Table of Contents
- General
Human Rights Treaties
1. Universal
Declaration of Human Rights - (Dec. 10, 1948)
2. International
Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - (Dec.16, 1966)
3. International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - (Dec.16, 1966)
a. Optional
Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- (Dec. 16, 1966)
b. Second
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty - (Dec. 15,
1989)
- UN Conventions specifically on Human Rights bearing on Criminal Justice
1.
Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners - (July 31,
1957; May 13, 1977)
2. Basic
Principles for the Treatment of Prisoners - (Dec. 14, 1990)
3. http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/h_comp36.htm
- (Dec. 9, 1988)
4. United
Nations Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of the Liberty
- (Dec. 14, 1990)
5. Declaration
on the Protection of All Persons from Being Subjected to Torture and
Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment - (Dec.
9, 1975)
6. Convention
against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- (Dec. 10, 1984)
7. Principles
on the Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other
Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment - (Dec. 4, 2000)
8. 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 -
(Dec. 18, 1982)
9. Safeguards
guaranteeing protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty
- (May 25, 1984)
10. Code
of Conduct for Law Enforcement Officials - (Dec. 17, 1989)
11. Basic
Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms by Law Enforcement Officials
- (Sept. 7, 1990)
12.
Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers - (Aug. 27 - Sept. 7, 1990)
13. Guidelines
on the Role of Prosecutors - (Aug. 27 - Sept. 7, 1990)
14. United
Nations Standard Minimum Rules for Non-custodial Measures (The Tokyo
Rules) - (Dec. 14, 1990)
15. United
Nations Guidelines for the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency (The Riyadh
Guidelines) - (Dec. 14, 1990)
16. United
Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice
("The Beijing Rules") - (Nov. 29, 1985)
17. Declaration
of Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power
- (Nov. 29, 1985)
18. Basic
Principles on the Independence of the Judiciary - (Nov. 29, 1985;
Dec. 13, 1985)
19. Model
Treaty on the Transfer of Proceedings in Criminal Matters - (Dec.
14, 1990)
20. Model
Treaty on the Transfer of Supervision of Offenders Conditionally Sentenced
or Conditionally Released - (Dec. 14, 1990)
21. Declaration
on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearances -
(Dec. 18, 1992)
22. Principles
on the Effective Prevention and Investigation of Extra-legal, Arbitrary
and Summary Executions - (May 24, 1989)
23. Convention
on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide - (Adopted
Dec. 9, 1948; Entered into force Jan. 12, 1951)
- International Criminal Law
1. International
Criminal Court - (July 17, 1998)
2. International
Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia - (May 25, 1993)
3. International
Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda - (Feb. 22, 1995)
4. Charter
of the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg - (Aug. 8, 1945)
5. Agreement
between the United Nations and the Government of Sierra Leone on the
Establishment of a Special Court for Sierra Leone - (Jan. 16, 2002)
- Europe
1. Convention
for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms - (Nov.
4, 1950)
2. European
Prison Rules - (Feb. 12, 1987)
3. European
Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment (and amending protocols) - (Feb. 1, 1989) -
a. http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/euro/z34eurotort.html
b.
http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/euro/z35.html - (Nov. 26, 1987)
c. http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/euro/z36.html
- (Nov. 26, 1987)
4. Recommendation
19 of the Committee of Ministers to Member States 'On the Role of Public
Prosecution in the Criminal Justice System' - (Oct. 6, 2000)
- Latin America
1. American
Convention on Human Rights "Pact of San Jose, Costa Rica" - (Nov.
22, 1969)
2. Protocol
to the American Convention on Human Rights to Abolish the Death Penalty
- (June 8, 1990)
3. Inter-American
Convention on Forced Disappearance of Persons - June 9, 1994; Entered
into force Mar. 28, 1996)
4. Inter-American
Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture - (Dec. 9, 1985; Entered
into force Feb. 28, 1986)
- Middle East
1. Arab
Charter on Human Rights - (Sept. 15, 1994)
2. Cairo
Declaration on Human Rights in Islam - (Aug. 5, 1990)
- Africa
1. African
Charter on Human and People's Rights - (Oct. 21, 1986)
2. Resolutions by the African Commission on Human and People's Rights
a. Resolution
on the Right to Recourse Procedure and Fair Trial - (Mar. 9, 1992)
- (page 15)
b. Resolution
on the Respect and the Strengthening on the Independence of the Judiciary
- (Apr. 4, 1996) - (page 32)
c.
Resolution on the Role of Lawyers and Judges in the Integration of
the Charter and the Enhancement of the Commission's work in National
and sub-Regional systems - (Apr. 4, 1996) - (page 34)
3. Guidelines
and Measures for the Prohibition and Prevention of Torture, Cruel,
Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment in Africa (The Robben
Island Guidelines) (Oct. 17 - 23, 2002)
- International
Association of Prosecutors, Standards of Professional Responsibility
and Statement of Essential Duties and Rights of Prosecutors - (Apr.
23, 1999)
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