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November 15, 2015 Report

Philippines: Mass Arrests Before APEC Summit

‘Clearing Operations’ Target Homeless, Poor, and Street Children

These street dwellers in Dakota, a community in Manila not far from the Philippine International Convention Center where the APEC summit will be held, have been told by local authorities to “keep off the streets” for at least a week beginning November 16,
November 13, 2015 Commentary

Australia's Treatment of Desperate Refugees Will Make it a Pariah Nation

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October 31, 2015 Commentary

Lessons for Brazil from US Prison Mistakes

U.S. President Barack Obama and Brazil President Dilma Rousseff depart a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on June 30, 2015.
October 26, 2015 News Release

Russia: Bill Would Expand Use of Force on Inmates

Measure Endangers Prisoner Protections

October 20, 2015 Commentary

Pernambuco’s Privatized Prisons

Makeshift “barracos,” or cubicles, inside Pavilion 7 at Presídio Juiz Antônio Luiz L. de Barros (PJALLB), in Recife.
October 19, 2015 News Release

Brazil: Where Inmates Run the Show

Among Brazil’s Overpacked Prisons, Pernambuco Tops the List

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Dispatches: How to Make a Difference at the General Assembly

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Brazil: Approve Critical Justice Reform

“Custody Hearings” Improve Due Process, Reduce Prison Overcrowding

A judge holds a custody hearing for a detainee in São Paulo on May 11, 2015, with the participation of a prosecutor and a public defender.
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A Bad Idea for Juvenile Justice

January 21, 2015 News Release

Egypt: Rash of Deaths in Custody

Holding Police Accountable Key to Saving Lives

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Interview: Locked Up in Institutions With No Way Out

November 21, 2014 Commentary

Squalid Detention Centres are no Place for Children

October 6, 2014 Report

Croatia: Locked Up and Neglected

Meager Progress on Moving People With Disabilities Into the Community

September 19, 2014 Statement

UN Human Rights Council: Adoption of the UPR Outcome of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea

HRC 27 -- Statement Delivered Under Item 6

June 20, 2014 Statement

UN Human Rights Council: Adoption of the UPR Outcome of Viet Nam

Statement Delivered Under Item 6

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