Contents
2.5
2.6
2.7
3.
The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms
of Racial Discrimination, 1965 .........................................................................50
2.5.1 The undertakings of the States parties.........................................................50
2.5.2 The field of non-discrimination protected......................................................51
2.5.3 The implementation mechanism ..................................................................53
The Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or
Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 1984...................................................54
2.6.1 The undertakings of the States parties.........................................................54
2.6.2 The legal scope of the Convention ................................................................55
2.6.3 The implementation mechanism ..................................................................56
The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination
against Women, 1979, and its Protocol, 1999................................................58
2.7.1 The undertakings of the States parties.........................................................58
2.7.2 The specific legal scope of the Convention .....................................................59
2.7.3 The implementation mechanisms .................................................................60
Other Instruments Adopted by the United Nations General
Assembly..............................................................................................................61
3.1
The Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance
and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief, 1981............................62
3.2 The Basic Principles for the Treatment of Prisoners, 1990.........................62
3.3 The Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under
Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment, 1988 ..........................................63
3.4 The United Nations Rules for the Protection of Juveniles
Deprived of their Liberty, 1990 .......................................................................63
3.5 The 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, 1982...................................................63
3.6 The Code of Conduct for Law Enforcement Officials, 1979 .....................64
3.7 The United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for Non-custodial
Measures (The Tokyo Rules), 1990 .................................................................64
3.8 The United Nations Guidelines for the Prevention of Juvenile
Delinquency (The Riyadh Guidelines), 1990 .................................................65
3.9 The United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the
Administration of Juvenile Justice (The Beijing Rules), 1985 .....................65
3.10 The Declaration of Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of
Crime and Abuse of Power, 1985....................................................................65
3.11 The Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced
Disappearance, 1992 ..........................................................................................66
3.12 The Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals,
Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally
Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, 1998..................66
4.
Instruments adopted by the United Nations Congress on the
Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders ................................67
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