PRI is an international non-governmental organization founded in 1989. The Head Office (www.penalreform.org) is located in London. PRI works on penal and criminal justice reform worldwide.

PRI has regional programmes in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and North Africa, Eastern Europe, Central Asia, the South Caucasus and North America. PRI has also worked with partner organisations in South Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean.

 

 

The PRI Regional Office in the South Caucasus was set up in 2001 (officially registered in May 2003) and is located in Tbilisi. The South Caucasus Office works on penal reform in three countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia.

The Office is led by a Regional Director, who reports to the PRI Executive Director in London. The number of staff varies according to the programmes, and PRI’s priorities and responsibilities. PRI South Caucasus works closely with international experts, employing them for various activities on an ad hoc basis.

PRI works very closely with penal reform activists, NGOs and governments, as well as inter-governmental organisations. Working with civil society is central to PRI’s programme activities and PRI actively supports the greater involvement of civil society in criminal justice reform.

The purpose of PRI’s programme is to support the reform process of the criminal justice systems in the South Caucasus by assisting government structures in their development and by strengthening the capacity of local NGOs. Our regional programme includes, but is not limited to, the following: