Liens
These links go to organisations which publish or work on issues relevant for prison chaplaincy or the general well being of prisoners:
Church related
> Vatican
Official website of the Vatican, with all encyclicals, the Catechism, papal sermons etc.
> International Prison Chaplaincy Association
International ecumenical organisation of and for prison chaplains.
Research & Publications
> Centre for Prison Pastoral Studies
Ecumenical Centre for pastoral/Theological research and education on issies concerning prison chaplaincy. The Centre is an initiative of Tilburg School of Catholic Theology , Tilburg Law School (Tilburg University) and the Protestant Theological University (Amsterdam/Groningen)
> Justice Reflections
publishes papers linking christian ideas with matters of justice.
> Prison Studies
The International Centre for Prison Studies is an academic institute which assists to develop appropriate policies on prisons and the use of imprisonment.
United Nations
> United Nations
Official website of the UN Organisation.
> United Nations Organisation on Drugs and Criminality
> UN Committee against Torture
> Latin American Institute for the Prevention of Crime and Treatment of Offenders
Spanish website with digital library with reports and documents on human rights en prison situations.
Regional International Organizations
> African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
Official Commission on the African Human and People’s Rights Treaty
> Asian Human Rights Commission
> Conseil de l’Europe
European organization to promote democracy, human rights and the rule of law.
> European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
> European Court of Human Rights
Texts and case-law on human rights.
> Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Texts and case-law on human rights.
Non-Governmental Organizations
> Amnesty International
International NGO which supports political prisoners.
> Association for the Prevention of Torture
Swiss based international NGO which focuses on the prevention of torture and ill-treatment. With practical tools to download in several languages.
> Coalition of International Non-Governmental Organisations against Torture
> Inter-American Institute for Human Rights
> International Commission of Jurists
> International Committee of the Red Cross
> International Cure
Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants (CURE) is an international NGO grassroots organization.
> Fédération Internationale de l’Acat
> International Federation for Human Rights
Worldwide international federation of 178 human rights organisations to lobby.
> International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims
> Penal Reform International
International operating NGO which addresses the rights of suspects, offenders and prisoners, and tries to develop alternatives for a just criminal justice system.
