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Annual Report

PRI Strategic Plan 2015-2020

PRI’s Strategic Plan 2015-2020 sets out PRI’s objectives for the next five years. The outcomes we want to achieve through out programmes are A criminal justice system that respects the rule of law, upholds the rights of suspects and defendants and prevents the unnecessary use of pre-trial detention. Fair and proportionate sentencing that takes account […]

Languages: English

Multimedia

Podcast: No escape from violence: childhood abuse, offending, and women in prison

Although very few women commit violent crimes, evidence shows that a large number of women in prison have experienced physical and sexual violence themselves, as a child, an adult and often both. In 2012, Dr Lillian Artz, Director of the Gender Health and Justice Research Unit at the University of Cape Town, conducted a small […]

Languages: English

Report

Death Penalty Information Pack

This is a short guide to the fundamental issues and arguments linked to the abolition of the death penalty, reviewing current trends towards abolition and highlighting relevant international and regional human rights norms and standards and examples of good practice. Topics covered include: ‘Only the most serious’ crimes Right to a fair trial and administrative safeguards Mandatory death penalty […]

Languages: English, French, Russian

Submission

Submission to the 53rd session of the UN Convention against Torture, November 2014 (Examination of Kazakhstan’s 3rd periodic report)

This written submission was made to the 53rd session (3-28 November 2014) of the UN Convention against Torture relating to its examination of Kazakhstan’s 3rd periodic report under Article 19 of the Convention. The submission includes PRI’s observations relating to Kazakhstan’s recently adopted new Criminal Code, which defines and penalises torture as a distinct offence, conditions of detention […]

Languages: English

Multimedia

Podcast: Old age behind bars – how can prisons adapt to the needs of increasingly elderly populations?

In many countries around the world, the number of older people in prison is increasing steadily. In the fifth expert blog in our anniversary series, Bridget Sleap, Senior Rights Policy Adviser at HelpAge International, outlines some of the challenges that older prisoners face in prisons, which – whether in terms of their lay-out, regime, healthcare provision […]

Languages: English

Submission

OSCE HDIM: Statement on link between violence and women in detention, September 2014

This statement will be delivered by PRI at the OSCE’s 2014 Human Dimension Implementation Meeting, during the dedicated session to ‘Violence against women belonging to vulnerable groups’ on 26 September 2014. PRI highlights that the majority of women in detention are convicted of non-violent crimes that are linked to poverty, and those convicted of violent crimes are often victims […]

Languages: English