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საქართველოს სისხლის სამართლის კანონმდებლობისა და პრაქტიკის კვლევების კრებული (Collection of the criminal law and practice research papers)

კრებულში შესული კვლევები მომზადდა 2015 წელს, პროექტის „სისხლის სამართლის რეფორმების ხელშეწყობა საქართველოში სამოქალაქო საზოგადოების ჩართულობის მეშვეობით“ ფარგლებში, რომელიც დაფინანსდა ევროკავშირის და განხორციელდა „ციხის საერთაშორისო რეფორმის“ სამხრეთ კავკასიის რეგიონული ოფისის მიერ. კრებული მოიცავს შემდეგ პუბლიკაციებს: მხარეთა თანასწორობა საპროცესო კანონმდებლობის ლიბერალიზაციის კუთხით პირველი ინსტანციის სასამართლოს შემადგენლობის ოპტიმიზაციის ზოგიერთი ასპექტი სისხლის სამართლის მართლმსაჯულების რეფორმები წამება ან წამების მუქარა, […]

Languages: English, Georgian

Multimedia

The Nelson Mandela Rules: an animated introduction

In this two-minute animation, we explain the revised UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson Mandela Rules), what they include, and what they mean for prison management. Watch the animation in: Arabic Armenian: Правила Манделы -Краткое введение (Армянский) Georgian: მანდელას წესები – ანიმაციური მიმოხილვა Portuguese: As Regras de Nelson Mandela: uma introdução – with thanks […]

Languages: English

Report

Use of non-custodial sanctions in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia / არასაპატიმრო სანქციების გამოყენება სომხეთში, აზერბაიჯანსა და საქართველოში

This synthesis report is based on research undertaken in South Caucasus countries to provide information with regard to current criminal justice policy, legislation and practice in terms of sentencing, use of imprisonment and alternative sanctions, mediation and diversion, length of custodial sanctions and their appropriateness, statistics, operation of parole boards and tackling criminal justice reform problems. […]

Languages: English, Georgian

Multimedia

Podcast: No prison is an island – the role of civil society in post-conflict penal reform

Restoring the justice and prison systems back to working order is an essential and often urgent task for post-conflict states. In this expert blog for PRI, Terry Hackett, Warden of Pacific Institution in British Columbia (BC), Canada, draws on his recent research into civil society action in justice and correctional reform in Rwanda after the […]

Languages: English

Submission

Statement at the UN Forum on Minority Issues

On 25 November 2015, the International Day on the Elimination of Violence against Women, PRI delivered this oral statement at the Eighth Session of the United Nations Forum on Minority Issues, which focused on minorities in criminal justice systems. The statement explains the links between violence and the pathways to, and treatment in detention, for women […]

Languages: English

Report

A shared sentence: children of imprisoned parents in Uganda

It is estimated that 200,000 children in Uganda have a parent in prison at any one time. Children of prisoners in Uganda and across Africa face many violations of their rights when their parents or primary caregivers are arrested and detained. They are confronted with the trauma of separation but also have to contend with subtle and not so subtle stigma […]

Languages: English, French

Report

Impact evaluation: Abolition of the death penalty and implementation of alternative sanctions, 2012–2015

This 29-month project (2012–2015) to campaign for the progressive abolition of the death penalty and its replacement with humane alternative sanctions was implemented in 10 countries in four regions: the Middle East and North Africa, Eastern Europe, Central Asia and East Africa. It was funded under the European Union’s Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR), and by […]

Languages: English

Multimedia

Podcast: Preventing infectious diseases in prisons: a public health and human rights imperative

The spread of infectious diseases is a serious problem in prison systems worldwide, with prisoners often many times more likely to be living with Tuberculosis, HIV or hepatitis than a person in the community. Alongside the generally poor and unsanitary conditions prevalent in prisons, one major route to infection is unsafe injecting drug use. Yet […]

Languages: English

Report

The Death Penalty: Myths & Realities

Myths and Realities provides ‘quick answers to common questions’ about the death penalty. The ‘myths’ covered, for example, include: ‘The death penalty keeps societies safer’, ‘the death penalty is applied fairly’, ‘there is nothing in international law to stop countries using the death penalty’, and ‘victims and relatives are in favour’. The booklet is interactive […]

Languages: English