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Submission

Submission to PC-CP WG on European Prison Rules revision

This submission to the Working Group of the Council for Penological Co-operation (PC-CP) was made ahead of its meeting on 17–19 September 2018 in Strasbourg, where the Working Group will discuss revisions to the European Prison Rules. It is a joint submission with the Association for the Prevention of Torture. The European Committee on Crime […]

Languages: English

Submission

Oral statement to the 2018 Human Dimension Implementation Meeting

Penal Reform International delivered an oral statement on the importance of the Nelson Mandela Rules – the revised UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners – for preventing torture and ill-treatment, at the 2018 OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw. The statement highlights how full implementation of the Nelson Mandela Rules, together with the […]

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External Resource

Paris Declaration: World Congress on Justice for Children

On 28 May 2018, over 800 participants came together in Paris for the World Congress on Justice for Children, co-organised by Penal Reform International. What followed was three days of learning, sharing and discussion on juvenile and family justice between government representatives, civil society, academic institutions, other international and regional organisations and children and young […]

Languages: English

External Resource

Resources: 2018 World Day Against the Death Penalty

On 10 October 2018, the 16th World Day Against the Death Penalty will take place. This year, the aim of the World Day is to raise awareness of the inhumane living conditions of people sentenced to death. Although people on death row are entitled to the same basic rights and treatment conditions as other categories of prisoners, […]

Languages: English

Guidelines

Guidance Document on the Nelson Mandela Rules

Produced by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and Penal Reform International (PRI), this document provides guidance for implementing the revised UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, known as the UN Nelson Mandela Rules. The Guidance Document is the result of a joint project by ODIHR and PRI that is designed to […]

Languages: English, Georgian

Annual Report

PRI’s Annual Report 2017

PRI’s Annual Report 2017 outlines the impact of our work and achievements over the past year. Read the report online or download it below: Highlights in 2017 included: Publication of Global Prison Trends 2017 – the third in our annual flagship series – which highlighted the links between criminal justice and the Sustainable Development Goals. Our Middle East and […]

Languages: English

Multimedia

Videos: World Congress on Justice for Children

From 28–30 May 2018, Penal Reform International, led by the Middle East and North Africa office, co-hosted the World Congress on Justice for Children in Paris. The Congress brought together around 1000 experts and young people from 97 countries to discuss how to strengthen child-friendly justice systems and tackle challenges, including the recruitment of children […]

Languages: English

Briefing

Detention Monitoring Tool: Incident management and independent investigations

Deaths or serious injuries of persons in custody, disappearances of individuals, and allegations or indications of torture and other forms of ill-treatment can be summarised as ‘serious incidents’ in custody, which can have a variety of different causes. This Factsheet is intended to give guidance to monitoring bodies in assessing whether the prison authorities have […]

Languages: Armenian, Arabic, English, Georgian, Russian