Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Miscellaneous Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- Acknowledgements
- One Introduction
- Section I Prisons and the use of imprisonment: numbers and trends
- Section II An ethical approach to the use of imprisonment
- Section III An alternative future
- References
- Annex A List of jurisdictions on which the World Prison Brief holds prison population data
- Annex B List of relevant international human rights instruments
- Index
Annex B - List of relevant international human rights instruments
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 April 2023
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Miscellaneous Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- Acknowledgements
- One Introduction
- Section I Prisons and the use of imprisonment: numbers and trends
- Section II An ethical approach to the use of imprisonment
- Section III An alternative future
- References
- Annex A List of jurisdictions on which the World Prison Brief holds prison population data
- Annex B List of relevant international human rights instruments
- Index
Summary
International Bill of Human Rights
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• Adopted by UN General Assembly resolution 217A (III) of 10 December 1948
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
• Adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by General Assembly resolution 2200A (XXI) of 16 December 1966, entry into force 3 January 1976
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
• Adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by General Assembly resolution 2200A (XXI) of 16 December 1966, entry into force 23 March 1976
Prevention of torture
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
• Adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by General Assembly resolution 39/46 of 10 December 1984, entry into force 26 June 1987
Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
• Adopted on 18 December 2002 at the 57th session of the General Assembly of the United Nations by resolution A/RES/57/199, entry into force 22 June 2006
Prevention of discrimination
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
• Adopted and opened for signature and ratification by General Assembly resolution 2106 (XX) of 21 December 1965, entry into force 4 January 1969
Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief
• Proclaimed by General Assembly resolution 36/55 of 25 November 1981
Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities
• Adopted by General Assembly resolution 47/135 of 18 December 1992
Rights of women
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
• Adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by General Assembly resolution 34/180 of 18 December 1979, entry into force 3 September 1981
Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women
• General Assembly resolution 48/104 of 20 December 1993
Rights of the child
Convention on the Rights of the Child
• Adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by General Assembly resolution 44/25 of 20 November 1989, entry into force 2 September 1990
The administration of justice
Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (The Nelson Mandela Rules)
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