United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson Mandela Rules) 2015, para. 3
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Original document
Document type
Résolution
Paragraph text
Before imposing disciplinary sanctions, prison administrations shall consider whether and how a prisoner's mental illness or developmental disability may have contributed to his or her conduct and the commission of the offence or act underlying the disciplinary charge. Prison administrations shall not sanction any conduct of a prisoner that is considered to be the direct result of his or her mental illness or intellectual disability.
Document legal status
Droit souple négocié
Document body
Assemblée générale des Nations Unies
Document means of adoption
Consensus
Thèmes
Égalité & Inclusion
Santé
Personnes concernées
N.A.
Document year
2015
Type de paragraphe
Rule
Reference
UNGA resolution, United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson Mandela Rules) (2015), A/RES/70/175, Rule 39, 3.