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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Report
These proposals to reduce the prison population in Kazakhstan are the result of an online conference with chairmen of public monitoring commissions in Astana on January 12th 2012.
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Report
Penal Reform International’s work from 1998 to 2010 in the Great Lakes region of Africa aimed to reduce the pre-trial prison population. The organisation monitored the process of Gacaca – the name given to the system of community-based courts for prosecuting genocide suspects – and its work expanded to include providing paralegal services. In July […]
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Submission
PRI responds to the draft new EU Human Rights strategy “A New Direction for the EU on Human Rights and Democracy”
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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
This evaluation report relates to PRI’s 2.5-year project for penal reform in the Ukraine, using a grant from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and working alongside local partner organisations: the Bila Tzerkva Training School (BZTS); the Centre for Judicial Studies (CJS); and the Women’s Information Consultative Centre (WICC). The overall goal of […]
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Submission
Below are two statements PRI submitted to the 20th Session of the Human Rights Council (18 June – 6 July 2012). Both statements were issued jointly with the Friends World Committee for Consultation (Quakers). Both statements were – and had to be – related to the respective reports these bodies had submitted to the Human […]
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Report
This report documents a workshop held in Kigali, Rwanda from the 9th-11th May 2011. The workshop was the second in the series and was framed around the issue of alternative sentencing and strategies to reduce prison overcrowding.
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Briefing
Fact sheet summary of the work of PRI in Georgia under the project title: Humanisation of the Criminal Justice System in Georgia 2011-2013
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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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