Submission
Joint oral statement to the 24th session UN Crime Commission: Revision of the Standard Minimum Rules
This joint submission calls on Member States present at the 24th Session of the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (Crime Commission) to finalise the process of the SMR Review and adopt the revised Standard Minimum Rules according to the recommendations of the inter-governmental Expert Group, and transmit them for final adoption by the UN General Assembly.
The submission was prepared by the NGO group, comprising theĀ American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Amnesty International (AI), the Center for Legal and Social Studies (CELS), Conectas Direitos Humanos, the Corporacion Humanas, the International Commission of Catholic Prison Pastoral Care (ICCPPC), the Friends World Committee for Consultation (Quakers) andĀ PRI.
Read our joint NGO briefing for a summary of the review process.
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