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Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners. Adopted by the First United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, held at Geneva in 1955, and approved by the Economic and Social Council by its resolutions 663 C (XXIV) of 31 July 1957 and 2076 (LXII) of 13 May 1977. PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS .
- The United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners
Rule 1. All prisoners shall be treated with the respect due...
- The United Nations Standard for the Treatment of Prisoners
The Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners...
- The United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners
Rule 1. All prisoners shall be treated with the respect due to their inherent dignity and value as human beings. No prisoner shall be subjected to, and all prisoners shall be protected from, torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, for which no circumstances whatsoever may be invoked as a justification.
It contains a number of guiding principles (rules 86 to 90); the treatment (rehabilitation) of prisoners (91 and 92); classification and individualization (93 and 94); privileges (95); work [4] (96 to 103); education and recreation (104 and 105); social relations and after-care (106 to 108).
The Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (SMRs)1 constitute the universally acknowledged minimum standards for the management of prison facilities and the treatment of prisoners, and have been of tremendous value and influence in the development of prison laws, policies and practices in Member States all over the world. In
8 sty 2016 · United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson Mandela Rules) : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly. Document source: UN General Assembly.
(1) All prisoners shall be treated with the respect due to their inherent dignity and value as human beings. No prisoner shall be subjected to, and all prisoners shall be protected from, torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, and no circumstances whatsoever may be invoked as a justification. The
Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (1955) Adopted by the First UN Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders held at Geneva in 1955, and approved by...
