External Resource
2025 Global declaration on advancing child-centred justice
Declaration on Advancing Child-Centred Justice 2025
Languages: English
Resources listing
Report
Ending violence against children in detention in the EU
This Working Paper on violence against children in EU detention facilities highlights urgent gaps in data and inconsistent legal protections. With nine key recommendations, it calls for harmonised practices to protect children’s rights and well-being.
Languages: English
Brochure
A new five-year Strategy: Criminal justice reform with human rights at its core
PRI launches a new five-year strategy for 2024-28 focusing on rehabilitation, human rights and reducing criminalisation.
Languages: English
External Resource
Systemic Child Participation In Justice
This new resource from Terre des Hommes (Tdh) and The Global Initiative on Justice With Children (JWC) discusses the importance of systemic child participation in justice, emphasising the need for a shift in conventional notions to include both individual and systemic levels of participation. It explores the role of children in influencing reforms in legal […]
Languages: English
Briefing
Climate in-justice for children: How climate crisis affects access to justice and children’s rights – Advocacy Brief
Recent studies have demonstrated that climate change poses a substantial threat to the fundamental rights of children, particularly their right to fair access to justice and child-friendly justice systems. This essential right ensures that children can effectively voice their concerns and hold relevant actors accountable for actions that have contributed to environmental degradation. Environmental degradation […]
Languages: English
Annual Report
Annual Report 2022
This Annual Report outlines the impact of our work and achievements in 2022, including: In 2022 we supported national authorities, civil society and other stakeholders across 15 countries in five regions to bring change so that ultimately the human rights of people in contact with criminal justice systems are better protected. We put people at […]
Languages: English
Report
Global Prison Trends annual series
Global Prison Trends is PRI's annual flagship series. Published every year since 2015, the series identifies topical developments and challenges in criminal justice and prison policy and practice, and contributes to the monitoring of crime trends and operations of criminal justice systems.
Languages: English
Brochure
Children’s rights and state of emergency
This new brochure on children’s rights has been developed to raise awareness among both children and adults about children’s rights and responsibilities, as well as the role of adults in upholding them. The brochure includes information on actions to take in case of a child’s detention. The brochure was created as part of the project […]
Languages: Kazakh, Russian
Public Statement
The Cape Declaration on Decriminalising Poverty and Status
The Cape Declaration on Decriminalising Poverty and Status was drafted and adopted by consensus by the participants of the convening of the Campaign to Decriminalise Poverty and Status, of which PRI is part of, held in Stellenbosch, South Africa between 27 and 29 September 2022. The Cape Declaration calls attention to, and requests urgent, comprehensive and global action […]
Languages: Arabic, English, French, Portuguese
Briefing
Towards LGBTI+ sensitive justice systems for children in Europe
As part of the 2021 World Congress on Justice with Children (held online in November 2021), child justice and LGBTI+ experts and practitioners examined the challenges that LGBTI+ children in Europe face in accessing justice and proposed concrete solutions and a call for action. This Challenge Paper, developed by the Child Friendly Justice European Network […]
Languages: English