A/RES/77/232
Reducing reoffending through rehabilitation and reintegration
Recalling its resolution 76/182 of 16 December 2021, in which it encouraged
Member States to promote the rehabilitation and reintegration of offenders and
requested the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to convene an expert group
meeting to share information on promising practices to reduce reoffending, with a
view to developing model strategies on reducing reoffending that could serve as
useful tools for Member States, taking into account relevant provisions in the existing
standards and norms in crime prevention and criminal justice, current developments,
research, tools and the outcome of the deliberations of the Fourteenth Congress,
Recalling also the standards and norms in crime prevention and criminal justice
adopted or recommended by the General Assembly, including the United Nations
Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson Mandela
Rules), 4 the United Nations Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and
Non-custodial Measures for Women Offenders (the Bangkok Rules) 5 and the United
Nations Standard Minimum Rules for Non-custodial Measures (the Tokyo Rules), 6
and at the same time acknowledging the need for standards and norms specifically
focusing on reducing reoffending,
Noting the efforts taken by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to
implement General Assembly resolution 76/182, namely through convening, with the
support of the Government of Japan, an online expert group meeting, during which a
limited number of experts, participating in their individual capacity, met from 6 to
8 April 2022 to share information on promising practices and to identify a set of key
elements to be considered for inclusion in draft model strategies on reducing
reoffending,
1.
Encourages Member States to develop comprehensive strategies or action
plans to reduce reoffending through effective interventions for the rehabilitation and
reintegration of offenders;
2.
Also encourages Member States to promote a rehabilitative environment
in correctional facilities, including through designing and implementing effective
treatment programmes based on an individual assessment of the needs of and risks
faced by offenders, and to provide offenders with access to vocational and technical
training and educational programmes to support them in developing the skills
necessary for reintegration;
3.
Further encourages Member States, as appropriate and in line with
domestic legislation, to take into account the relevant and appropriate United Nations
standards and norms in crime prevention and criminal justice, mainstream a gender
perspective into their criminal justice systems, support the development of necessary
skills among offenders in correctional facilities and facilitate working opportunities,
where appropriate, to promote the social rehabilitation and reintegration of offenders;
4.
Recognizes the benefit that may be derived from incorporating respect for
cultural diversity, based on respect for the rule of law, into rehabilitation and
reintegration programmes;
5.
Encourages Member States to promote rehabilitation approaches and
programmes within their judicial systems empowered to deal with specific problems,
such as social or mental health issues;
6.
Also encourages Member States to promote a rehabilitative environment
in the community to facilitate the social reintegration of offenders with the active
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Resolution 70/175, annex.
Resolution 65/229, annex.
Resolution 45/110, annex.
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