Submission
PRI submits comments on the draft new EU Human Rights Strategy
PRI responds to the draft new EU Human Rights strategy “A New Direction for the EU on Human Rights and Democracy”
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Submission
Submission to the 103rd Session of the Human Rights Committee, Country Report Task Force on Armenia, October 2011
Ahead of its 103rd session, Penal Reform International submitted information to the Human Rights Committee on Armenia. The briefing outlines PRI’s concerns with regard to the excessive use of pre-trial detention in Armenia, while alternative non-custodial preventive measures are hardly ever applied. Even after the release of 508 prisoners under an amnesty in May 2011, […]
Languages: English
Submission
Statements to the 20th Session of the Human Rights Council
Below are two statements PRI submitted to the 20th Session of the Human Rights Council (18 June – 6 July 2012). Both statements were issued jointly with the Friends World Committee for Consultation (Quakers). Both statements were – and had to be – related to the respective reports these bodies had submitted to the Human […]
Languages: English
Training
Training Resource: Protecting the rights of those facing the death penalty and life and long-term imprisonment
This resource is designed to support the training of stakeholders in the criminal justice and penal systems, including judges, prosecutors, defence lawyers, prison officials and probation staff. It aims to build and strengthen the knowledge and awareness of the international human rights safeguards of individuals facing a death penalty or long and life term sentences, […]
Languages: Arabic, English, French, Russian
Briefing
PRI work in Lebanon
Promoting a better protection mechanism against arbitrary arrest, lengthy pre-trial detention and long delays in trial in Lebanon.
Languages: English
Annual Report
Annual Report 2010
Please contact Penal Reform International at publications@penalreform.org if you would like a free paper copy.
Languages: English
Annual Report
Annual Report 2011
Please contact Penal Reform International at publications@penalreform.org if you would like a free paper copy.
Languages: English
Training
Community- Based Paralegals: A Practioners Guide
An Open Society Foundation guidebook to provide training for community based paralegals. In recent years, the Open Society Justice Initiative, a program of the Open Society Foundations that uses law to protect and empower people around the world, has embarked on an effort to promote and support the legal empowerment of poor and vulnerable communities. […]
Languages: English
Report
PRI’s work to support penitentiary reform in Ukraine
Penal Reform International’s programme to support penitentiary reform in Ukraine ended in April 2012. To see our dedicated project website in English and Ukrainian, including regular project newsletters documenting activities and achievements over the two and a half years, click here. English Ukrainian See below for a factsheet summarising the programme’s aims.
Languages: English
Report
Pre-Trial Detention and Penal Reform in Latin America
‘Pre-Trial Detention and Penal Reform in Latin America – Evaluation and Perspectives’ assesses the use of pre-trial detention in Latin America where there has been extensive reform of the criminal justice system over the last 20 years. It has been produced by CEJA (Centro de Estudios de Justicia de las Americas) and La Defensoria Penal […]
Languages: Spanish