Submission
PRI delivered this joint oral statement at the 27th regular session of the Human Rights Council on 10 September 2014 on behalf of American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the Center for Legal and Social Studies (CELS), the International Legal Foundation (ILF) and PRI. The statement relates to the Panel discussion on the protection of the human rights of […]
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Annual Report
Our 2013 annual report – Working towards fair and effective criminal justice: the PRI way – is designed to give readers insight into how we achieve impact, focusing on highlights from our research work, our international advocacy, the technical assistance we provide at a national level, our training courses and resources, and our partnerships with […]
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Multimedia
This is a recording of a side-event Human Rights of Women in Detention that PRI co-organised, with DIGNITY – Danish Institute against Torture at the 26th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on 17 June 2014. The event was co-sponsored by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Permanent Missions of Denmark and Chile. […]
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Submission
PRI made this submission to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women ahead of their pre-sessional working group in July 2014 in connection with the consideration of the Fourth periodic report of Kyrgyzstan. It proposes themes for inclusion in the ‘List of Issues’. The themes relate to women in the criminal justice system, and specifically […]
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Briefing
Updated May 2014! First presented in April 2013 to the 22nd Session of the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in Vienna and updated for the Crime Commission in May 2014, this discussion paper The Use and Practice of Imprisonment: Current Trends and Future Challenges looks at current trends in prison populations, the use of new […]
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Submission
This oral statement submitted to the 25th Session of the UN Human Rights Council, taking place in Geneva between 3 – 28 March 2014, is a joint statement from PRI, American Civil Liberties Union, Amnesty International, Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales, Conectas, the International Commission of Jurists, and the International Commission of Catholic Prison Pastoral Care. […]
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Submission
This statement submitted to the 25th Session of the UN Human Rights Council, taking place in Geneva between 3 – 28 March 2014, welcomes the High Level Panel on the Question of the Death Penalty. It focuses on the conditions on death row and the impact these conditions have on the rights and well-being of prisoners and their […]
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Submission
This statement on the issue of discrimination of women in the criminal justice system highlighting the links with violence against women, was submitted at the OSCE’s 2013 Human Dimension Implementation Meeting‘s session on ‘Prevention of violence against women and girls‘ (September 2013). It outlines how a large percentage of women prisoners have been victims of violence prior to […]
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Submission
This statement on the death penalty was submitted ahead of the Human Rights Council ahead of its 24th Regular Session (September 2013). It welcomes the report of the UN Secretary-General on the Question of the Death Penalty (A/HRC/21/29) covering the period June 2012 to May 2013 and details areas of concerns. These include in particular […]
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Submission
The overuse of imprisonment is a challenge for penal policy, but also has a significant impact on human rights. This submission to the 24th Regular Session of the Human Rights Council (September 2013) details the human rights implications of overcrowding – a product of the overuse of imprisonment. There has to date been little focus […]
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