Resources listing

Training

Holistic rehabilitation for survivors of torture

In 2011, Freedom from Torture (previously the Medical Foundation for the Victims of Torture) delivered a 5-day training programme on behalf of PRI on holistic rehabilitation for survivors of torture. The training aimed to promote holistic and comprehensive programmes of rehabilitation based on existing models of international good practice and was devised for multidisciplinary groups […]

Languages: English, Russian

Briefing

Women’s health needs in pre-trial detention

In October 2011 PRI’s Executive Director, Alison Hannah, contributed to an expert meeting in Vienna to develop a tool to assist independent monitoring groups with assessing illness and health risk in pre-trial detention.  The meeting, convened by the Open Society Foundations’ Public Health Program and Open Society Justice Initiative, examined ways to support independent monitoring […]

Languages: English

Multimedia

Bryan Stevenson Keynote Address 19/09/11 – Part One

https://vimeo.com/31259712 Bryan Stevenson, Executive Director of Equal Justice Initiative (USA) and Board Member of Penal Reform International (PRI) gives a keynote address at the global conference “Progressing toward abolition of the death penalty and alternative sanctions that respect international human rights standards” (19-20 September 2011, London, United Kingdom).

Languages: English

Multimedia

Bryan Stevenson Keynote Address 19/09/11 – Part Two

https://vimeo.com/31421662 Bryan Stevenson, Executive Director of Equal Justice Initiative (USA) and Board Member of Penal Reform International (PRI) gives a keynote address at the global conference “Progressing toward abolition of the death penalty and alternative sanctions that respect international human rights standards” (19-20 September 2011, London, United Kingdom).

Languages: English

Report

PRI’s Global Conference on the Death Penalty

A report from PRI’s global conference on the death penalty, “Progressing toward abolition of the death penalty and alternative sanctions that respect international human rights standards”. It was held in London on the 19th/20th September 2011.

Languages: English

Briefing

London Declaration

A declaration from the participants of the London conference “Progressing toward abolition of the death penalty and alternative sanctions that respect international human rights standards” held on 19 and 20 September 2011, at the European Commission’s Representation to the United Kingdom, organised by Penal Reform International.

Languages: English

Submission

Submission to the 103rd Session of the Human Rights Committee, Country Report Task Force on Armenia, October 2011

Ahead of its 103rd session, Penal Reform International submitted information to the Human Rights Committee on Armenia. The briefing outlines PRI’s concerns with regard to the excessive use of pre-trial detention in Armenia, while alternative non-custodial preventive measures are hardly ever applied. Even after the release of 508 prisoners under an amnesty in May 2011, […]

Languages: English

Report

Report on South East Asia Experts on Torture Prevention meeting, September 2011

This evaluation report relates to PRI’s 2.5-year project for penal reform in the Ukraine, using a grant from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and working alongside local partner organisations: the Bila Tzerkva Training School (BZTS); the Centre for Judicial Studies (CJS); and the Women’s Information Consultative Centre (WICC). The programme has three […]

Languages: English

Report

Interim evaluation – Ukraine Support to Penitentiary Reform project, August 2011

This evaluation report relates to PRI’s 2.5-year project for penal reform in the Ukraine, using a grant from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and working alongside local partner organisations: the Bila Tzerkva Training School (BZTS); the Centre for Judicial Studies (CJS); and the Women’s Information Consultative Centre (WICC). The overall goal of […]

Languages: English