Training
The excessive length and use of pre-trial dentention is a major cause of overcrowding in prisons worldwide. This index provides examples of good practices in reducing pre-trial detention. It is aimed at penal reformers everywhere while primarily focusing on African practices.
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Report
The goal of the research programme conducted by PRI on the Gacaca jurisdictions of Rwanda since April 2001 has been to provide objective data to the national authorities in charge of the process, in an effort to support the design and implementation of these jurisdictions. This report offers a comprehensive overview of the issues raised during […]
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Training
This manual was produced by the United National Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (OHCHR) in collaboration with PRI and the International Centre for Prison Studies. It is one component of the four-part publication, Human Rights in Prisons, series No. 11 in the OHCHR professional training series. The manual (component one of the […]
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Training
This compilation of human rights standards concerning the administration of justice was produced by the United National Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (OHCHR) in collaboration with PRI and the International Centre for Prison Studies. It is one component of the four-part publication, Human Rights in Prisons, series No. 11 in the OHCHR […]
Languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian
Training
Published by OHCHR in collaboration with PRI and the International Centre for Prison Studies ISBN 92-1-154158-1 ISSN 1020-1688 This pocket book was produced by the United National Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (OHCHR) in collaboration with PRI and the International Centre for Prison Studies. It is one component of the four-part publication, […]
Languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, Russian, Spanish
Model for Reform
128 delegates from 26 countries including 21 African countries attended a conference in Lilongwe, Malawi, from 22-24 November 2004, to discuss legal aid services in the criminal justice systems in Africa. After three days of deliberations, the Lilongwe Declaration on Accessing Legal Aid in the Criminal Justice System in Africa was adopted by consensus at […]
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Multimedia
In Africa, hundreds of thousands of people are packed into prisons that are overcrowded, dilapidated, unsanitary, inhumane and ineffective for prisoners’ rehabilitation and crime prevention. In 1992, Zimbabwe introduced Community Service. Very quickly this alternative proved itself to be more humane, less expensive and a more efficient response to crime. This film, made in 2004, […]
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Multimedia
https://vimeo.com/36337116 13 minutes. An overwhelming majority of African prisoners do not have access to a lawyer. But people at the beginning of the criminal justice process do not neccessarily need access to one. Trained paralegals, like paramedics, can provice first legal aid that is both appropriate and effective. Path to Justice follows the workdays of […]
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Report
During 2003 in Rwanda, a Presidential Decree ordered the provisional release of some categories of detainees. Around 22,000 persons were released from prison at the time. Their reintegration was achieved in two stages: first they spent some time in solidarity camps, and then they returned to the hills. To help prepare for the new releases […]
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