Report
LGBTI persons in detention – or persons perceived as belonging to this group – are in a situation of particular vulnerability, at risk of human rights violations and abuses – including by fellow detainees – throughout the entire criminal justice system. The aim of LGBTI persons deprived of their liberty: a framework for preventive monitoring is […]
Languages: English, French, Russian, Spanish
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
This 10-Point Plan focuses on ways that law and policy makers and criminal justice practitioners can respond effectively and positively to children in contact and in conflict with the law. The Plan is based on relevant international instruments including the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of the Child, the UN Standard Minimum Rules […]
Languages: Arabic, English, French, Russian, Spanish, Turkish
Report
This paper looks at positive culture change in places of deprivation of liberty from a human rights perspective. People deprived of their liberty are particularly vulnerable to abuse, including torture and other forms of ill-treatment. Bodies that monitor places of detention play a significant role in preventing torture, by identifying root causes and seeking to […]
Languages: Uzbek, English, French, Georgian, Russian, Spanish, Tajik
Report
This resource from PRI and the Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT) is designed to help bodies monitoring places of detention incorporate a gender perspective into their work and to address the problem of violence against women and girls in detention. This guide introduces the UN Bangkok Rules and other relevant sources of international law […]
Languages: Uzbek, Arabic, English, French, Georgian, Russian, Spanish, Tajik
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
International Standard
These include: UN Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-Custodial Sanctions for Women Offenders (the Bangkok Rules) (2010) English French Spanish Russian Arabic Chinese Portuguese (unofficial translation) Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
Languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish
Submission
This statement to the 21st Session of the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice was issued under standing agenda item 8 on use and application of UN standards and norms in the field of crime prevention and criminal justice, including their use and application to be discussed on 27 April 2012 in Vienna. […]
Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish
Submission
The ‘Essex Paper’ is the outcome of an independent experts’ meeting on the revision of the UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (SMR). It was submitted by PRI and Essex University to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime ahead of the 2nd Intergovernmental Expert Group Meeting (IEGM) on the in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 11-13 […]
Languages: Arabic, English, French, Russian, Spanish
Briefing
Short guide for parliamentarians around the world on positive actions they can take to further criminal justice and penal reform.
Languages: English, Russian, Spanish