United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson Mandela Rules) : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

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UN General Assembly
Date:
8 January 2016

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Title

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

Date

8 January 2016

Document number

A/RES/70/175

Document type

Resolutions / Recommendations / Declarations / Decisions

Additional document information

70th Session

Collection

Legal Instruments

Keywords

Crime prevention

Prison or detention conditions

Comments:

Adopted without vote, 80th plenary meeting. This documents supersedes the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, 30 August 1955.

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