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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 […]
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In 2011, PRI began a four-year advocacy project to revise the 1957 UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners. A revised set of Rules – the Nelson Mandela Rules – were adopted by the UN at the end of 2015, and contain significant substantive changes which provide a modern and more human rights oriented benchmark for the […]
Languages: English
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In December 2015, PRI organised an international roundtable on ‘Preventing Radicalisation in Prisons: Developing a Coordinated and Effective Approach’ hosted by PRI’s MENA regional office in Amman, bringing together 30 participants from 15 countries representing the Middle East and North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Europe, Central and South Asia. This report summarises the discussions, covering: drivers for radicalisation in (and […]
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This mid-term evaluation reports on progress achieved in PRI’s two-year UKAid-sponsored ExTRA Project – Excellence in Training on Rehabilitation in Africa. The ExTRA project is a pilot initiative, which focuses on developing community service as an alternative to short-term prison sentences for petty offences in three countries – Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. The evaluation was […]
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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
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This synthesis report is based on research undertaken in South Caucasus countries to provide information with regard to current criminal justice policy, legislation and practice in terms of sentencing, use of imprisonment and alternative sanctions, mediation and diversion, length of custodial sanctions and their appropriateness, statistics, operation of parole boards and tackling criminal justice reform problems. […]
Languages: English, Georgian
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It is estimated that 200,000 children in Uganda have a parent in prison at any one time. Children of prisoners in Uganda and across Africa face many violations of their rights when their parents or primary caregivers are arrested and detained. They are confronted with the trauma of separation but also have to contend with subtle and not so subtle stigma […]
Languages: English, French
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This 29-month project (2012–2015) to campaign for the progressive abolition of the death penalty and its replacement with humane alternative sanctions was implemented in 10 countries in four regions: the Middle East and North Africa, Eastern Europe, Central Asia and East Africa. It was funded under the European Union’s Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR), and by […]
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Myths and Realities provides ‘quick answers to common questions’ about the death penalty. The ‘myths’ covered, for example, include: ‘The death penalty keeps societies safer’, ‘the death penalty is applied fairly’, ‘there is nothing in international law to stop countries using the death penalty’, and ‘victims and relatives are in favour’. The booklet is interactive […]
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Children in detention are one of the most at-risk groups in terms of exposure to violence and ill-treatment. PRI research in Central Asia in 2014 found that significant numbers of children in conflict with the law reported being treated cruelly, badly or violently by police or closed institution staff (68 per cent in Kazakhstan said they were […]
Languages: English