Multimedia
Establishing a special juvenile police unit in Jordan
This film was produced by PRI’s Middle East and North Africa Office. Arabic only.
Languages: Arabic
Resources listing
Submission
Statement to the OSCE HDIM, September 2012: Monitoring places of detention and the role of preventive monitoring
The statement stresses that a combination of preventive work by National Preventive Mechanisms (looking at more general risk factors) and reactive monitoring by civil society (taking up and reporting on individual cases of ill-treatment) is both necessary and ideal for increasing the effectiveness of monitoring and bringing an end to the practice of torture and […]
Languages: English
Report
Paralegals in Rwanda: a case study
Penal Reform International’s work from 1998 to 2010 in the Great Lakes region of Africa aimed to reduce the pre-trial prison population. The organisation monitored the process of Gacaca – the name given to the system of community-based courts for prosecuting genocide suspects – and its work expanded to include providing paralegal services. In July […]
Languages: English
Training
Developing an advocacy approach for monitoring and reporting on conditions of detention
Advocacy is a tool that can bring about change in a democracy. Advocacy is the act of working toward a goal or defending a cause or issue. It can be used to influence governments to make changes to policy and legislation or to increase public awareness on a particular issue.
Languages: English
Training
Community- Based Paralegals: A Practioners Guide
An Open Society Foundation guidebook to provide training for community based paralegals. In recent years, the Open Society Justice Initiative, a program of the Open Society Foundations that uses law to protect and empower people around the world, has embarked on an effort to promote and support the legal empowerment of poor and vulnerable communities. […]
Languages: English
Training
Handbook on Prisoner File Management
The presence of complete, accurate and accessible prisoner files is not only a prerequisite for effective prison management and strategic planning, it is also an essential tool for ensuring the human rights of prisoners are respected and upheld. The present Handbook is aimed at those who hold the responsibility for people in custody. It demonstrates […]
Languages: English
Training
Index of good practices in providing legal aid services in the criminal justice system
The image we have of ‘legal aid’ is that of a lawyer pleading before a court on behalf of an indigent client. This lawyer may act for free (pro bono or pro deo); or as a public defender (on a salary paid by the state); or as a private lawyer (contracted for services and paid […]
Languages: English, French
Training
Human Rights and Prisons – A Manual on Human Rights Training for Prison Officials
This manual was produced by the United National Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (OHCHR) in collaboration with PRI and the International Centre for Prison Studies. It is one component of the four-part publication, Human Rights in Prisons, series No. 11 in the OHCHR professional training series. The manual (component one of the […]
Languages: Arabic, English, French, Russian
Training
Human Rights and Prisons – A Pocket Book of International Human Rights Standards for Prison Officials
Published by OHCHR in collaboration with PRI and the International Centre for Prison Studies ISBN 92-1-154158-1 ISSN 1020-1688 This pocket book was produced by the United National Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (OHCHR) in collaboration with PRI and the International Centre for Prison Studies. It is one component of the four-part publication, […]
Languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, Russian, Spanish
Multimedia
Path to Justice
https://vimeo.com/36337116 13 minutes. An overwhelming majority of African prisoners do not have access to a lawyer. But people at the beginning of the criminal justice process do not neccessarily need access to one. Trained paralegals, like paramedics, can provice first legal aid that is both appropriate and effective. Path to Justice follows the workdays of […]
Languages: English