Vicki Prais is an internationally recognised award-winning human rights lawyer & independent human rights consultant with expertise in:
Humane detention, the protection of prisoners’ rights, prison reform, the prohibition of torture and ill-treatment and international fair trial issues.
My professional experience includes the UN, the Council of Europe, the British Government (Government Legal Department and as Human Rights Advisor.
Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office), civil society organisations (Penal Reform International, Amnesty International) and academia.
Areas include:
Prison conditions.
Prisoners’ rights & humane detention.
International Human rights law.
Detention monitoring.
Combating torture.