'From waiting in line, to the United Nations': Families of people deprived of liberty as rights holders and key actors in crime prevention and social reintegration
When? Wednesday, 3 June 2026, 11:30 Vienna time
Where? Hybrid side event, Vienna, Austria / Online via Zoom
Organised by Church World Service, with the support of Brazil, Uruguay, the UNODC Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Section, the Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT), Documenta – Análisis y Acción para la Justicia Social A.C. (Mexico), the Inter-American Children’s Institute of the Organization of American States (IIN-OEA), the International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC), the International Network of Relatives of Persons Deprived of Liberty (RIMUF), Penal Reform International, Plataforma NNAPEs – Regional Platform for the Rights of Children and Adolescents with Caregivers Deprived of Liberty in Latin America and the Caribbean, and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT).
This hybrid side event, held during the 35th session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, will place families of people deprived of liberty at the centre of the discussion, highlighting the impact of incarceration on women, girls, boys and adolescents.
The event will open an urgent conversation on human rights, prison policies, crime prevention and social reintegration. It will include the screening of an excerpt from the film The woman in the line, based on the true story of Andrea Casamento, followed by testimonies from Andrea, youth activists, human rights defenders and government representatives.
The discussion will bring together representatives from Latin America and the Caribbean, seeking to strengthen recognition of families as rights holders and key actors in crime prevention and social reintegration.
Moderator
- Martín Coria, Church World Service
Speakers
- Andrea Casamento, RIMUF – ACiFaD, Argentina
- Jorge Freyre, NNAPEs Platform, Uruguay
- Mayara Souza, Chief of Staff of the National Secretariat for the Rights of Children and Adolescents, Ministry of Human Rights and Citizenship, Brazil
- Mauricio Fuentes, Vice President, INAU, Uruguay
- Mag. María Julia Garcete, Director General, Inter-American Children’s Institute, Organization of American States
- Jerome Magelinckx, Penal Reform International
- Voices of children and adolescents from the NNAPEs Council of Spokespersons: Reyshell Flores, Dominican Republic; Paz Maitre, Chile; Karen de Aquino, Mexico
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- International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC)
- United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
- Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT)
- Documenta – Análisis y Acción para la Justicia Social A.C.
- Inter-American Children’s Institute of the Organization of American States (IIN-OEA)
- Red Internacional de Mujeres Familiares de Personas Privadas de la Libertad (RIMUF)
- Penal Reform International
- Plataforma NNAPEs (Plataforma Regional por la Defensa de los Derechos de Niñas, Niños y Adolescentes con Referentes Adultos Privados de Libertad)
- World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT)