United Kingdom

Penal Reform International (PRI)

Penal Reform International (PRI) is an independent international non-governmental organisation that structures its work through a policy programme, regional programmes, and a governance and strategy programme that ensures learning and impact. Registered in The Netherlands (registration no 40025979), PRI operates globally with offices in multiple locations.

We work to promote criminal justice systems that uphold human rights for all and do no harm. We run practical human rights programmes and support reforms that make criminal justice fair and effective. Our primary objectives are to secure trials that are impartial, sentencing practices that are proportionate and promote social rehabilitation, and humane conditions of detention where alternatives to imprisonment are not possible.

We continue to join efforts to abolish the death penalty, which is a cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment and a violation of the right to life. We work to ensure that when there is a moratorium or abolition of capital punishment in any given country it is replaced with humane alternatives. In view of this we challenge life imprisonment without parole.

Date founded

1989             

Structure type

NGO             

Contact informations

The Green House 244-254 Cambridge Heath Road
E2 9DA London
Phone +44 (0) 203 119 0982

Resources

Document(s)

Training Resource: Reporting on the Death Penalty

on 1 January 2011


2011

NGO report


More details See the document

This resource targets journalists. The aim of this resource is to build and strengthen the knowledge and raise awareness of how to report on the death penalty and alternative sanctions. This training resource has been developed in conjunction with PRI’s partner, Inter Press Service (IPS).

  • Document type NGO report

Document(s)

Training Resource: Advocacy Tools in the Fight Against the Death Penalty and Alternative Sanctions that Respect International Human Rights Standards

on 1 January 2011


NGO report


More details See the document

The aim of this resource is to build and strengthen civil society organisation’s (CSOs) knowledge and awareness of advocacy and what advocacy methods are available for the fight against the death penalty and for alternative sanctions that respect international human rights standards. This resource covers issues related to using the media to influence, and how to build coalitions to strengthen your advocacy work.

  • Document type NGO report

Document(s)

Training Resource: Protecting the Rights of Those Facing the Death Penalty and Life and Long-Term Imprisonment

on 1 January 2011


Working with...


More details See the document

PRI training resource (1/3): Aimed mainly to mid-level prison officers, this resource’s trains these stakeholders on: due process and fair trial standards, international standards on the treatment of prisoners, vulnerable prisoners, building a rehabilitation-oriented penal culture.

  • Document type Working with...
  • Themes list Fair Trial, Death Row Conditions,

News

ACHPR

Abolition en Afrique - 77ème session ordinaire de la Commission africaine des droits de l'homme et des peuples

Abolition in Africa- 77th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights

Abolition in Africa- 77th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights

World coalition against death penalty

Abolition of the death penalty must be an integral part of crime prevention programmes and criminal justice reforms

Global overview of women facing the death penalty