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U.N. Considers Revisions to Standard Minimum Rules for Treatment of Prisoners
Loaded on May 15, 2013
by Christopher Zoukis
published in Prison Legal News
May, 2013, page 54
The U.N. Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice held its 22nd session in late April 2013. A significant item on the Commission’s agenda was the development of revised Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (SMRs). Originally adopted in 1955, SMRs are rules that regulate the bare minimum ...
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