Death Penalty

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The Death Penalty in Pakistan 2025

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The Death Penalty Statistics Report 2025, jointly published by the National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) and Justice Project Pakistan (JPP), offers an updated...

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Death Penalty in Pakistan: Data Mapping Capital Punishment – 2024

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As we commemorate the World Day Against the Death Penalty, we present the 3rd edition of the annual statistics report, Death Penalty in Pakistan: Data...

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On this World Day Against the Death Penalty, October 10, 2023, Justice Project Pakistan (JPP) is proud to launch the second edition of our...

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The Death Penalty in..

This report is the result of a joint effort between Justice Project Pakistan (JPP), Together Against the Death Penalty (ECPM), and the Anti Death...

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FACT SHEET 2022 &..

This fact sheet aims to highlight the current scenario of Pakistani prisons while focusing on key issues such as overcrowding, significantly long undertrial period,...

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Death Penalty in..

This is the first edition of the annual statistics report, Death Penalty in Pakistan: Data Mapping Capital Punishment. The aim of this report is...

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Faces from the..

This report is a follow-up to ‘Closing Bagram: The Other Guantanamo’, a 2015 report that documented the plight of the detainees and their families...

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Through the Cracks:..

Migrant workers are an important part of Pakistan’s economy and the labour market. Yet the regulation of labour migration in Pakistan remains weak, leaving...

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Counting the..

Damning Statistics Underscore Need for Death Penalty Reform Counting the Condemned contains some shocking revelations. There has been almost a 35 percent reduction in Pakistan’s death row...

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JPP Prison Reforms

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Data Dashboards – Prison Population of Pakistan 2022

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Introduction: These Data Dashboards highlight the current statistics of Pakistani prisons while focusing on key variables such as overcrowding, undertrial period, prison population trends,...

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FACT SHEET 2022 &..

This fact sheet aims to highlight the current scenario of Pakistani prisons while focusing on key issues such as overcrowding, significantly long undertrial period,...

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Mental Health Report

Many inmates come into prison with serious pre-existing mental illnesses. Imprisonment over long periods of time and the extraordinary stresses of the hyper-violent prison experience exacerbates these illnesses, and brings it out in those with no prior history.

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Trapped Inside:..

Pakistan’s criminal justice system fails to provide meaningful protection to persons suffering from mental illness at all stages of arrest, trial, sentencing and detention....

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Migrant Workers

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MIGRATION, REMITTANCES AND IMPRISONMENT

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Migrant Workers and the Plight of Pakistanis in Saudi Arabia’s Prisons with over 10 million Pakistani migrants worldwide, Pakistan heavily relies on remittances, receiving...

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Protecting Pakistanis Imprisoned Abroad: High-Level Consultation for International Migrants Day 2024

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On 18 December 1990, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution on the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All...

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Through the Cracks:..

Migrant workers are an important part of Pakistan’s economy and the labour market. Yet the regulation of labour migration in Pakistan remains weak, leaving...

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Prison Reforms

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Data Dashboards – Prison Population of Pakistan 2022

Data Dashboards &..

Introduction: These Data Dashboards highlight the current statistics of Pakistani prisons while focusing on key variables such as overcrowding, undertrial period, prison population trends,...

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FACT SHEET 2022 &..

This fact sheet aims to highlight the current scenario of Pakistani prisons while focusing on key issues such as overcrowding, significantly long undertrial period,...

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Publications

Many inmates come into prison with serious pre-existing mental illnesses. Imprisonment over long periods of time and the extraordinary stresses of the hyper-violent prison experience exacerbates these illnesses, and brings it out in those with no prior history.

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The Death Penalty in Pakistan 2025

The Death Penalty in..

The Death Penalty Statistics Report 2025, jointly published by the National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) and Justice Project Pakistan (JPP), offers an updated...

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PAKISTAN’s Drug Policy Journey

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Explore major developments in Pakistan’s drug policy and law reformation journey. We have come far but still a long way to go towards more...

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Narcotics Offences Factsheet 2025

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Reimagining Justice: Upholding Huan Rights Under the CNSA Judicial Training Course Launch and Expert Workshop

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On January 29, 2025, Justice Project Pakistan (JPP), in collaboration with the International Centre on Human Rights and Drug Policy at the University of...

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Reimagining Justice: Public Health and Human Rights Centered Drug Policy

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The Reimagining Justice: Public Health and Human Rights-Centered Drug Policy consultation on 28 January 2025 built on Justice Project Pakistan’s inaugural conference in April...

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PROPORTIONATE SENTENCING: A SOLUTION TO PRISON OVERCROWDING UNDER THE CNSA

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Pakistan’s prison system faces a critical challenge, with 21.46% of its total prison population incarcerated under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act (CNSA), contributing...

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THE CONTROL OF NARCOTICS SUBSTANCES ACT 1997: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS

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Pakistan’s drug policy framework, centered on the Control of Narcotics Substances Act (CNSA) of 1997, stands at a critical juncture. Currently, over 21,000 people...

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GENDERED IMPACT OF THE CNSA 1997: STRUCTURAL VULNERABILITIES AND PATHS TO REFORM

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The “war on drugs” has disproportionately affected women, with 35% of female prisoners globally incarcerated for drug-related offences. In Pakistan, the Control of Narcotics...

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HARM REDUCTION AND PUBLIC HEALTH-CENTERED DRUG POLICY

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Global drug policies have traditionally focused on punitive approaches, often exacerbating public health crises and marginalizing vulnerable populations. In contrast, harm reduction and public...

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REFORMING POLICING STRATEGIES UNDER THE CNSA FOR EFFECTIVE PERFORMANCE

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Drug dependence and narcotrafficking continue to be significant socio-economic challenges for Pakistan, with an estimated 7.6 million people use substances, based on the 2012-13...

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Tortured Report

Many inmates come into prison with serious pre-existing mental illnesses. Imprisonment over long periods of time and the extraordinary stresses of the hyper-violent prison experience exacerbates these illnesses, and brings it out in those with no prior history.
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Criminalising..

Torture by police and other law enforcement agencies is so endemic and systematic in Pakistan that it is largely a common practice.Torture is accepted...

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UN Submissions

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SUBMISSION FOR THE UNITED NATIONS COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE

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In this submission presented to the United Nations Committee against Torture (the Committee), the JPP takes an opportunity to comment on Pakistan’s non-compliance with...

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