Panel Discussion and Report Launch: "Causes, Consequences, and Conditions of Women's Imprisonment Around the World"

Rashida Manjoo, UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, Silvia Martinez, Prison Ombudsman, Argentina, and Gail Smith, Founder and Senior Policy Director of CLAIM, will join a panel moderated by Professor Sital Kalantry to discuss the causes of the increase in rates of imprisonment, the conditions of their imprisonment, and consequences on families and communities. What can countries learn from each other's practices? To what extent are the Bangkok Rules recently adopted by the UN being implemented in women's prisons around the world? The findings and recommendations from the Human Rights Clinic's report on Argentina will also be discussed.