Key international standards and norms relating to torture prevention include:
UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (1984)
Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (OPCAT) (2002)
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)
Revised UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (Nelson Mandela Rules) (2015)
UN Basic Principles for the Treatment of Prisoners (1990)
UN Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of their Liberty (1990)
UN Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-Custodial Sanctions for Women Offenders (2010)