Submission
This statement was made to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) during its discussion of the death penalty in October 2013 and focuses in particular on the impact on children when a parent is sentenced to the death penalty.
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Submission
This statement on the issue of discrimination of women in the criminal justice system highlighting the links with violence against women, was submitted at the OSCE’s 2013 Human Dimension Implementation Meeting‘s session on ‘Prevention of violence against women and girls‘ (September 2013). It outlines how a large percentage of women prisoners have been victims of violence prior to […]
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Submission
This statement on the death penalty was submitted ahead of the Human Rights Council ahead of its 24th Regular Session (September 2013). It welcomes the report of the UN Secretary-General on the Question of the Death Penalty (A/HRC/21/29) covering the period June 2012 to May 2013 and details areas of concerns. These include in particular […]
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The overuse of imprisonment is a challenge for penal policy, but also has a significant impact on human rights. This submission to the 24th Regular Session of the Human Rights Council (September 2013) details the human rights implications of overcrowding – a product of the overuse of imprisonment. There has to date been little focus […]
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PRI and its partner organisation, Foundation for Human Rights Initiative (FHRI), submitted an alternative report regarding the implementation of the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment in Kenya in April 2013.
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A submission to the EU COHOM Task Force setting out PRI’s stance on death penalty policy and guidelines.
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PRI issued this joint statement to the 53rd session of the African Commission in April 2013 with the Foundation for Human Rights Initiative (FHRI), the International Federation of Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture (FIACAT) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH). The statement called on all African Union states, while continuing […]
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This joint statement on Children of imprisoned parents was submitted to the 22nd session of the Crime Commission with the Friends World Committee for Consultation (Quakers), 15 April 2013 (E/CN.15/2013/NGO/4)
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Submission
Submission by PRI and the Foundation for Human Rights Initiative, Uganda, to the UN Secretary General for his 2013 report on the question of the death penalty.
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Call to parliamentarians, while they work towards the post-2015 agenda, to take into account all drivers of poverty, including unfair criminal justice systems and disproportionate imprisonment, which indirectly criminalise the poor and marginalised, and work towards promoting and protecting the rule of law and access to justice as a founding norm for achieving sustainable development.
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