Key international standards, norms and guidelines covering conditions in detention and the treatment of detainees include:
General
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
UN Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Revised UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (Nelson Mandela Rules) 2015
UN Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment
UN Rules for the Protection of Juveniles deprived of their Liberty (‘the Havana Rules’)
European Prison Rules and their commentary – revised 2020.
On health
WHO Declaration on Prison Health as Part of Public Health (adopted in Moscow on 24 October 2003)
World Health Organization Guide to the Essentials in Prison Health
Trencín Statement on Prisons and Mental Health, WHO, 2008
On solitary confinement
The Istanbul statement on the use and effects of solitary confinement, 9 December 2007
See Nelson Mandela Rules and European Prison Rules above