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Statement to the Inter-Parliamentary Union, March 2013: The unintended negative consequences of the ‘war on drugs’

PRI delivered a statement in a panel session – ‘The Legalisation of drugs: can it help curb organised crime?’ at the 128th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in Quito, Ecuador in March 2013. The statement flags the often disproportionate criminalisation, with little differentiation between use and possession on one end of the scale and large-scale commercial […]

Languages: English

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Submission to 54th session CEDAW: Half Day General Discussion on Access to Justice, February 2013

Written submission to the 54th session of CEDAW on 18 February 2013, drawing the Committee’s attention to the problems faced by women defendants and women prisoners in accessing justice, which are often overlooked.

Languages: English

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Joint submission on the safety of prisoners, November 2012

Joint submission with the Friends World Committee for Consultation.

Languages: English

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Statement to the OSCE HDIM, September 2012: Monitoring places of detention and the role of preventive monitoring

The statement stresses that a combination of preventive work by National Preventive Mechanisms (looking at more general risk factors) and reactive monitoring by civil society (taking up and reporting on individual cases of ill-treatment) is both necessary and ideal for increasing the effectiveness of monitoring and bringing an end to the practice of torture and […]

Languages: English

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Submission to the Report of the UN Secretary General on the Moratorium on the Use of the Death Penalty

In view of the UN Secretary General’s forthcoming report on the implementation of a moratorium on the use of the death penalty for the 67th session of the UN General Assembly (September 2012), civil society organisations were invited to share information covering relevant developments since 21 December 2010 on the implementation of a moratorium on […]

Languages: English

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Joint NGO statement to the Crime Commission, April 2012, on the review of the UN Standard Minimum Rules

This statement to the 21st Session of the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice was issued under standing agenda item 8 on use and application of UN standards and norms in the field of crime prevention and criminal justice, including their use and application to be discussed on 27 April 2012 in Vienna. […]

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish

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Joint submission on the death penalty to the Secretary General ahead of the 67th session of the UNGA, June 2012

In view of the UN Secretary General’s forthcoming report on the implementation of a moratorium on the use of the death penalty for the 67th session of the UN General Assembly (September 2012), civil society organisations were invited to share information covering relevant developments since 21 December 2010 on the implementation of a moratorium on […]

Languages: English

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Joint submission to UNGA with Foundation for Human Rights Initiative (FHRI) on Kenya and Uganda, June 2012

In view of the UN Secretary General’s forthcoming report on the implementation of a moratorium on the use of the death penalty for the 67th session of the UN General Assembly (September 2012), civil society organisations were invited to share information covering relevant developments since 21 December 2010 on the implementation of a moratorium on […]

Languages: English

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Submission to the UNGA: On the implementation of a moratorium on the use of the death penalty, June 2012

A short briefing for the Secretary General’s forthcoming report covering the status of the death penalty following countries: Belarus, Russia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia.

Languages: English

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FHRI and PRI submission to Secretary General on a moratorium in East Africa

In view of the UN Secretary General’s forthcoming report on the implementation of a moratorium on the use of the death penalty for the 67th session of the UN General Assembly (September 2012), civil society organisations were invited to share information covering relevant developments since 21 December 2010 on the implementation of a moratorium on […]

Languages: English

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