Briefing
June 2011 Recommendations for Georgia workshop on Life Imprisonment
This report demonstrates the recommendations from participants at a workshop on the issue of life imprisonment in Georgia in June 2011.
Languages: English
Resources listing
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Report
Draft Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child establishing a communications procedure
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
Briefing
PRI advocates for the application of the Bangkok Rules to improve women prisoners’ health in Kazakhstan.
PRI is currently undertaking a two-year project, (2011-13) supported by the European Union in women’s prisons in two regions of Kazakhstan. The objectives of the project are to enhance the system of prevention of HIV/AIDS and TB among women in prisons, to improve the detection, cure and care of women in prisons and to develop […]
Languages: English
Training
Training Resource: Protecting the rights of those facing the death penalty and life and long-term imprisonment
This resource is designed to support the training of stakeholders in the criminal justice and penal systems, including judges, prosecutors, defence lawyers, prison officials and probation staff. It aims to build and strengthen the knowledge and awareness of the international human rights safeguards of individuals facing a death penalty or long and life term sentences, […]
Languages: Arabic, English, French, Russian
Submission
African Commission statement- Death Penalty
A joint statement urging the African Commission to adopt a resolution calling for the abolition of the death penalty in Africa on the ground that it constitutes a violation of the African Charter, specifically as a violation of the right to life (article 4) and the right not to be subject to torture, cruel, inhuman […]
Languages: English
Report
Commonwealth East African Workshop on Alternative Sentencing and Strategies to Reduce Prison Overcrowding
This report documents a workshop held in Kigali, Rwanda from the 9th-11th May 2011. The workshop was the second in the series and was framed around the issue of alternative sentencing and strategies to reduce prison overcrowding.
Languages: English
Report
Training Report: Prisons & Human Rights Training for Pakistan
A report of a three day Human Rights training session held from the 12th-14th April 2011 at Peshawar Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Languages: English
Training
PRI trains Georgian journalists
A summary of a PRI seminar for journalists in Georgia.
Languages: English
Training
PRI trains South Caucasus prison officials
Summary of training for South Caucasus prison officials by PRI between January and April 2011.
Languages: English
Briefing
Humanising the criminal justice system in Georgia
Fact sheet summary of the work of PRI in Georgia under the project title: Humanisation of the Criminal Justice System in Georgia 2011-2013
Languages: English