Submission
PRI and the Friends World Committee for Consultation (Quakers) made a joint statement at the 29th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council. The statement notes the extremely high proportion of women deprived of their liberty who have suffered domestic violence, and says that this plays a significant role in the lives of women […]
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Submission
This submission looks at various ways in which the right to life is violated by the death penalty and how existed safeguards against arbitrary death sentences and executions should be interpreted or strengthened in the light of other human rights developments in recent decades. It draws on insights from PRI’s publication Strengthening death penalty standards. […]
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Submission
The 2015 supplementary report on the death penalty focuses on the wider human rights impacts of the death penalty. This submission looks at some of the groups affected, including lawyers defending those facing a death sentence, journalists reporting on the death penalty and prison staff who have to administer death rows or conduct executions. The […]
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Submission
This joint statement by PRI, Friends World Committee for Consultation (Quakers), the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, the Academic Council of the United Nations System (ACUNS) and others, was delivered to the 24th session of the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in Vienna in May 2015. It responds to the quinquennial […]
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Submission
This joint submission by FIACAT, FIDH and PRI as members of the World Coalition against the Death Penalty was submitted to the 56th Ordinary Session of the African Commission in Banjul in April 2015. It calls on the Commission to adopt an Additional Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the abolition of […]
Languages: French
Submission
This joint submission calls on Member States present at the 24th Session of the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (Crime Commission) to finalise the process of the SMR Review and adopt the revised Standard Minimum Rules according to the recommendations of the inter-governmental Expert Group, and transmit them for final adoption by […]
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Submission
The enforcement of overly punitive laws for drug offences has not only proven ineffective in curbing the production, trafficking, and consumption of illicit substances, but had many negative consequences, including overloading criminal justice systems, overwhelming the courts, fuelling prison overcrowding and exacerbating health problems. Focusing already limited resources on low-level offenders and drug users has […]
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Submission
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 […]
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Submission
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 […]
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Submission
The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) are developing “Draft Basic Principles and Guidelines on Remedies and Procedures on the Right of Anyone Deprived of His or Her Liberty by Arrest or Detention to Bring Proceedings Before Court”, pursuant to Resolution 20/16. They will be presented to the Human Rights Council in September 2015. In September 2014, PRI […]
Languages: English