Model for Reform
The number of women and girls in prison, estimated to be more than 740,000, is increasing: between 2010 and 2020 there was a 17 per cent increase globally. Punitive drug policies are known to be a key driver of rising prison populations and to have a particular and disproportionate impact on women. Drawing on the […]
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Guidelines
With an increasing focus at the international, regional and national levels on preventing and countering radicalization leading to terrorism or violence (VERLT), particularly in the prison context, states often adopt measures that can have profound impacts on an individual’s human rights. Scrutiny by independent monitors is, therefore, pivotal in ensuring that all such measures are […]
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Event
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and PRI invite you to a webinar launch of our new publication ‘Protecting Human Rights in Prisons while Preventing Radicalization Leading to Terrorism or Violence: A Guide for Detention Monitors’. The guide underlines the importance of independent detention monitoring and looks in detail at a […]
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Event
Alongside the 47th session of the UN Human Rights Council, this side event presented the important new study on arbitrary detention and drug policies by the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, and discussed its implementation and how to strengthen the role of the UN human rights system in drug policies. Speakers: H.E. Felix Bauxman, […]
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Report
This tool aims to support detention monitors in assessing conditions for older persons in prisons in line with international human rights standards to ensure that the rights of older persons in detention are protected.
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Briefing
Did you know that 30% of children deprived of liberty have experienced a brain injury at some point in their life? Children in criminal justice systems are more likely to suffer from neuro-disabilities. Specialists insist that if they receive the support they need early on, then they will be less likely to come into conflict […]
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Event
Side event to the 30th session of the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, organised by The International Legal Foundation, Penal Reform International, Fair Trials and Open Society Foundations.
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Event
Side event at the 30th session of the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, organised by the International Drug Policy Consortium, AWID, Penal Reform International, the Washington Office on Latin America, the Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales and Dejusticia.
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Event
At this side event to the 30th session of the UN Crime Commission, Penal Reform International, the WHO (Europe) Health in Prisons Programme (HIPP), and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) launch a new advocacy briefing explaining why people living and working in prisons should be included in national COVID-19 vaccination plans.
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Event
Global Prison Trends 2021 is the seventh edition of PRI's annual flagship report published with the Thailand Institute of Justice, identifying the key trends and challenges in prison systems worldwide. At this launch event, global leaders, experts and practitioners will consider these trends and ways forward.
Languages: English, Spanish