PRAWA Executive Director, Dr. Uju Agomoh presented a paper on ‘Treatment of female prisoners / offenders: Implementation of the Bangkok rules’ at the third Biennial Conference of Africa Correctional Services
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Read ContinueThe IRCT and several other justice and human rights organisations submitted comments suggesting amendments to General Comment No. 35 on Article 9 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Read ContinueThe ICPA Programme Committee invites individuals, agencies and organizations interested in presenting papers at the Association’s 2014 Annual Conference to submit ideas for consideration. The theme of the organization’s 16th
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Read ContinueCulled from the Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com Meriam Yahya Ibrahim married US national Daniel Wani in 2011. She was arrested after a Muslim relative claimed the marriage was invalid, thus adulterous, because
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