Background: Over 740,000 women and girls are held in prison worldwide. Women continue to make up a minority of the...

SDG 1 & SDG 11 – How to eradicate poverty and provide adequate, safe and affordable housing Poverty eradication, as...

A Caribbean Conversation International and national research shows the disproportionate impact of petty offense laws on the most excluded, poorest...

Over the last year, the Global Campaign to Decriminalise Poverty and Status has expanded its remit from an exclusively African...

Theme: “The 30th Anniversary of the Paris Principles & the 20th Anniversary of the Maputo Protocol: Amplifying the role of...

Suicide is linked to multiple intersecting factors, such as social, economic, cultural, and psychological challenges. Suicide is not a mental...

Organised by Dejusticia, Drug Policy Alliance, the European Network of People who Use Drugs (EuroNPUD), GAT Portugal, the International Drug...

Campaign partners, African Policing Civilian Oversight Forum (APCOF) and Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) invite you to attend a discussion...

Registrations are now open for the FEANTSA’s European Observatory on Homelessness and K.U. Leuven are pleased to announce the 17th European...

In April 2023, Africa Criminal Justice Reform (ACJR) launched a webinar series on sub-national governance and the criminalisation of poverty and status....

On the 22nd of August 2023, the Detention Justice Forum, a South African civil society coalition of non-governmental organisations and individuals working to...

The Faculty of Law, University of the Western Cape, in conjunction with the Dullah Omar Institute, University of the Western...

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An Open Letter to the Organisers of  Women Deliver and the Generation Equality Forum : High-Level Forums on Women’s Rights...

The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria and the Faculty of Law, University of Nairobi cordially...

IDPC: In 2001, Portugal implemented a groundbreaking policy that decriminalized the possession and use of small amounts of illicit drugs,...

Lawyers for Human Rights and the International Detention Coalition would like to invite you to a virtual consultation to discuss...

The Sovereign Debt Crisis in Africa – The Role of the legal profession The Pan African Lawyers Union (PALU), the...

Many people are dependent on the informal economy and public spaces for survival. Urban areas often attract large groups of...

IDPC: Join us in the discussion about the possibility of drug policy reforms towards decriminalisation and harm reduction, by highlighting...

For over a decade, the Support. Don’t Punish campaign has resourced a global, decentralised network of change-makers in drug policy...

Topic: Understanding the Essence of the Devolution of Powers

SALC: In the administration of justice, the judiciary is faced with interpreting the country’s laws in compliance with the Constitution....

The 12th edition of the world’s leading summit on human rights in the digital age. RightsCon offers a platform for...

PRI: In 2019, the UN reported that mortality rates in prisons were 50% higher compared to the wider community. This...

DIGNITY, UNODC, APCOF and PRI have organised a hybrid side event on Friday 26 May at 08h00-08h50 (CEST) during the...

International law sets forth that all are equal before the law without discrimination, and governments have incorporated equal protection and non-discrimination...

Prisons have traditionally been built for men and designed to cater to their needs. Women and transgender people are a...

The Human Rights Clinic and Program at the University of Miami School of Law, in collaboration with the Human Rights...