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Deprivation of Children’s Liberty as the Last Resort: Independent monitoring mechanisms to safeguard children in detention

The African Child Policy Forum and Defence for Children International held a global conference in Kampala on 7-8 November 2011 to highlight the destructive impact on deprivation of liberty for children. The conference highlighted the critical importance of access to justice for children in Africa, whose rights are frequently denied and violated. The conference documents summarise […]

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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