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Is life imprisonment without parole a cruel and unusual punishment? Interview with PRI Board Member, Dirk van Zyl Smit

PRI Board Member and Professor of Comparative and International Penal Law at Nottingham University (UK), Dirk van Zyl Smit, discusses the human rights implications of sentencing someone to life imprisonment without parole, and the significant cases and debates currently being heard in the US and in Europe which may have an impact on the application […]

Languages: English

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The final request

The three-minute animation provides a basic overview of the application of the death penalty in the Middle East and North African region. This 2012 animation “The Final Request” was produced under the EU funded project ‘Progressive Abolition of the Death Penalty and Alternatives that Respect International Human Rights Standards’. The contents of this documentary are […]

Languages: Arabic, English

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Behind Bars

This 2012 documentary film ‘Behind Bars’ was produced under the EU funded project ‘Progressive Abolition of the Death Penalty and Alternatives that Respect International Human Rights Standards’. The film reflects the application of life sentence, conditions of lifers and long sentenced prisoners and the State’s attitude towards these offenders in the countries of the South […]

Languages: English

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Interview with Olawale Fapohunda

(2012) PRI interviews one of Nigeria’s leading experts on penal reform, Olawale Fapohunda. Olawale is Deputy Secretary General of PRI, Managing Partner of Legal Resources Consortium based in Lagos and was recently appointed Secretary, Presidential Commission on Reform of the Administration for Justice in Nigeria. In this interview Olawale discusses the obstacles to penal reform […]

Languages: English

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Interview with Juliet Lyon

(2012) PRI interviews Juliet Lyon, Secretary General of PRI and Director of the leading UK prison reform charity, the Prison Reform Trust. In this interview Juliet discusses what began her interest in penal reform issues, why she joined the board of PRI and how the experience of penal reform in the UK can influence and […]

Languages: English

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David Daubney, Chair of PRI’s Board, on criminal justice reform in Canada

https://vimeo.com/41284860 (2012) PRI interviews David Daubney, Chairperson of PRI’s Board. David has recently retired as General Counsel, Criminal Law Policy and Coordinator of the Sentencing Reform Team, in the Policy Sector of Justice Canada. He was previously a member of the Canadian parliament where he chaired the Standing Committee on Justice. He also chaired the […]

Languages: English

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Аннулированные (Forgotten)

Фильм повествует нам на примере главного героя о проблемах, с которыми сталкиваются сегодня приговоренные к пожизненному лишению свободы. В съемках фильма приняли участие известный правозащитник Анара Ибраева и эксперт в сфере уголовного правосудия Нарине Рштуни.

Languages: Russian

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Children, the law and Bangladesh: Interview with Imman Ali, PRI Board Member and Judge in the Supreme Court of Bangladesh

Justice Imman Ali is a judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. He has a particular interest in justice for children and women and has delivered a number of judgments dealing with legal and social aspects concerning children, their trial, detention and education. In this interview, he discusses problems facing children […]

Languages: English

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Bryan Stevenson Keynote Address 19/09/11 – Part One

https://vimeo.com/31259712 Bryan Stevenson, Executive Director of Equal Justice Initiative (USA) and Board Member of Penal Reform International (PRI) gives a keynote address at the global conference “Progressing toward abolition of the death penalty and alternative sanctions that respect international human rights standards” (19-20 September 2011, London, United Kingdom).

Languages: English