Briefing
On 21 December 2010 the UN General Assembly (GA) took an important step towards meeting the needs and characteristics of women in the criminal justice system. By adopting Resolution A/RES/65/229, without a vote, the GA approved the UN Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-custodial Measures for Women Offenders (known as the ‘Bangkok […]
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Report
The promotion of independent public monitoring systems is key to the work of PRI. This resource is a collection of reports from torture prevention monitoring commissions in Kazakhstan from 2011.
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Report
This document aims to answer questions you might have about the Bangkok Rules (UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-custodial Measures for Women Offenders).
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Report
Following a conference on the progression of the abolition of death penalty in Central Asia, the conference participants made the following recommendations that the state bodies of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Republic of Kyrgyzstan and the Republic of Tajikistan implement the following measures at their earliest opportunity.
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Report
PRI’s series of documents on the issues surrounding the death penalty. Published in Russian.
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Public Statement
PRI’s statement on the OSCE’s commitment to the abolition of the death penalty within the region. Whilst acknowledging the progress already made towards this end, it also calls upon those states who still hold the death penalty to alter their justice system to bring it into line with international standards and norms.
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Briefing
PRI Policy Director Mary Murphy attended the 4th World Congress Against the Death Penalty in Geneva on 24-26 February 2010. After three days of working sessions, the participants called on abolitionist states and international institutions to support their efforts towards abolition of the death penalty.
Languages: Arabic, Russian
Model for Reform
A list of recommendations for reforming Kyrgyzstan’s sentence of life imprisonment. Available in Russian.
Languages: Russian
External Resource
A report addressing the number of children with fathers in prison, the effects and areas for reform for policy and practice. Published by the Quaker United Nations Office.
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Report
The UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education, Vernor Muñoz Villalobos, devoted his first annual report to the question of the right to education of persons in detention, ‘a group subject to discrimination generally and to discrimination in the provision of education specifically’. Penal Reform International was among a number of organisations contributing to the report.
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