Briefing
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
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
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
Briefing
See media coverage PRI gained as a result of a press conference on 9 August on the proposed transfer of authority for Kazakhstan’s penitentiary system to the Ministry of the Interior. PRI’s Central Asia Regional Director, Saule Mektepbayeva, is pictured on page 2 of the first item.
Languages: Russian
Report
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
Report
Between 16-20 July 2011 PRI MENA Regional Office in Jordan coorganised a training workshop for human rights specialists representing civil societies promoting the abolition of the death penalty in the MENA Region.The group of fifteen participants working directly in the field of death penalty abolition from seven countries (Morocco, Egypt, Algeria, Yemen, Tunisia, Sudan, Lebanon […]
Languages: English
Training
This resource is for NGOs, human rights activists and civil society organisations working on the abolition of the death penalty and on promoting alternative sanctions that respect international human rights standards. It aims to build and strengthen civil society organisations’ knowledge and awareness of advocacy and what advocacy methods are available. It covers issues such as using the media to […]
Languages: English, Russian
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