Submission
In August 2010, PRI co-sponsored a proposal to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, recommending that a Day of General Discussion on children of prisoners in 2011 is held.
Languages: English
Multimedia
This short film shows interviews with women who have benefited from Penal Reform International’s programme to improve awareness, prevention and cure of HIV and TB in women’s prisons in Kazakhstan.
Languages: English
Report
September 2009 marked the end of an era for Rwanda and also for PRI. After years of recording and supporting a greater understanding of the Gacaca jurisdictions, PRI’s monitoring and research programme came to a close as the Government of Rwanda wound up this system of community-based courts for prosecuting genocide suspects. The work was […]
Languages: English, French
Report
An at-a-glance overview of the position of women in prison in Russia, including a brief overview of the work of PRI in the area.
Languages: English
Briefing
PRI Policy Director Mary Murphy attended the 4th World Congress Against the Death Penalty in Geneva on 24-26 February 2010. After three days of working sessions, the participants called on abolitionist states and international institutions to support their efforts towards abolition of the death penalty.
Languages: Arabic, Russian
Training
Gender and Security Sector Reform Training Resource package, published by the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of the Armed Forces (DCAF) A series of practical training materials to help trainers integrate gender in SSR training.
Languages: English
Public Statement
Following the announcement that Trinidad and Tobago will resume the execution of its death row prisoners, PRI together with other organisations has written to Kamla Persad-Bissessar, the country’s president, expressing its grave concerns.
Languages: English
Report
Eight Years On…A Record of Gacaca Monitoring in Rwanda summarises the findings of all of PRI’s Gacaca reports to date. It is published in English and French. The book is not an analysis by PRI of the process or a commentary on it. It is however a faithful record of the points expressed by Rwandans […]
Languages: English, French
Briefing
The purpose of this briefing is to highlight the dangers associated with funding drug control activities in countries with capital drug laws, as detailed in ‘IHRA’s report Complicity or Abolition?’ The death penalty for drug-related crimes is a violation of international human rights law according to UN human rights monitors and treaty bodies. Such laws […]
Languages: English
Training
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