Briefing
What can parliamentarians do to work on penal reform?
Short guide for parliamentarians around the world on positive actions they can take to further criminal justice and penal reform.
Languages: English, Russian, Spanish
Resources listing
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Report
The status of the death penalty in East Africa (Kenya and Uganda).
PRI In collaboration with Foundation for Human Rights Initiative (Uganda), constructed this report on the status of the death penalty in East Africa (Kenya and Uganda). In view of the UN Secretary General’s forthcoming report on the question of the death penalty to the 21st session of the UN Human Rights Council (September 2012), civil […]
Languages: English
Report
Report on the status of the death Penalty in Belarus
PRI in collaboration with the Belarusian Human Rights House, Human Rights House Foundation (Geneva), and Human Rights Centre “Viasna” (Belarus), constructed a report on the status of the death penalty in Belarus. In view of the UN Secretary General’s forthcoming report on the question of the death penalty to the 21st session of the UN […]
Languages: English
Submission
Submission to the 21st session of the Crime Commission, April 2012, on the UN Bangkok Rules
The statement to the 21st session of the Crime Commission draws delegates’ attention to the fact that, whilst some states have begun to put the Rules into practice, there remains a great deal to be done to further their implementation. Read the statement from PRI below in one of the six UN languages.
Languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish
Submission
Joint statement to the Crime Commission on targeted revision of the UN Standard Minimum Rules, April 2013
This joint statement on the revision of the UN Standard Minimum Rules was submitted to the Crime Commission on 15 April 2013 (E/CN.15/2013/NGO/3) by PRI and: American Civil Liberties Union Amnesty International Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales Conectas Direitos Humanos Centro Regional de Derechos Humanos y Justicia de Género International Commission of Catholic Prison Pastoral Care […]
Languages: English
Briefing
Life after death: what replaces the death penalty?
More and more states have moved towards the abolition of the death penalty over the last fifty years. However, in many countries there has at the same time been a striking increase in the use of the sanction of life imprisonment, and an increasing number of prisoners serving indefinite sentences, often without the chance of […]
Languages: English, French, Russian
Submission
PRI submission to the UN Secretary General on the status of the death penalty, April 2012
Focuses on NGO initiatives towards the abolition of the death penalty, including the recent global conference on the death penalty hosted by PRI in London.
Languages: English
Submission
PRI statement to the 3rd Committee of the 126th Assembly of the IPU, 2012: Women’s access to health
A short statement given by PRI at the Third Committee of the 126th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), on the issues of the specific health needs of women and girl prisoners.
Languages: English
Public Statement
PRI at 126th Inter-Parliamentary Union- Full Oral Statement
Statement given by PRI at the Third Committee of the 126th Inter-Parliamentary Union.
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Report
Capacity-building workshop report from Kiev
From 26-29 March 2012, 37 participants from 12 countries gathered in Kiev for a workshop, kindly sponsored by the Open Society Institute and designed to build the capacity of civil society organisations to monitor human rights standards in places of detention, and to advocate and campaign for improvements based on their findings. Penal Reform International […]
Languages: English