Briefing
CCTV can be important safeguard against torture and ill-treatment in places of deprivation of liberty when used appropriately. However, without policies to regulate it use and proper systems for maintenance and storage, it will not only be ineffective at preventing abuse but can also infringe detainees’ right to privacy and confidentiality. This Factsheet: lists the […]
Languages: English, French, Russian, Spanish
Report
In many countries, whether driven by political or media pressure for tighter security, a punitive approach to imprisonment, inadequate staff-prisoner ratios or a lack of training on inter-personal skills, de-escalation and mediation, prison management often takes unnecessary or disproportionate recourse to security measures in violation of detainees’ right to dignity. This paper aims to provide […]
Languages: Uzbek, English, French, Russian, Spanish, Tajik
Submission
The overuse of imprisonment is a challenge for penal policy, but also has a significant impact on human rights. This submission to the 24th Regular Session of the Human Rights Council (September 2013) details the human rights implications of overcrowding – a product of the overuse of imprisonment. There has to date been little focus […]
Languages: English
Briefing
This joint NGO briefing provides information on the process of the review of the UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners. The review of the UN Standard Minimum Rules was initiated in December 2010 and completed in December 2015 when the revised Rules were adopted by the UN General Assembly – as the Nelson Mandela […]
Languages: English
Annual Report
This year’s Annual Report looks at highlights from each month in 2012, and gives an overview of the breadth and depth of PRI’s work.
Languages: English
Multimedia
PRI Board Member Maria Eugenia Hofer is interviewed on the Chilean current affairs programme Conectados on prison conditions in Chile and other Latin American countries and on the advantages of alternatives to imprisonment.
Languages: Spanish
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
Submission
Joint submission with the Friends World Committee for Consultation.
Languages: English
Submission
The statement stresses that a combination of preventive work by National Preventive Mechanisms (looking at more general risk factors) and reactive monitoring by civil society (taking up and reporting on individual cases of ill-treatment) is both necessary and ideal for increasing the effectiveness of monitoring and bringing an end to the practice of torture and […]
Languages: English
International Standard
Key standards and norms covering conditions in detention and the treatment of detainees include: General International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights UN Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights UN Convention on the Rights of the Child UN Convention against Torture UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities UN Standard Minimum Rules for […]
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