Model for Reform
This 10-Point Plan focuses on ways that law and policy makers and criminal justice practitioners can respond effectively and positively to children in contact and in conflict with the law. The Plan is based on relevant international instruments including the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of the Child, the UN Standard Minimum Rules […]
Languages: Arabic, English, French, Russian, Spanish, Turkish
Report
This paper looks at positive culture change in places of deprivation of liberty from a human rights perspective. People deprived of their liberty are particularly vulnerable to abuse, including torture and other forms of ill-treatment. Bodies that monitor places of detention play a significant role in preventing torture, by identifying root causes and seeking to […]
Languages: Uzbek, English, French, Georgian, Russian, Spanish, Tajik
Report
This resource from PRI and the Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT) is designed to help bodies monitoring places of detention incorporate a gender perspective into their work and to address the problem of violence against women and girls in detention. This guide introduces the UN Bangkok Rules and other relevant sources of international law […]
Languages: Uzbek, Arabic, English, French, Georgian, Russian, Spanish, Tajik
Briefing
The minimum age of criminal responsibility set by different countries ranges hugely from as low as six up to 18 years of age. The median age is 12. However, in nearly all countries, children above the age of criminal responsibility can be arrested, detained and imprisoned. This means that children are drawn at an early age into criminal justice systems […]
Languages: English, Russian
Briefing
Children whose parents are in conflict with the law are an invisible and often highly vulnerable group. By issuing this briefing, Penal Reform International (PRI) hopes to draw attention to the challenges they face and to encourage more effective implementation of their rights. It first considers the international and regional standards in place to protect […]
Languages: English, Russian
Briefing
This briefing examines the key components of an effective and independent monitoring mechanism for children and explores how they can ensure that their recommendations ultimately lead to improvement in the treatment of children in conflict with the law.
Languages: English, Russian
International Standard
These include: UN Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-Custodial Sanctions for Women Offenders (the Bangkok Rules) (2010) English French Spanish Russian Arabic Chinese Portuguese (unofficial translation) Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
Languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish
Multimedia
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
Briefing
A summary of the media coverage of PRI in Central Asia. In Russian.
Languages: Russian
Report
A report on the Finnish experience of reducing experience of reducing the prison population. In Russian.
Languages: Russian