United Nations (UN)

Index

1. United Nations
2. Basic human rights
3. Treatment of prisoners
4. Juvenile justice
5. Alternatives to imprisonment and restorative justice
6. Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
7. Capital punishment
8. Crime prevention
9. Victims
10. Violence against women
11. Good governance, the independence of the judiciary and the integrity of criminal justice personnel
12. Other relevant conventions

United Nations

Charter of the United Nations (pdf, 2,9 MB)

Basic human rights

• Universal Declaration of Human Rights (pdf, 622 kB)

• International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) (pdf, 148 kB)

• First Optional Protocol to the ICCPR (pdf, 104 kB)

• Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR (pdf, 102 kB)

• International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) (pdf, 124 kB)

Treatment of prisoners

• Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (pdf, 109 kB)

• Procedures for the effective implementation of the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (pdf, 393 kB)

• Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment (pdf, 381 kB)

• Basic Principles for the Treatment of Prisoners (pdf, 213 kB)

• Kampala Declaration on Prison Conditions in Africa (pdf, 453 kB)

• Status of Foreign Citizens in Criminal Proceedings (pdf, 226 kB)

• Arusha Declaration on Good Prison Practice (pdf, 201 kB)

• United Nations Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-custodial Measures for Women Offenders (The Bangkok Rules) (pdf, 164 kB)

• United Nations Guidelines for the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency (The Riyadh Guidelines) (pdf, 577 kB)

Juvenile justice

• Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice (The Beijing Rules) (pdf, 913 kB)

• Guidelines for the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency (The Riyadh Guidelines) (pdf, 577 kB)

• Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of their Liberty (pdf, 730 kB)

• Guidelines for Action on Children in the Criminal Justice System (pdf, 876 kB)

Alternatives to imprisonment and restorative justice

• Standard Minimum Rules for Non-custodial Measures (The Tokyo Rules) (pdf, 516 kB)

• Kadoma Declaration on Community Service and Recommendations of the Seminar entitled “Criminal Justice: the Challenge of Prison Overcrowding”, Held in San José from 3 to 7 February 1997 (pdf, 433 kB)

• Basic Principles on the Use of Restorative Justice Programmes in Criminal Matters (pdf, 21 kB)

Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment

Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Being Subjected to Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (pdf, 227 kB)

Principles of Medical Ethics relevant to the role of health personnel, particularly physicians, in the protection of prisoners and detainees against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (pdf, 226 kB)

Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (pdf, 116 kB)

Principles on the Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (pdf, 143 kB)

Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT) (pdf, 206 kB)

Capital punishment

Capital punishment (pdf, 122 kB)

Safeguards Quaranteeing Protection of the Rights of Those Facing the Death Penalty (1984) (pdf, 213 kB)

Implementation of the Safeguards Quaranteeing Protection of the Rights of Those Facing the Death Penalty (pdf, 109 kB)

Safeguards Quaranteeing Protection of the Rights of Those Facing the Death Penalty (1996) (pdf, 213 kB)

The Question of the Death Penalty (pdf, 148 kB)

Crime prevention

• Guidelines for Cooperation and Technical Assistance in the Field of Urban Crime Prevention (pdf, 205 kB)

• Declaration on Crime and Public Security (pdf, 78 kB)

• Firearm Regulation for the Purposes of Crime Prevention and Public Health and Safety (pdf, 370 kB)

• Guidelines for the Prevention of Crime (pdf, 32 kB)

Victims

• Declaration of Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power (pdf, 338 kB)

• Implementation of the Declaration of Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power (pdf, 221 kB)

• Plan of action for the implementation of the Declaration of Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power (pdf, 442 kB)

• Guidelines on Justice in Matters involving Child Victims and Witnesses of Crime (pdf, 44 kB)

Violence against women

• Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women (pdf, 22 kB)

• Model Strategies and Practical Measures on the Elimination of Violence against Women in the Field of Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (pdf, 569 kB)

Good governance, the independence of the judiciary and the integrity of criminal justice personnel

• Code of Conduct for Law Enforcement Officials (pdf, 345 kB)

• Guidelines for the Effective Implementation of the Code of Conduct for Law Enforcement Officials (pdf, 221 kB)

• Principles on the Effective Prevention and Investigation of Extra-legal, Arbitrary and Summary Executions (pdf, 240 kB)

• Basic Principles on the Independence of the Judiciary (pdf, 95 kB)

• Procedures for the Effective Implementation of the Basic Principles on the Independence of the Judiciary (pdf, 218 kB)

• Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms by Law Enforcement Officials (pdf, 64 kB)

• Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers (pdf, 102 kB)

• Guidelines on the Role of Prosecutors (pdf, 65 kB)

• Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (pdf, 370 kB)

• International Code of Conduct for Public Officials (pdf, 77 kB)

• Declaration against Corruption and Bribery in International Commercial Transactions (pdf, 79 kB)

• Basic Principles and Guidelines on the Right to a Remedy and Reparation for Victims of Gross Violations of International Human Rights Law and Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law (pdf, 179 kB)

• International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (pdf, 126 kB)

• Principles and Guidelines on Access to Legal Aid in Criminal Justice Systems (pdf, 267 kB)

Other relevant conventions

• International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (pdf, 581 kB)

• Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (pdf, 608 kB)

• Convention on the Rights of the Child (pdf, 853 kB)

• Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (pdf, 246 kB)