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فهل عقوبة السجن والحبس هي الحل الحقيقي دوماً؟
Other languages: Español, English, français, Русский, ქართული, Հայերեն.
Languages: Arabic
Resources listing
Submission
Statement to UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention on ‘Draft Basic Principles and Guidelines’
The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) are developing “Draft Basic Principles and Guidelines on Remedies and Procedures on the Right of Anyone Deprived of His or Her Liberty by Arrest or Detention to Bring Proceedings Before Court”, pursuant to Resolution 20/16. They will be presented to the Human Rights Council in September 2015. In September 2014, PRI […]
Languages: English
Submission
Joint oral statement on human rights impact of overcrowding: Human Rights Council September 2014
PRI delivered this joint oral statement at the 27th regular session of the Human Rights Council on 10 September 2014 on behalf of American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the Center for Legal and Social Studies (CELS), the International Legal Foundation (ILF) and PRI. The statement relates to the Panel discussion on the protection of the human rights of […]
Languages: English
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Podcast: Out of balance – disproportionality in sentencing
Courts have started to consider whole life sentences without the possibility of parole to be in breach of the prohibition on inhuman and degrading punishment. But what about ordinary prison sentences? Dr Mary Rogan, Head of Law at Dublin Institute of Technology and Chair of the Irish Penal Reform Trust, explores some significant recent court […]
Languages: English
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¿Una condena de prisión es siempre la solución?
Un nuevo cortometraje de animación de PRI, que observa el impacto nocivo de la utilización innecesaria del encarcelamiento alrededor del mundo y que incentiva la utilización de medidas no privativas de la libertad. https://vimeo.com/100795630 Other languages: English, français, Русский, العربية, ქართული, Հայերեն
Languages: Spanish
Annual Report
PRI Annual Report 2013
Our 2013 annual report – Working towards fair and effective criminal justice: the PRI way – is designed to give readers insight into how we achieve impact, focusing on highlights from our research work, our international advocacy, the technical assistance we provide at a national level, our training courses and resources, and our partnerships with […]
Languages: English
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Une peine de prison est-elle toujours la solution?
Une peine de prison est-elle toujours la solution? Other languages: English, Español, Русский, العربية, ქართული
Languages: French
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ВСЕГДА ЛИ ОБЯЗАТЕЛЬНО ТЮРЕМНОЕ ЗАКЛЮЧЕНИЕ?
Other languages: English, français, Español, العربية, ქართული, Հայերեն.
Languages: Russian
Report
Impact evaluation: Challenging the overuse of imprisonment in Georgia
Between June 2010 and June 2013, PRI’s South Caucasus office implemented a three-year programme, funded by the Open Society Foundations, to address the overuse of imprisonment in Georgia and to reduce chronic overcrowding in Georgian prisons. Over the project period, the prison population of Georgia fell by 60% from 23,114 prisoners in 2010 to only 9,185 in […]
Languages: English
Briefing
The use and practice of imprisonment: current trends and future challenges
Updated May 2014! First presented in April 2013 to the 22nd Session of the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in Vienna and updated for the Crime Commission in May 2014, this discussion paper The Use and Practice of Imprisonment: Current Trends and Future Challenges looks at current trends in prison populations, the use of new […]
Languages: English