TitleBasic Principles for the Treatment of Prisoners : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly.
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Summary
Desiring to reflect the perspective noted by the 7th Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, namely that the function of the criminal justice system is to contribute to safeguarding the basic values and norms of society; recognizing the usefulness of drafting a declaration on the human rights of prisoners; affirms the Basic Principles for the Treatment of Prisoners, contained in the annex to the present resolution, and requests the Secretary-General to bring it to the attention of Member States.
Statement of Basic Principles for the Treatment of Prisoners (1990)
Date[New York] : UN, 28 Mar. 1991.
Description
3 p.
Notes
Adopted at the 68th plenary meeting, 14 Dec. 1990. "Annex: Basic Principles for the Treatment of Prisoners". 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. 199-200. - (GAOR, 45th sess., Suppl. no. 49).