Submission
This joint statement by PRI, Friends World Committee for Consultation (Quakers), the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, the Academic Council of the United Nations System (ACUNS) and others, was delivered to the 24th session of the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in Vienna in May 2015. It responds to the quinquennial […]
Languages: English
Submission
This joint submission by FIACAT, FIDH and PRI as members of the World Coalition against the Death Penalty was submitted to the 56th Ordinary Session of the African Commission in Banjul in April 2015. It calls on the Commission to adopt an Additional Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the abolition of […]
Languages: French
Briefing
How are prison officers affected by overseeing prisoners on death row or even participating in executions? What effects does it have in the short and the longer term? This short paper draws on research and interviews with prison guards to outline the psychological impact that guards who have worked with prisoners for many years on death row […]
Languages: English
Report
This report is designed to describe key global trends in the use and practice of imprisonment and to identify some of the pressing challenges facing states that wish to organise their penitentiary system in accordance with international norms and standards. Topics include: Prison populations and rates of imprisonment Prison management Prison regimes New technologies Criminal justice, social policy and […]
Languages: English
Report
While the global trend is towards abolition of the death penalty altogether, where it is still applied international law, jurisprudence and practice require that certain minimum standards are applied. How can we strengthen these international minimum standards on the application of the death penalty? PRI’s new study examines recent developments nationally, regionally and internationally and […]
Languages: English
Multimedia
A short film about the benefits of community service in Algeria. In Arabic only. Other languages may follow. 12 mins.
Languages: Arabic
Annual Report
PRI’s Strategic Plan 2015-2020 sets out PRI’s objectives for the next five years. The outcomes we want to achieve through out programmes are A criminal justice system that respects the rule of law, upholds the rights of suspects and defendants and prevents the unnecessary use of pre-trial detention. Fair and proportionate sentencing that takes account […]
Languages: English
Multimedia
Thirty years after the entry into force of the UN Convention against Torture, there is still a considerable implementation gap and torture continues to exist worldwide. One of the most significant developments over the last few years has been the establishment of National Preventive Mechanisms (NPMs) which have a mandate to carry out regular unannounced […]
Languages: English
Multimedia
Other languages: Español, English, français, Русский, ქართული, Հայերեն.
Languages: Arabic
Report
This research report is based on a survey of 28 and 32 per cent of the female prison population in Jordan and Tunisia respectively, carried out by PRI in December 2013 and February 2014. It also includes an analysis of statistics received from criminal justice authorities in the two countries. By providing facts and figures, the report […]
Languages: Arabic, English