United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson Mandela Rules) 2015, para. 1
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Where sleeping accommodation is in individual cells or rooms, each prisoner shall occupy by night a cell or room by himself or herself. If for special reasons, such as temporary overcrowding, it becomes necessary for the central prison administration to make an exception to this rule, it is not desirable to have two prisoners in a cell or room.
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Governance & Rule of Law
Year
2015
Paragraph type
Rule
Reference
UNGA resolution, United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson Mandela Rules) (2015), A/RES/70/175, Rule 12, 1.