Inter-American system
American Convention on Human Rights (1969)
Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture (1985)
Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights to Abolish the Death Penalty (1990)
African system
African (Banjul) Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (1981)
Kampala Declaration on Prison Conditions in Africa (1996)
Ouagadougou Declaration and Plan of Action on Accelerating Prisons and Penal Reform in Africa
SADC Standard Minimum Guidelines for the Treatment and Management of Detainees (2014)
African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (1999), see in particular General Comment No.1 on Article 30 on protection of children of incarcerated parents (2013)
League of Arab States
Arab Charter on Human Rights (2004)
European system
European Convention on Human Rights (2010)
European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (1953)
Council of Europe Revised Prison Rules (2020)
Guidelines of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on child-friendly justice (2011)
Council of Europe Recommendation on electronic monitoring (2014)
Council of Europe Recommendation concerning dangerous offenders (2014)
Council of Europe Recommendation on the European Code of Ethics for Prison Staff (2012)
See also other Council of Europe Prisons and Community Sanctions and Measures.