International Standard
These include: International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) (Article 9 and Article 14) Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment (1988) UN Principles and Guidelines on Access to Legal Aid in Criminal Justice Systems (2012) UN Standard Minimum Rules for Non-custodial Measures (the ‘Tokyo Rules’) […]
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International Standard
These include: Life imprisonment, UN Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Branch’s Report (1994), UN Document ST/CSDHA/24 Eighth UN Congress on the Prevention of Crime and Treatment of Offenders (27 August – 7 September 1990), Resolution 20: Assessment for the release of life sentence prisoners, UN Document A/CONF.144/28/Rev.1 Council of Europe, Committee of Ministers Recommendation to member […]
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International Standard
These include: UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice (Beijing Rules) UN Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of their Liberty (Havana Rules) UN Guidelines for the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency (Riyadh Rules) Guidelines for Action on Children in the Criminal Justice […]
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International Standard
These include: International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) Safeguards Guaranteeing Protection of the Rights of Those Facing the Death Penalty, UN ECOSOC resolution 1984/50 UN […]
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International Standard
Key international standards and norms relating to the use of non-custodial alternatives to imprisonment include: International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Article 9 and Article 14) Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment (1988) UN Principles and Guidelines on Access to Legal Aid in Criminal […]
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Report
This research report assesses the legislative framework, conditions of detention and the development of monitoring mechanisms, with a particular focus on the establishment of civil society monitoring mechanisms and the National Preventive Mechanisms under OPCAT, in nine states of the former Soviet Union: Armenia, Azerbaijian, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Ukraine. The research […]
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Report
The death penalty is the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment. It represents an unacceptable denial of human dignity and integrity. It is irrevocable, and where criminal justice systems are open to error or discrimination, the death penalty will inevitably be inflicted on the innocent. This paper takes a country-by-country approach and focuses on: The […]
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Report
Excessive use of pre-trial detention is a global problem. According to the Open Society Justice Initiative, on any given day an estimated 3 million people around the world are under pre-trial detention. In the course of a single year around 10 million will be detained awaiting trial. This research presents views of different parties who […]
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Submission
Ahead of its 103rd session, Penal Reform International submitted information to the Human Rights Committee on Armenia. The briefing outlines PRI’s concerns with regard to the excessive use of pre-trial detention in Armenia, while alternative non-custodial preventive measures are hardly ever applied. Even after the release of 508 prisoners under an amnesty in May 2011, […]
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Report
In July 2011, PRI co-organised a regional conference in Tbilisi on the issue of life imprisonment in the South Caucasus region. This report denotes the recommendations from the participants of the conference. REGIONAL CONFERENCE LIFE IMPRISONMENT IN THE SOUTH CAUCASUS REGION RECOMMENDATIONS of the conference participants 15 July 2011 Sheraton Metechi Palace hotel, Tbilisi, Georgia
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