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The abolition of the death penalty and its alternative sanction in South Caucasus: Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia

The death penalty is the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment. It represents an unacceptable denial of human dignity and integrity. It is irrevocable, and where criminal justice systems are open to error or discrimination, the death penalty will inevitably be inflicted on the innocent. This paper takes a country-by-country approach and focuses on: The […]

Languages: English, Georgian, Russian

Report

The abolition of the death penalty and its alternative sanction in Central Asia: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan

The death penalty is the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment. It represents an unacceptable denial of human dignity and integrity. It is irrevocable, and where criminal justice systems are open to error or discrimination, the death penalty will inevitably be inflicted on the innocent. In many countries that retain the death penalty there is a […]

Languages: English, Russian

Briefing

Access to justice: discrimination against women in criminal justice systems

More than 625,000 women and girls are held in prisons around the world. The majority are imprisoned for petty, non-violent offences, and frequently as a result, directly or indirectly, of discrimination and deprivation, often experienced at the hands of their husbands or partners, their family and the community. This briefing paper outlines the ways in […]

Languages: English

Multimedia

Children, the law and Bangladesh: Interview with Imman Ali, PRI Board Member and Judge in the Supreme Court of Bangladesh

Justice Imman Ali is a judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. He has a particular interest in justice for children and women and has delivered a number of judgments dealing with legal and social aspects concerning children, their trial, detention and education. In this interview, he discusses problems facing children […]

Languages: English

Report

Pre-trial detention and its alternatives in Armenia

Excessive use of pre-trial detention is a global problem. According to the Open Society Justice Initiative, on any given day an estimated 3 million people around the world are under pre-trial detention. In the course of a single year around 10 million will be detained awaiting trial. This research presents views of different parties who […]

Languages: English

On-line conference with public monitoring commissions

This document proposes a number of measures to improve the penal system in Kazakhstan, and summarises recommendations adopted at a conference with the chairs of public monitoring commissions on 12 January 2012.

Languages: English