Un's Success in Prisoners' Rights in Africa
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Australian Human Rights Commission http://www.hreoc.gov.au/human_rights/human_rights_dialogue/international.html
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, adopted 16 Dec. 1966, G.A. Res. 2200 (XXI), U.N. GAOR, 21st Sess., Supp. No. 10, U.N. Doc. A/6316 (1966), 999 U.N.T.S. 171 (entered into force 23 Mar. 1976) [hereinafter ICCPR].
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/basicprinciples.htm.Basic Principles for the Treatment of Prisoners. Adopted and proclaimed by General Assembly resolution 45/111 of 14 December 1990.
VILJOEN, F. The Special Rapporteur on Prisons (SRP) and Conditions of Detention in Africa: achievements and possibilities. Human Rights Quarterly, Baltimore, v. 27, no.1, 2005, p. 125,126.
Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, adopted 10 Dec. 1984, G.A. Res. 39/46, U.N. GAOR, 39th Sess., Supp. No. 51, U.N. Doc. A/39/51 (1985) (entered into force 26 June 1987), reprinted in 23 I.L.M. 1027 (1984), substantive changes noted in 24 I.L.M. 535 (1985) [hereinafter CAT].
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, adopted 16 Dec. 1966, G.A. Res. 2200 (XXI), U.N. GAOR, 21st Sess., Supp. No. 16, U.N. Doc. A/6316 (1966), 999 U.N.T.S. 171 (entered into force 23 Mar. 1976) [hereinafter ICCPR].
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, Resolution on the Right to Recourse and Fair Trial, adopted 11th Sess. (1992). See Fifth Annual Activity Report of the African Commission on Human and People's Rights, Annex V (1992).
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/treatmentprisoners.htm. Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners. Adopted by the First United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, held at Geneva in 1955, and approved by the Economic and Social Council by its resolutions 663 C (XXIV) of 31 July 1957 and 2076 (LXII) of 13 May 1977.
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/basicprinciples.htm.Basic Principles for the...
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, adopted 16 Dec. 1966, G.A. Res. 2200 (XXI), U.N. GAOR, 21st Sess., Supp. No. 10, U.N. Doc. A/6316 (1966), 999 U.N.T.S. 171 (entered into force 23 Mar. 1976) [hereinafter ICCPR].
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/basicprinciples.htm.Basic Principles for the Treatment of Prisoners. Adopted and proclaimed by General Assembly resolution 45/111 of 14 December 1990.
VILJOEN, F. The Special Rapporteur on Prisons (SRP) and Conditions of Detention in Africa: achievements and possibilities. Human Rights Quarterly, Baltimore, v. 27, no.1, 2005, p. 125,126.
Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, adopted 10 Dec. 1984, G.A. Res. 39/46, U.N. GAOR, 39th Sess., Supp. No. 51, U.N. Doc. A/39/51 (1985) (entered into force 26 June 1987), reprinted in 23 I.L.M. 1027 (1984), substantive changes noted in 24 I.L.M. 535 (1985) [hereinafter CAT].
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, adopted 16 Dec. 1966, G.A. Res. 2200 (XXI), U.N. GAOR, 21st Sess., Supp. No. 16, U.N. Doc. A/6316 (1966), 999 U.N.T.S. 171 (entered into force 23 Mar. 1976) [hereinafter ICCPR].
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, Resolution on the Right to Recourse and Fair Trial, adopted 11th Sess. (1992). See Fifth Annual Activity Report of the African Commission on Human and People's Rights, Annex V (1992).
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/treatmentprisoners.htm. Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners. Adopted by the First United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, held at Geneva in 1955, and approved by the Economic and Social Council by its resolutions 663 C (XXIV) of 31 July 1957 and 2076 (LXII) of 13 May 1977.
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/basicprinciples.htm.Basic Principles for the...