“Drawing together findings from academics, professionals and the United Nations, this paper examines the ways in which women are disproportionately affected by pre- trial detention and how this impacts on their children. It considers the reasons for the over-use of pre-trial detention, issues around over-long periods of detention and the problems of inappropriate conditions of detention for pre-trial detainees. It also provides practical suggestions for improvements as well as a range of alternatives to pre-trial detention.”
Plastic Money: Turning Off the Subsidies Tap – A Stocktake of Plastic Subsidies in the INC and Related International Frameworks
This QUNO paper, authored by international trade lawyer Amy Porges, presents a detailed factual stocktake of how subsidies to plastic production have been addressed throughout the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) process to develop an international...