Briefing
Prison Reform Trust Briefing On 10 February 2011 the House of Commons debated and voted on a motion to retain the UK’s blanket ban on sentenced prisoners voting. The blanket ban is contrary to the rule of law and undermines the principle that in a democracy voting is both a right and responsibility. Based on […]
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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 […]
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This document provides principles, guidelines and techniques for effective independent monitoring of places of detention of children in the Middle East and Nothern Africa.
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PRI’s series of documents on the issues surrounding the death penalty. Published in Russian.
Languages: Russian
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PRI’s series of documents on the issues surrounding the death penalty. Published in Arabic.
Languages: Arabic
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Recommendations of the participants of the conference on the theme “Life imprisonment in Kazakhstan: challenges for reform” -19 November 2010.
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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 […]
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