Penal Reform International (PRI)
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Contact Details
URL: https://www.penalreform.org/
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/penalreformint
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/penalreforminternational
Founded
1989-11-12 London UK
Aims
Achieve penal reform, whilst recognizing diverse cultural context, by promoting: development and implementation of international human rights instruments with regard to law enforcement, prison conditions and standards; elimination of unfair and unethical discrimination in all penal measures; abolition of the death penalty; reduction in the use of imprisonment throughout the world; use of constructive non-custodial sanctions which encourage social reintegration whilst taking account of the interests of victims.
Events
2025-06-02 | Madrid, Spain – World Congress on Justice with Children19 past events available with paid subscription only.
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Observer status with: E-XJ5076 - African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC); D-XD3030 - OAS. Accredited by: E-XE7552 - United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV). Member of: E-XM4870 - Convention against Torture Initiative (CTI). Panel member of: E-XM1572 - Interagency Panel on Juvenile Justice (IPJJ). Links with: E-XE1497 - European Committee on Crime Problems (CDPC); C-XC3023 - OECD; E-XE3042 - OSCE - Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR); E-XE3128 - United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ); B-XB3548 - WHO. Partner: E-XE7803 - Instituto Latinoamericano de las Naciones Unidas para la Prevención del Delito y el Tratamiento del Delincuente (ILANUD).
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Observer status with: B-XB2832 - Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).
Partners include:
- B-XB0054 - Amnesty International (AI);
- E-XE0182 - Arab Institute for Human Rights (AIHR);
- H-XD9229 - Association pénitentiaire africaine (APA);
- B-XE2863 - Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT);
- F-XF5401 - Avocats Sans Frontières (ASF);
- F-XF8357 - Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF);
- F-XM5040 - Global Forum on Law, Justice and Development (GFLJD);
- E-XE0020 - Instituto Interamericano de Derechos Humanos (IIDH);
- B-XB1550 - International Commission of Jurists (ICJ);
- C-XD1401 - International Federation of ACATs - Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture;
- B-XD1841 - International Federation for Human Rights.
Links with: F-XG9889 - AFEW International; D-XD4776 - International Commission of Catholic Prison Pastoral Care (ICCPPC). Links indicated by: F-XF0388 - Confederation of European Probation (CEP).
- Member of: Alliance of NGOs on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
- Member of: Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children (End Violence Against Children)
- Member of: Global Rights
- Member of: Human Rights and Democracy Network (HRDN)
- Member of: World Coalition Against the Death Penalty
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UIA Org ID
XF1656
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