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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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The African Child Policy Forum and Defence for Children International held a global conference in Kampala on 7-8 November 2011 to highlight the destructive impact on deprivation of liberty for children. The conference highlighted the critical importance of access to justice for children in Africa, whose rights are frequently denied and violated. The conference documents summarise […]
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An interesting article from WomenNewsNetwork (22/11/2011- link no longer available), describing the damaging impact of Kenya’s prison policies for the children of women in conflict with the law.
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A detailed report from the PRI death penalty conference 19th and 20th September 2011, held in London.
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A report from PRI’s global conference on the death penalty, “Progressing toward abolition of the death penalty and alternative sanctions that respect international human rights standards”. It was held in London on the 19th/20th September 2011.
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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 programme has three […]
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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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Between 16-20 July 2011 PRI MENA Regional Office in Jordan coorganised a training workshop for human rights specialists representing civil societies promoting the abolition of the death penalty in the MENA Region.The group of fifteen participants working directly in the field of death penalty abolition from seven countries (Morocco, Egypt, Algeria, Yemen, Tunisia, Sudan, Lebanon […]
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Recommendations from the conference on death penalty in East Africa: Challenges, Strategies and Comparative Jurisprudence. It was held in Nairobi, Kenya on the 24th-27th July 2011.
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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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