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Spotlight:
World Congress on Justice with Children
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Many children across the globe face multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination resulting in their social exclusion and lack of access to services and resources, which violates their fundamental rights. Children in contact with justice systems – as victims, witnesses or perpetrators – need special care and protection as they may experience discrimination from the justice system itself.
The World Congress on Justice With Children gathers children alongside policymakers, legal practitioners, academics, and civil society representatives with relevant work experience to influence Child Justice, explore best practices, foster scientific cooperation, and raise awareness on child-friendly justice.
Over one week, we aim to place children’s rights at the top of the international agenda to promote fair and appropriate justice systems for and with children. See below how to get involved:
To learn more about the Global Initiative on Justice With Children visit: https://justicewithchildren.org/
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PRI marks World Day Against the Death Penalty in Uganda
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On 10 October, PRI marked the World Day Against the Death Penalty, which this year focused on women sentenced to death, with the launch of a new report on ‘Women who kill in response to domestic violence in Uganda’. The report finds that in a significant number of cases where women are convicted of murder or manslaughter, the victim is a male partner or male family member and there is a history of domestic violence.
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New blog: Ending capital punishment in the OSCE area
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Although some progress has been made towards abolition of the death penalty, several countries – including some in the OSCE area – retain the death penalty for certain offences. Jennifer Roberts from OSCE’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) outlines some of the misconceptions around the death penalty and how abolition can be achieved – specifically, the stakeholders whose involvement is critical.
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Upcoming webinar: Gender, Drugs, and Criminal Justice
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In November, intersessional discussions of the 30th Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice will take place, aimed at implementing the Kyoto Declaration, adopted at the 14th UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in March 2021. The third day of thematic discussions will focus among other things on mainstreaming a gender perspective into crime prevention. To coincide with this, the International Drug Policy Consortium, PRI, and the Washington Office on Latin America invite you to join an online side event examining the genered impact and human rights challenges of drug control, and key recommendations for the way forward.
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Older persons in detention: monitoring tool now available in Spanish
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More older persons are in prison than ever before, which has important implications for health and age-related policy and practice across criminal justice systems. Marking International Day of Older Persons on 1 October, PRI and APT launched the Spanish edition of our tool to support detention monitors in assessing conditions for older persons in prisons in line with international human rights standards. This forms part of PRI/APT’s Detention Monitoring Tool.
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New resource: Policing of children and young people
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Children’s developing emotional and psychological maturity puts them at increased risk of exploitation during police contact and within the justice system. This briefing paper, published by the Global Initiative on Justice with Children, which PRI is part of, aims to highlight the challenges that arise during and following police contact with children, and identify and explore common themes and promising practices in relation to child-friendly policing.
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Webinar recording: Digital technologies and human rights in the administration of justice
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In the margins of the 48th session of the Human Rights Council, the Permanent Mission of Austria to the UN in Geneva held a side event, co-sponsored by PRI, ICJ and UNODC, to provide an overview of digital technologies in the administration of justice and an opportunity to discuss the human rights implications, including concerns around the right to a fair trial, due process, non-discrimination, privacy, and equality and equal protection before the law.
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