Resources listing

Training

Toolkit: Interviewing Children, their Guardians, and Staff of Juvenile Detention Facilities

PRI’s activities around juvenile justice focus on diverting children from the adult justice system, promoting alternative sanctions to imprisonment and, where imprisonment is used, improving conditions of detention. In order to do this, interviewing children who are deprived of their liberty is vital in getting a full understanding of the situation in a country. This […]

Languages: English, Russian

Training

Holistic rehabilitation for survivors of torture

In 2011, Freedom from Torture (previously the Medical Foundation for the Victims of Torture) delivered a 5-day training programme on behalf of PRI on holistic rehabilitation for survivors of torture. The training aimed to promote holistic and comprehensive programmes of rehabilitation based on existing models of international good practice and was devised for multidisciplinary groups […]

Languages: English, Russian

Briefing

Kazakhstan media coverage

See media coverage PRI gained as a result of a press conference on 9 August on the proposed transfer of authority for Kazakhstan’s penitentiary system to the Ministry of the Interior. PRI’s Central Asia Regional Director, Saule Mektepbayeva, is pictured on page 2 of the first item.

Languages: Russian

Training

Advocacy tools in the fight against the death penalty and alternative sanctions that respect international human rights standards

This resource is for NGOs, human rights activists and civil society organisations working on the abolition of the death penalty and on promoting alternative sanctions that respect international human rights standards. It aims to build and strengthen civil society organisations’ knowledge and awareness of advocacy and what advocacy methods are available. It covers issues such as using the media to […]

Languages: English, Russian

Training

Reporting on the death penalty: training resource for journalists

The aim of this resource is to build and strengthen the knowledge and raise awareness of journalists on how to report on the death penalty and alternative sanctions. This training resource has been developed in conjunction with PRI’s partner, Inter Press Services (IPS). This resource is part of a series of three training resources produced as part of PRI’s programme of work […]

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Russian

Multimedia

Capital Measure

https://vimeo.com/40581896 “Capital Measure” (2011) is a documentary film produced by Penal Reform International, with the financial assistance of the European Union under the European Instrument of Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR), on the application of the death penalty in Belarus. The film is currently only available in Russian. The film focuses on the role of […]

Languages: Russian

Training

Training Resource: Protecting the rights of those facing the death penalty and life and long-term imprisonment

This resource is designed to support the training of stakeholders in the criminal justice and penal systems, including judges, prosecutors, defence  lawyers, prison officials and probation staff. It aims to build and strengthen the knowledge and awareness of the international human rights safeguards of individuals facing a death penalty or long and life term sentences, […]

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Russian