Annual Report
PRI Annual Report 2012
This year’s Annual Report looks at highlights from each month in 2012, and gives an overview of the breadth and depth of PRI’s work.
Languages: English
Resources listing
Report
Uganda: A review of law and policy to prevent and remedy violence against children in police and pre-trial detention
This research aims to increase understanding of the specific legal and policy measures that can work to prevent and remedy violence against children in detention in Uganda. It identifies policy and legislative measures already in place to prevent and detect violence, to assist victims and to make perpetrators accountable; highlights significant gaps in provision; and […]
Languages: English
Report
Tanzania: A review of law and policy to prevent and remedy violence against children in police and pre-trial detention
This research aims to increase understanding of the specific legal and policy measures that can work to prevent and remedy violence against children in detention in Tanzania. It identifies policy and legislative measures already in place to prevent and detect violence, to assist victims and to make perpetrators accountable; highlights significant gaps in provision; and […]
Languages: English
Submission
Alternative report to the UN Committee against Torture regarding the consideration of Kenya’s second report
PRI and its partner organisation, Foundation for Human Rights Initiative (FHRI), submitted an alternative report regarding the implementation of the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment in Kenya in April 2013.
Languages: English
Submission
Statement to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, April 2013: the death penalty in Africa
PRI issued this joint statement to the 53rd session of the African Commission in April 2013 with the Foundation for Human Rights Initiative (FHRI), the International Federation of Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture (FIACAT) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH). The statement called on all African Union states, while continuing […]
Languages: English
Submission
Submission to UN Secretary-General’s 2013 report to the Human Rights Council on the death penalty
Submission by PRI and the Foundation for Human Rights Initiative, Uganda, to the UN Secretary General for his 2013 report on the question of the death penalty.
Languages: English
Briefing
Justice for Children Briefing 1: African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
The African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child is the only regional treaty on the rights of the child in existence and it is the most important instrument for children’s rights within the African Union (AU) human rights system. It is based upon four key principles: the best interests of the child; […]
Languages: English
International Standard
Key international standards and norms for the treatment of women in the criminal justice system
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
International Standard
Key international standards and norms relating to the use of torture
These include: UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (1984) Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (OPCAT) (2002) International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (1957) UN Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of […]
Languages: English
International Standard
Key international standards for the rehabilitation and reintegration of offenders
These include: International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966) UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (1957) UN Minimum Rules for Administration of Juvenile Justice: the Beijing Rules (1985) UN Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-custodial Measures for Women Offenders (UN Bangkok Rules) (2010)
Languages: English