UN Congress

The Howard League at UN Congress

Twelfth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice was held in Salvador, Brazil on 12-19 Apirl 2010.

As a non-governmental organisation with special consultative status with the UN the Howard League held the following ancillary meetings at the Congress:

• Children in Custody

Wednesday 14 April at 10am till 11.30am, Room Kariri

Speakers:

Frances Crook, Director of the Howard League for Penal Reform; Sue Wade, Chair of the Howard League for Penal Reform; Marianne Liebmann, Qakers International; Virginia Murillo Herrara, Defence for Children International in Costa Rica

• Inspection of places of detention

Wednesday 14 April at 14.30 to 16.00, Room Arara

Speakers:

Frances Crook, Director of the Howard League for Penal Reform; Sue Wade, Chair of the Howard League for Penal Reform; Andres Hernandez from Transparency International and a speaker from Penal Reform International.

Read the statement submitted by the Howard League

Read the factsheet on the British Inspectorate model