Report
Alternatives to imprisonment in Pakistan have their legal basis at the pre-trial stage in the form of bail; at the sentencing stage with fines and probation; and at the post-sentencing stage with parole. Probation and parole are, however, underused, despite significant overcrowding in the country’s prisons and widely accepted evidence globally that alternatives to imprisonment […]
Languages: English, Urdu
Model for Reform
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
These include: International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966) UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (1957) UN Minimum Rules for Administration of Juvenile Justice: the Beijing Rules (1985) UN Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-custodial Measures for Women Offenders (UN Bangkok Rules) (2010)
Languages: English
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 […]
Languages: English
Report
A report on the Finnish experience of reducing experience of reducing the prison population. In Russian.
Languages: Russian
Training
This pack provides information and material about how community service has developed as an alternative to imprisonment in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, and will be both of interest and practical use to individuals and organisations in other low income countries who want to develop similar policies. The pack includes extracts from legislation, policy documents and […]
Languages: English
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.
Languages: English
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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Report
PRI submits observations to the Committee against Torture on the interpretation of the right to redress (article 14 of the UN Convention against Torture) in response to the draft comments of the committees interpretation of the right. The observations detail the right to redress in relation to a number of issues including compensation; holistic rehabilitation, […]
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Training
This resource is designed to support the training of stakeholders in the criminal justice and penal systems, including judges, prosecutors, defence lawyers, prison officials and probation staff. It aims to build and strengthen the knowledge and awareness of the international human rights safeguards of individuals facing a death penalty or long and life term sentences, […]
Languages: Arabic, English, French, Russian