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საქართველოს სისხლის სამართლის კანონმდებლობისა და პრაქტიკის კვლევების კრებული (Collection of the criminal law and practice research papers)

კრებულში შესული კვლევები მომზადდა 2015 წელს, პროექტის „სისხლის სამართლის რეფორმების ხელშეწყობა საქართველოში სამოქალაქო საზოგადოების ჩართულობის მეშვეობით“ ფარგლებში, რომელიც დაფინანსდა ევროკავშირის და განხორციელდა „ციხის საერთაშორისო რეფორმის“ სამხრეთ კავკასიის რეგიონული ოფისის მიერ. კრებული მოიცავს შემდეგ პუბლიკაციებს: მხარეთა თანასწორობა საპროცესო კანონმდებლობის ლიბერალიზაციის კუთხით პირველი ინსტანციის სასამართლოს შემადგენლობის ოპტიმიზაციის ზოგიერთი ასპექტი სისხლის სამართლის მართლმსაჯულების რეფორმები წამება ან წამების მუქარა, […]

Languages: English, Georgian

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Use of non-custodial sanctions in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia / არასაპატიმრო სანქციების გამოყენება სომხეთში, აზერბაიჯანსა და საქართველოში

This synthesis report is based on research undertaken in South Caucasus countries to provide information with regard to current criminal justice policy, legislation and practice in terms of sentencing, use of imprisonment and alternative sanctions, mediation and diversion, length of custodial sanctions and their appropriateness, statistics, operation of parole boards and tackling criminal justice reform problems. […]

Languages: English, Georgian

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A shared sentence: children of imprisoned parents in Uganda

It is estimated that 200,000 children in Uganda have a parent in prison at any one time. Children of prisoners in Uganda and across Africa face many violations of their rights when their parents or primary caregivers are arrested and detained. They are confronted with the trauma of separation but also have to contend with subtle and not so subtle stigma […]

Languages: English, French

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Impact evaluation: Abolition of the death penalty and implementation of alternative sanctions, 2012–2015

This 29-month project (2012–2015) to campaign for the progressive abolition of the death penalty and its replacement with humane alternative sanctions was implemented in 10 countries in four regions: the Middle East and North Africa, Eastern Europe, Central Asia and East Africa. It was funded under the European Union’s Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR), and by […]

Languages: English

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The Death Penalty: Myths & Realities

Myths and Realities provides ‘quick answers to common questions’ about the death penalty. The ‘myths’ covered, for example, include: ‘The death penalty keeps societies safer’, ‘the death penalty is applied fairly’, ‘there is nothing in international law to stop countries using the death penalty’, and ‘victims and relatives are in favour’. The booklet is interactive […]

Languages: English

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Consolidated report on the National Preventive Mechanism of Kazakhstan 2014

In May, the National Preventive Mechanism of Kazakhstan and the Ombudsman’s Office launched their consolidated annual report for 2014. The NPM was established in law in July 2013 and started carrying out monitoring visits in Spring 2014. This report explains the development of the NPM and reports on conditions of detention in the institutions under […]

Languages: English, Russian

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Voice of the child: Central Asia survey 2014

This report contains the findings of a survey of 274 children held in closed institutions (policy custody, detention centres and social care institutions) in three Central Asian countries: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. The survey was carried out by PRI, with the support of the Ombudsman’s office in Kazakhstan, together with local partner organisations in the […]

Languages: English, Russian

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Sharia law and the death penalty

This report is designed for non-experts who want to understand more about Sharia law and Islamic jurisprudence as it relates to the death penalty. Sharia law is used in some countries as a reason to retain capital punishment. However, there are schools of thought among Islamic scholars stating that Sharia law creates stringent conditions for […]

Languages: English

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Who are women prisoners? Survey results from Uganda

This joint research report with the Foundation for Human Rights Initiative (FHRI) is based on a survey of 194 women in prison in Uganda  (10 per cent of the total female prison population) carried out by FHRI between August 2014 and February 2015. By providing facts and figures, the report seeks to illustrate the need for gender-specific policies […]

Languages: English