Articles by David Fathi

UN Commission Approves Mandela Rules on Treatment of Prisoners

Loaded on July 31, 2015 by David Fathi published in Prison Legal News August, 2015, page 38

Filed under: International Law, Prisoners-International, Political Prisoners (International), Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement. Locations: Austria, United States of America.

UN Commission Approves Mandela Rules on Treatment of Prisoners

by David Fathi [1]

May 22, 2015 was a milestone in the global movement for prisoners’ rights. On that day, the United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, meeting in Vienna, unanimously approved the Mandela Rules on the treatment of prisoners. ...