Participants at the last Torture Documentation and Redress Scheme (TDRS) workshop held in Nigeria
PRAWA is a voluntary, nonprofit, non governmental organization which promotes safety and security in the African community by creating humane criminal justice system. PRAWA promotes human rights for people in prisons, working to help those who have survived prisons terms to successfully integrate into the community.
PRAWA was established on December 16th, 1994. In 1998 the organization acquired observer status from the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights (ACHPR).
Our Vision and Mission
PRAWA exists to promote safety and security in the African community by creating humane criminal justice system through service delivery to the community in general and to the prisoners, ex-prisoners, torture survivors, youths at risk, other personnel and stakeholders working within the formal and informal security, justice and penal systems.
Our Core Values
- PRODUCTIVITY (measurable)
- IMPACT (measurable)
- COST EFFECTIVENESS
- INTEGRITY
- SUSTAINABILITY (physically, financially)
- SKILLED SERVICE
The Core values are implemented as
- Reflected in staff behaviour and work ethics
- Reflected in the nature of projects/ and programmes and mode of implementation
Reflected in what the organisation stands for (its philosophy, vision, mission, structure and method of work
Networks
PRAWA is an active member of the following Networks and Coalitions:
- International Corrections and Prisons Association (ICPA)
- African Security Sector Network (ASSN)
- African Correctional Services Association
- Network of Specialised Rehabilitation Centres for Treatment of Torture Survivors
- National NGO Coalition on Penal Reform in Nigeria and serves as the national secretariat for the Coalition)
