Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2017, para. 15
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Encourages all States to take appropriate effective legislative, administrative, judicial and other measures to apply the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson Mandela Rules);
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Civil & Political Rights
Governance & Rule of Law
Year
2017
Reference
UNGA resolution, Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (2017), A/RES/72/163, OP 15.