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Dr. Mulgrew’s research informs UN Special Rapporteur’s Report on Deaths in Prison
Jul
03
2023
Posted: 17:23 IST
The UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary and arbitrary executions, Dr. Tidball-Binz delivered his report on Deaths in Prison to the Human Rights Council in Geneva in June 2023. The report aims to raise awareness of the ‘invisible, albeit largely preventable, tragedy of global dimensions’ caused by the failure of states to protect the right to life of persons deprived of their liberty.
The report’s discussion and recommendations in relation to information collection and use are informed by Dr. Mulgrew’s research. In particular, the report cites her article, with Professor Tomczak (‘Making Prisoner Deaths Visible: Towards a new epistemological approach’ (2023) 4 Incarceration 1-21) and the policy brief, Deaths in Prison, co-produced by her collaborative prisonDEATH team (Dr. Mulgrew, Professor Tomczak and Dr. Appleton) and Penal Reform International.
Significantly, the UN Special Rapporteur reiterates Mulgrew and Tomczak’s call for States to collect comprehensive and disaggregated data on all prisoner deaths and for the adoption of a global classification system for prisoner deaths (Recommendation r, page 19).
