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Jan 13 4 All news

55 years on: Time to upgrade UN Rules for treatment of prisoners

The Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners are currently going through a review process which will bring them up to date with modern human rights standards. In an article for IDN – InDepthNews Viewpoints, PRI’s Policy Director, Andrea Huber, explains why this initiative is so important.

More about the Standard Minimum Rules review process

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