Representatives from nine international NGOs will gather in Vienna, Austria, on May 23 to discuss the recognition of pretrial detention as an indicator of development in the context of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Organised by the Open Society Justice Initiative, the event will coincide with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in Vienna on 23 May.

CHRI, represented by Sana Das, will attend the event. Sana is the Coordinator of CHRI’s Prison Reform Programme and will be giving a short presentation on pre-trial detention in India.