Training
The aim of this resource is to build and strengthen the knowledge and raise awareness of journalists on how to report on the death penalty and alternative sanctions. This training resource has been developed in conjunction with PRI’s partner, Inter Press Services (IPS). This resource is part of a series of three training resources produced as part of PRI’s programme of work […]
Languages: Arabic, English, French, Russian
Submission
In August 2011, PRI submitted observations to the Committee against Torture on the interpretation of the right to redress (article 14 of the UN Convention against Torture) in response to the draft comments of the committees interpretation of the right. The observations detail the right to redress in relation to a number of issues including […]
Languages: English
Report
Recommendations from the conference on death penalty in East Africa: Challenges, Strategies and Comparative Jurisprudence. It was held in Nairobi, Kenya on the 24th-27th July 2011.
Languages: English
Report
In July 2011, PRI co-organised a regional conference in Tbilisi on the issue of life imprisonment in the South Caucasus region. This report denotes the recommendations from the participants of the conference. REGIONAL CONFERENCE LIFE IMPRISONMENT IN THE SOUTH CAUCASUS REGION RECOMMENDATIONS of the conference participants 15 July 2011 Sheraton Metechi Palace hotel, Tbilisi, Georgia
Languages: English
Report
In July 2011, PRI organised a national conference in Azerbaijan on the issue of life imprisonment in the Azerbaijan. This report denotes the recommendations from the participants of the conference.
Languages: English
Submission
Below are two statements PRI submitted to the 20th Session of the Human Rights Council (18 June – 6 July 2012). Both statements were issued jointly with the Friends World Committee for Consultation (Quakers). Both statements were – and had to be – related to the respective reports these bodies had submitted to the Human […]
Languages: English
Multimedia
“Capital Punishment” (2011) is a documentary film produced by Penal Reform International, with the financial assistance of the European Union under the European Instrument of Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR), on the application of the death penalty in Belarus. The film is in Russian with English subtitles. The film focuses on the role of the […]
Languages: English
Report
Between December 2010 and April 2012 PRI conducted an 18 month project in Tanzania to support multi- agency monitoring of places of detention of Children. With the financial support of UNICEF Tanzania PRI worked with local agencies to develop monitoring tools and an IT based system to collect, collate and analyse the results of monitoring visits conducted by mandated […]
Languages: English
Briefing
This report demonstrates the recommendations from participants at a workshop on the issue of life imprisonment in Georgia in June 2011.
Languages: English
Report
On the 9th June 2011 the General Assembly of the United Nations, Human Rights Council drafted this optional protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, thereby establishing a communications procedure.
Languages: English