Briefing
How are lawyers affected by defending death penalty cases, where failure means execution? And how do they respond when their clients are killed? This briefing paper, written by Susannah Sheffer and drawing on her book Fighting for their lives, showcases the voices of the lawyers themselves to demonstrate the profound and long-lasting impacts that the […]
Languages: Arabic, English, Russian
Submission
Ahead of the expected debate and resolution in the UN General Assembly on a worldwide moratorium on the use of the death penalty, the UN Secretary-General is preparing a report on the issue. PRI submitted a joint report with its partner in Uganda, the Foundation for Human Rights Initiative (FHRI), detailing the status of death […]
Languages: English
Submission
This submission to the UN’s annual update on the death penalty details developments in ten PRI project countries.
Languages: English
Report
International standards and good practice insist upon separate criminal justice systems for children under the age of 18. Jordan’s current juvenile justice legislation contains a number of gaps, including no provision or legal basis for specialised juvenile police, alternatives to detention, or independent monitoring mechanism to inspect children’s detention facilities. A new juvenile justice law […]
Languages: English
Training
Children in conflict or contact with criminal justice or welfare agencies either as children in need of protection, children at risk, on arrest, during trial, in detention or as victims and witnesses, are often in a vulnerable position, unaware of their rights or unable to enforce them. How these children are treated by the system […]
Languages: Arabic, English, Russian
Multimedia
This film was produced by PRI’s Middle East and North Africa Office. Arabic only.
Languages: Arabic
Briefing
This short illustrated guide to the United Nations Rules for the Treatment of Female Prisoners and Non-Custodial Measures for Women Offenders (the ‘Bangkok Rules’) adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2010 covers: the profile of women prisoners and why international standards were needed who the Rules protect what the Rules say who should be involved […]
Languages: Arabic, English, French, Georgian, Haitian Creole, Russian
Annual Report
This year’s Annual Report looks at highlights from each month in 2012, and gives an overview of the breadth and depth of PRI’s work.
Languages: English
Report
This research aims to increase understanding of the specific legal and policy measures that can work to prevent and remedy violence against children in detention in Jordan. It identifies policy and legislative measures already in place to prevent and detect violence, to assist victims and to make perpetrators accountable; highlights significant gaps in provision; and […]
Languages: Arabic, English
Submission
PRI issued this joint statement to the 53rd session of the African Commission in April 2013 with the Foundation for Human Rights Initiative (FHRI), the International Federation of Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture (FIACAT) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH). The statement called on all African Union states, while continuing […]
Languages: English