Adopts the UN Standard Minimum Rules for Non-custodial Measures and approves the recommendation of the Committee on Crime Prevention and Control that the Rules should be known as "the Tokyo Rules"; recommends the Tokyo Rules for implementation at the national, regional and interregional levels, taking into account the political, economic, social and cultural circumstances and traditions of countries; calls upon Member States to apply the Tokyo Rules in their policies and practice; requests Member States to report on the implementation of the Tokyo Rules every 5 years, beginning in 1994; requests the Secretary-General to take the necessary steps to prepare a commentary to the Tokyo Rules, which is to be submitted to the Committee on Crime Prevention and Control at its 12th session for approval and further dissemination, paying special attention to the legal safeguards, the implementation of the Rules and the development of similar guidelines at the regional level; requests the Secretary-General to prepare every 5 years, beginning in 1994, a report on the implementation of the Tokyo Rules for submission to the Committee on Crime Prevention and Control.

Adopted without vote, 68th meeting

UN Standard Minimum Rules for Non-Custodial Measures (1990)

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Adopted at the 68th plenary meeting, 14 Dec. 1990.
"Annex: United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for Non-custodial Measures (The Tokyo Rules)".
In: Resolutions and decisions adopted by the General Assembly during its 45th session, Volume 1, 18 September-21 December 1990. - A/45/49. - 1991. - p. 195-199. - (GAOR, 45th sess., Suppl. no. 49).