Nairobi Kenya, May 1-5 2023 Overview Pan Africa CURE hosted the 9th International CURE conference in Nairobi, with 95 participants representing 28 countries. Committed to criminal justice and prison reform based on prisoner and human rights, many were from Africa, and participants included prior detainees from 3 continents. Pan Africa CURE is committed to supporting, […]
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by Hans Hallundbaek of Presbyterian Mission Agency (USA) A most relevant highlight of the Pan African CURE conference was a visit to the Naivasha maximum security male prison two hours’ drive into the stunning Rift Valley region of Kenya. Here, less than three miles from beautiful Lake Naivasha, reside more than 2,000 men incarcerated behind 20-foot-high concrete
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The Nairobi Declaration for Detainee Telecommunications Rights was adopted at the final session of the CURE conference in Kenya on May 4, 2023. The news release below asserts detainee telecommunication rights. CURE has distributed the Declaration internationally for endorsement. Please return endorsements by organisations and individuals to: NairobiDecDetaineeTelecommRts@gmail.com NEWS RELEASE The 9th International CURE Conference in Nairobi Kenya, May
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Download To endorse visit: https://nairobideclaration.org/endorse/ 9th International Cure Conference: 1-5 May 2023 PREAMBLE Millions of people around the world are locked in cages, unnecessarily isolated from their communities. Their contact with their families, and access to legal, health, rehabilitation and educational services are restricted due to physical barriers. In the past, those barriers have made
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LATEST NEWSPresbyterian Mission Media Release on the Naivasha Prison VisitNAIROBI DECLARATION FOR DETAINEE TELECOMMUNICATION RIGHTSReport: The 9th International CURE ConferenceKenya CURE Media ReleaseWorking Document for Kenya CURE Conference 2023 OVERVIEW Pan Africa CURE, a “continental chapter of International CURE”, will be hosting the 9th International Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants (CURE) Conference on Human
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On 26th May 2021, Justice Action (JA) was invited by Legal Awareness Watch (LAW) Pakistan to present a live talk on Zoom during a Juvenile Justice Systems (JJS) Act workshop. The presentation consisted of an analysis of Pakistan’s demographics and problems in their judicial and political systems in relation to the recent JJS Act 2018.
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On Wednesday, 3rd of February 2021, Justice Action facilitated a meeting between Timor-Leste Consul-General Luciano Valentim Da Conceicao and the President of the Community Justice Coalition and International Commission of Jurists, The Hon John Dowd AO QC. In the meeting, there were several points that importantly highlighted the agreement to collaborate and support the creation
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