, French, Russian, Spanish, Tajik

Report

Institutional culture in detention: a framework for preventive monitoring

This paper looks at positive culture change in places of deprivation of liberty from a human rights perspective. People deprived of their liberty are particularly vulnerable to abuse, including torture and other forms of ill-treatment. Bodies that monitor places of detention play a significant role in preventing torture, by identifying root causes and seeking to […]

Languages: Uzbek, English, French, Georgian, Russian, Spanish, Tajik

Report

Women in detention: a guide to gender-sensitive monitoring

This resource from PRI and the Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT) is designed to help bodies monitoring places of detention incorporate a gender perspective into their work and to address the problem of violence against women and girls in detention. This guide introduces the UN Bangkok Rules and other relevant sources of international law […]

Languages: Uzbek, Arabic, English, French, Georgian, Russian, Spanish, Tajik