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.
This report launch brings attention to the ongoing crisis posed by the COVID-19 pandemic in prison settings around the world, while prompting public authorities to provide adequate care for and to reduce the numbers of, people in prison.
What implications for the declaration by the African Court on Human and People's Rights on colonial-era vagrancy laws violating the African Charter on Human rights?
Ten years after the adoption of the Bangkok Rules, countries have largely failed to implement them, while the number of women in prison has risen dramatically.
Women in Mexico suffer abhorrent human rights abuses in unlawful detention centres, which operate in near-total impunity under the guise of treating drug dependence.
On the 10th anniversary of the UN Bangkok rules, dozens of civil society organisations urge government to curb women prison populations and rights abuses in prison.
IDPC, WOLA and PRI note an alarming rise in female incarceration rates in Latin America since 2000, putting countless women at risk of abuse and exacerbating the vulnerabilities they face in society.
The event aims to analyse the impact of measures adopted to contain COVID-19 on the rights and welfare of those experiencing social marginality and other forms of social-economic disadvantage.
