Report
The conference on penal reform in developing countries, ‘Locked up and Forgotten?’, took place on the 6th -7th October, 2010 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. 107 delegates from five South Asian Countries met to discuss overcrowding in prisons in the region, prison legislation and legal aid services in the criminal justice systems in South Asia. The participants agreed […]
Languages: English
Report
This document provides principles, guidelines and techniques for effective independent monitoring of places of detention of children in the Middle East and Nothern Africa.
Languages: English
Report
PRI’s series of documents on the issues surrounding the death penalty. Published in Russian.
Languages: Russian
Report
PRI’s series of documents on the issues surrounding the death penalty. Published in Arabic.
Languages: Arabic
Annual Report
Please contact Penal Reform International at publications@penalreform.org if you would like a free paper copy.
Languages: English
Report
Recommendations of the participants of the conference on the theme “Life imprisonment in Kazakhstan: challenges for reform” -19 November 2010.
Languages: English
Report
The School of Law at the University of Bristol is host to a four-year research project, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, UK, which is examining the role of non-binding ‘soft-law’ documents in the development of international human rights law. In particular, the “Implementation of Human Rights Standards” project (IHRS project) is focusing […]
Languages: English
Public Statement
PRI’s statement on the OSCE’s commitment to the abolition of the death penalty within the region. Whilst acknowledging the progress already made towards this end, it also calls upon those states who still hold the death penalty to alter their justice system to bring it into line with international standards and norms.
Languages: English, Russian
Public Statement
A statement following from the Review Conference 2010: ‘Exchange of views on abolition of capital punishment’, held in Warsaw on the 30th Sept-8th Oct.
Languages: English