Annual Report
PRI Annual Report 2012
This year’s Annual Report looks at highlights from each month in 2012, and gives an overview of the breadth and depth of PRI’s work.
Languages: English
Resources listing
Briefing
Factsheet on Preventive Monitoring
The factsheet outlines why independent external monitoring of places of detention is essential to prevent torture and abuse. It briefly explains the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture and lists the crucial elements of detention monitoring.
Languages: English
Multimedia
Is life imprisonment without parole a cruel and unusual punishment? Interview with PRI Board Member, Dirk van Zyl Smit
PRI Board Member and Professor of Comparative and International Penal Law at Nottingham University (UK), Dirk van Zyl Smit, discusses the human rights implications of sentencing someone to life imprisonment without parole, and the significant cases and debates currently being heard in the US and in Europe which may have an impact on the application […]
Languages: English
Report
National mechanisms for the prevention of torture in Eastern Europe (Belarus, Russia and Ukraine)
This research report assesses the legislative framework, conditions of detention and the development of monitoring mechanisms, with a particular focus on the establishment of civil society monitoring mechanisms and the National Preventive Mechanisms under OPCAT, in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine. The research was conducted in 2011-2012 as part of PRI’s 2010-2013 project ‘Strengthening institutions and […]
Languages: English, Russian
Report
National mechanisms for the prevention of torture in the South Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia)
This research report assesses the legislative framework, conditions of detention and the development of monitoring mechanisms, with a particular focus on the establishment of civil society monitoring mechanisms and the National Preventive Mechanisms under OPCAT, in Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan. The research was conducted in 2011-2012 as part of PRI’s 2010-2013 project ‘Strengthening institutions and […]
Languages: English, Russian
Report
National mechanisms for the prevention of torture in Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan)
This research report assesses the legislative framework, conditions of detention and the development of monitoring mechanisms, with a particular focus on the establishment of civil society monitoring mechanisms and the National Preventive Mechanisms under OPCAT, in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. The research was conducted in 2011-2012 as part of PRI’s 2010-2013 project ‘Strengthening institutions and […]
Languages: English, Russian
Report
Uganda: A review of law and policy to prevent and remedy violence against children in police and pre-trial detention
This research aims to increase understanding of the specific legal and policy measures that can work to prevent and remedy violence against children in detention in Uganda. It identifies policy and legislative measures already in place to prevent and detect violence, to assist victims and to make perpetrators accountable; highlights significant gaps in provision; and […]
Languages: English
Report
Tanzania: A review of law and policy to prevent and remedy violence against children in police and pre-trial detention
This research aims to increase understanding of the specific legal and policy measures that can work to prevent and remedy violence against children in detention in Tanzania. It identifies policy and legislative measures already in place to prevent and detect violence, to assist victims and to make perpetrators accountable; highlights significant gaps in provision; and […]
Languages: English
Report
Pakistan: A review of law and policy to prevent and remedy violence against children in police and pre-trial detention
This research aims to increase understanding of the specific legal and policy measures that can work to prevent and remedy violence against children in detention in Pakistan. It identifies policy and legislative measures already in place to prevent and detect violence, to assist victims and to make perpetrators accountable; highlights significant gaps in provision; and […]
Languages: English
Report
Bangladesh: A review of law and policy to prevent and remedy violence against children in police and pre-trial detention
This research aims to increase understanding of the specific legal and policy measures that can work to prevent and remedy violence against children in detention in Bangladesh. It identifies policy and legislative measures already in place to prevent and detect violence, to assist victims and to make perpetrators accountable; highlights significant gaps in provision; and […]
Languages: English