Guidelines
This guide provides an overall framework which can be followed to ensure that daily prison processes and activities by prison staff and other professionals working in prisons are conducted in compliance with the European Prison Rules, developed by the Council of Europe, as revised in 2020.
Languages: English
Report
On 8 July 2021, an International Online Forum “The Penitentiary System in the New Reality” was hosted in Kazakhstan, chaired by the Minister of Internal Affairs, Lieutenant General of the Police, Mr Yerlan Turgumbayev. About 150 participants, including representatives of state bodies, lawyers and national experts in the field of human rights, and heads of […]
Languages: English, Russian
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 […]
Languages: English, French, Russian
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, […]
Languages: English
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.
Languages: English
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 […]
Languages: English
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.
Languages: English
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.
Languages: English