Penal Reform International è un'organizzazione internazionale non governativa che sviluppa e promuove risposte eque, efficaci e proporzionate ai problemi della giustizia penale in tutto il mondo.
How can better drug policies help improve prison conditions and protect human rights? This is what will be discussed during this UNGASS side event on Monday 18th April.
When discussions about the international drug control regime were still relatively ‘tame’ in international fora, the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) included in the agenda of its 128th Assembly, a Special Session on 'The Legalisation of Drugs: Can it help Curb Organized Crime?’.
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By Andrea HuberPolicy Director, Penal Reform International
The update to the Rules aims to provide greater protection to persons deprived of their liberty by limiting the use of solitary confinement, searches, coercive measures and disciplinary sanctions; requiring inspections of places of detention; and demanding the investigation of all deaths and all…
A number of human rights organisations, including the IDPC and Harm Reduction International, have released a joint statement calling on member states to abolish the death penalty for drug related offences at the upcoming UNGASS.
This booklet by Penal Reform International allows readers to read about some of the main assumptions regarding the death penalty in an interactive format.
The spread of infectious diseases is a serious problem in prison systems worldwide, with prisoners often many times more likely to be living with Tuberculosis, HIV or hepatitis than a person in the broader community.
CELs and Humanas are collaborating on this side event to discuss the impact of drug policies on human rights, to feed in the discussions at the Human Rights Council.
The meeting will seek to collect good practice examples and areas where there are gaps so that these can be fed into the ongoing discussions between stakeholders involved in UNGASS preparations.
Penal Reform International aims to correct misapprehensions and to give readers an understanding of Islamic law and jurisprudence relating to the death penalty.
