Report
The Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan permits the use of the death penalty for two types of offence: terrorist offences resulting in fatalities, and especially grave crimes committed in wartime. While a moratorium on the death penalty has been in place since 2004, since 2013, Kazakhstan has been considering a new Criminal Code, the current draft of […]
Languages: English, Russian
Submission
This statement was made to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) during its discussion of the death penalty in October 2013 and focuses in particular on the impact on children when a parent is sentenced to the death penalty.
Languages: English
Report
This research report is based on a survey of 65 and 70 per cent of the female prison population in Armenia and Georgia respectively, carried out by PRI in May 2013. It also includes an analysis of statistics received from criminal justice authorities in the two countries. By providing facts and figures, the report seeks […]
Languages: English, Georgian, Russian
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 […]
Languages: English
Report
PRI’s Moscow office has produced a new resource looking at the range of non-custodial sanctions available in Russia – how they developed, their application and impact in practice and how their effectiveness can be enhanced going forward.
Languages: English, Russian
Report
In November 2010, PRI started a three‐year project, co‐funded by the European Union, to counter torture in prisons and other places of deprivation of liberty in nine former Soviet Union countries. One of the project’s objectives was to holistic and comprehensive programmes of rehabilitation based on existing models of international good practice, and in November 2011, project […]
Languages: English
Briefing
Part of our series of Justice for Children Briefings, this resource explains a child’s right to complain about his or her care, treatment and conditions while deprived of their liberty. Upholding the right to complain is very important for giving a voice to children in detention and for ensuring that their other human rights are […]
Languages: English
Guidelines
The Guidance Document and Index of Implementation on the UN Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-Custodial Sanctions for Women Offenders (the Bangkok Rules), co-published with the Thailand Institute of Justice as part of PRI’s Toolbox on the UN Bangkok Rules. Both documents are designed to assist stakeholders with working towards implementation of the Bangkok […]
Languages: Arabic, English, Russian, Thai
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 […]
Languages: English
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 […]
Languages: English