Training
What is Bail? Poster
This poster was published in 2004 by the Paralegal Advisory Service (PAS) in Malawi, with assistance from MaSSAJ and PRI.
Languages: English, Swahili
Resources listing
Model for Reform
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Like many other countries, the legal system in Bangladesh is formal, complex, urban-based, time consuming and expensive. This leaves many Bangladeshis, especially the poor, illiterate or disadvantaged living in rural areas, unable to enforce their rights through the formal justice system. This publication describes how the Madaripur Legal Aid Association (MLAA) use community-based mediation as […]
Languages: Bangla, English
Report
Amman Declaration: perspectives on penal and penitentiary reform in the Arab world
This is the final declaration from a regional conference organised by PRI, the Arab Institute of Human Rights and the Royal Commission on Human Rights, held in Amman, Jordan, in 2002.
Languages: French
Model for Reform
Ouagadougou Declaration on Accelerating Prison and Penal Reform in Africa
Document published in French and English.
Languages: French
Report
Access to Justice and Penal Reform
The Second South Asia Regional Conference was held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, from 12-14 December 2002, organised by PRI and our regional partners and hosted by the Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST). The conference was attended by approximately 80 delegates and participants from Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Sri Lanka, who made a commitment to […]
Languages: English
Report
Developing Alternatives to Detention for Juveniles in Romania
Document published in Romanian.
Languages: Romanian
Briefing
Towards Methods of Improving Prison Policy in Kenya
In an important step towards reforming prison policies in Kenya, a Roundtable Conference on Prison Policy was held in Nyeri, Kenya, from 14-16 October 2001, organised by the Government of Kenya and PRI with the support of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom. This briefing provides a summary of the conference proceedings […]
Languages: English
Model for Reform
Commonwealth Caribbean Human Rights Seminar
The Commonwealth Caribbean Human Rights Seminar took place from 12-14 September 2000 in Belize City, Belize, and was attended by delegates from the Commonwealth region and beyond. Important topics addressed at the conference include legal aid and access to justice, evolving international attitudes towards the death penalty, gender and equal treatment under the law and […]
Languages: English
Briefing
Alternatives to Imprisonment in The Republic of Kazakhstan
An international conference, Alternatives to imprisonment in Kazakhstan, was held in Almaty, Kazakhstan from 27-30 October 1999. The conference focused on implementing and improving the effectiveness of criminal sanctions that do not involve imprisonment. Subjects discussed included alternatives to pre-trial detention and custodial sentences, conditional early release, restorative justice and alternatives in relation to minors. The conference […]
Languages: English
Model for Reform
A New Agenda For Penal Reform
In April 1999, representatives from fifty countries in all five continents met in Surrey, England to consider A New Approach for Penal Reform in a New Century. Government ministers and officials, parliamentarians, judges and representatives of international, regional and national nongovernmental organisations concerned with penal reform and human rights discussed the role of the criminal […]
Languages: English, Farsi, French, Pashto, Spanish