Resources listing

Briefing

UN Bangkok Rules on Women Offenders and Prisoners: a short guide

This short illustrated guide to the United Nations Rules for the Treatment of Female Prisoners and Non-Custodial Measures for Women Offenders (the ‘Bangkok Rules’) adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2010 covers: the profile of women prisoners and why international standards were needed who the Rules protect what the Rules say who should be involved […]

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Georgian, Haitian Creole, Russian

Annual Report

PRI Annual Report 2012

This year’s Annual Report looks at highlights from each month in 2012, and gives an overview of the breadth and depth of PRI’s work.

Languages: English

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

Model for Reform

Making Law and Policy that Work

Making Law and Policy that Work is aimed at specialists and non-specialists faced with the responsibility of creating a policy and legislative framework for criminal justice and penal systems. It recognises that criminal justice reform requires expertise and experience in a variety of disciplines which are rarely embodied in one person. It takes into account the […]

Languages: English, French, Spanish

International Standard

Key international standards and norms for the treatment of women in the criminal justice system

These include: UN Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-Custodial Sanctions for Women Offenders (the Bangkok Rules) (2010) English French Spanish Russian Arabic Chinese Portuguese (unofficial translation) Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish

Training

Index of Paralegal Services in Africa

Over the past 15 years, paralegals have become an increasingly important part of the criminal justice system in developing countries. As well as providing legal information and basic legal advice to people in conflict with the law, some paralegal services also provide food and medical supplies to people in detention and a presence at police […]

Languages: English

Submission

Submission to the 21st session of the Crime Commission, April 2012, on the UN Bangkok Rules

The statement to the 21st session of the Crime Commission draws delegates’ attention to the fact that, whilst some states have begun to put the Rules into practice, there remains a great deal to be done to further their implementation. Read the statement from PRI below in one of the six UN languages.

Languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish

Submission

Statement to the Inter-Parliamentary Union, Kampala, April 2012

PRI’s statement to the 126th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, Kampala, Uganda in April 2012  focused on the overuse of imprisonment. PRI also gave a short statement to the 3rd Committee on the issue of access to health as a basic right for women and girls in prison.

Languages: English