Prison Reforms
Checking, Correcting and Preventing Human Rights Violations through
Community Involvement in Prisons

UN Standards

Standard Minimum Rules for Treatment of Prisoners.

Basic Principles for the Treatment of Prisoners.

Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment.

United Nations Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of Liberty.

Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.

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.

United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for Non-Custodial Measures [The Tokyo Rules].

Declaration of Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power.

Model Treaty on the Transfer of Supervision of Offenders Conditionally Sentenced or Conditionally Released.

For other related documents and standards, please visit the website of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva.

Prison Laws in India