Resources listing

Briefing

Why criminal justice reform is essential to the 2030 UN Agenda for Sustainable Development (SDGs)

In September 2015, the international community agreed a new set of development goals, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, comprising 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 targets. The number of people behind bars, whether on remand or serving sentences, has increased in most countries over the last 20 years, placing an enormous financial burden on governments and at great cost to the social cohesion of societies. […]

Languages: English

Report

Global Prison Trends 2016

This is the second annual edition in our Global Prison Trends series, describing key global trends in the use and practice of imprisonment and the pressing challenges facing states that wish to organise their penitentiary systems in accordance with international norms and standards. Topics include for example: developments in international criminal justice policy; notable changes to policy at the […]

Languages: English

Report

საქართველოს სისხლის სამართლის კანონმდებლობისა და პრაქტიკის კვლევების კრებული (Collection of the criminal law and practice research papers)

კრებულში შესული კვლევები მომზადდა 2015 წელს, პროექტის „სისხლის სამართლის რეფორმების ხელშეწყობა საქართველოში სამოქალაქო საზოგადოების ჩართულობის მეშვეობით“ ფარგლებში, რომელიც დაფინანსდა ევროკავშირის და განხორციელდა „ციხის საერთაშორისო რეფორმის“ სამხრეთ კავკასიის რეგიონული ოფისის მიერ. კრებული მოიცავს შემდეგ პუბლიკაციებს: მხარეთა თანასწორობა საპროცესო კანონმდებლობის ლიბერალიზაციის კუთხით პირველი ინსტანციის სასამართლოს შემადგენლობის ოპტიმიზაციის ზოგიერთი ასპექტი სისხლის სამართლის მართლმსაჯულების რეფორმები წამება ან წამების მუქარა, […]

Languages: English, Georgian

Report

Consolidated report on the National Preventive Mechanism of Kazakhstan 2014

In May, the National Preventive Mechanism of Kazakhstan and the Ombudsman’s Office launched their consolidated annual report for 2014. The NPM was established in law in July 2013 and started carrying out monitoring visits in Spring 2014. This report explains the development of the NPM and reports on conditions of detention in the institutions under […]

Languages: English, Russian

Submission

Statements to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, HDIM meeting 2015

The Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) of OSCE is an annual meeting at which 57 OSCE participating States, Partners for Co-operation, OSCE structures, civil society, international organizations and other relevant actors gather ‘to take stock of the implementation of the OSCE human dimension commitments, discuss associated challenges, share good practices and make recommendations for further improvement.’ […]

Languages: English

Report

Voice of the child: Central Asia survey 2014

This report contains the findings of a survey of 274 children held in closed institutions (policy custody, detention centres and social care institutions) in three Central Asian countries: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. The survey was carried out by PRI, with the support of the Ombudsman’s office in Kazakhstan, together with local partner organisations in the […]

Languages: English, Russian

Multimedia

Podcast: Opening the steel door – how Colorado is reforming solitary confinement

Prisoners are put in solitary confinement – for days, and sometimes for months and years, in most countries. In the USA, the American Civil Liberties Union has estimated that some 80,000 prisoners are housed in some form of isolation. However, the dangers of solitary confinement are increasingly recognised. Not only to the mental health of the individual, […]

Languages: English

Annual Report

PRI Annual Report 2014

PRI’s Annual Report 2014 highlights achievements at both international and country level in our 25th anniversary year which ran from April 2014 to April 2015. The process of revising the text of the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners was completed in April 2014 at the fourth intergovernmental expert group meeting […]

Languages: English