Adopts the UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice recommended by the 7th Congress, contained in the annex to the present resolution, and approves the recommendation of the 7th Congress that the Rules should be known as "the Beijing Rules"; invites Member States to inform the Secretary-General on the implementation of the Beijing Rules and to report regularly to the Committee on Crime Prevention and Control on the results achieved; requests Member States and the Secretary-General to undertake research and to develop a data base with respect to effective policies and practices in the administration of juvenile justice; requests the Secretary-General and invites Member States to ensure the widest possible dissemination of the text of the Beijing Rules in all of the official languages of the UN, including the intensification of information activities in the field of juvenile justice.

Adopted without vote, 96th plenary meeting

UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice (1985)

27 p.

Adopted at the 96th plenary meeting, 29 Nov. 1985.
Includes text of the Standard Minimum Rules.
In: Resolutions and decisions adopted by the General Assembly during its 40th session, 17 September-18 December 1985, 28 April-9 May and 20 June 1986. - A/40/53. - 1986. - p. 206-213. - (GAOR, 40th sess., Suppl. no. 53).