Resources listing

Annual Report

Annual Report 2011

Please contact Penal Reform International at publications@penalreform.org if you would like a free paper copy.

Languages: English

Public Statement

Penal Reform International’s Statement – OSCE, 5 October 2010, Warsaw, Poland

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.

Languages: English, Russian

Briefing

4th World Congress Against the Death Penalty, Geneva 24-26 February 2010

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

Public Statement

Open Letter to Kamla Persad-Bissessar

Following the announcement that Trinidad and Tobago will resume the execution of its death row prisoners, PRI together with other organisations has written to Kamla Persad-Bissessar, the country’s president, expressing its grave concerns.

Languages: English

Briefing

The Death Penalty for Drug Offences and International Support for Drug Enforcement

The purpose of this briefing is to highlight the dangers associated with funding drug control activities in countries with capital drug laws, as detailed in ‘IHRA’s report Complicity or Abolition?’ The death penalty for drug-related crimes is a violation of international human rights law according to UN human rights monitors and treaty bodies. Such laws […]

Languages: English

Report

Life Imprisonment and Conditions of Serving the Sentence in the South Caucasus

This study evaluates the position of life prisoners in South Caucasus with the results to be used to advocate international standards and norms. It forms part of the project ‘Global Action to Abolish the Death Penalty’. Published by PRI with the aid of the European Union

Languages: English, Georgian

Model for Reform

PRI and partners report on treatment and conditions of prisoners serving life in South Caucasus

PRI and partners presented their final report on research carried out into the treatment and conditions of prisoners serving life sentences in the South Caucasus, in a meeting in Baku on 12th February 2009. The work was carried out within a broader EU-funded project ‘Global Action to Abolish the Death Penalty’, aimed at encouraging the […]

Languages: English