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* [[Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide]] | * [[Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide]] | ||
* [[International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights]] | * [[International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights]] | ||
| + | * [[American Convention on Human Rights]] | ||
* [[Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court]] | * [[Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court]] | ||
* [[Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights]] | * [[Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights]] | ||
Revision as of 13:20, 15 October 2010
Contents
Courts
- International Court of Justice (The Hague, Netherlands)
- ICJ Rules of Court
- International Criminal Court (The Hague, Netherlands)
- International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (The Hague, Netherlands)
- International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (Arusha, Tanzania)
- Special Court for Sierra Leone (Freetown, Sierra Leone)
Treaties
Background
Since the United Nations was founded in 1945, the various states have drafted several tools to facilitate international law. Several of those international tools are listed here, with a focus on criminal justice and prisoners' rights. Some of these tools are called "basic principals" while others are called "covenants". Generally speaking, principals are advisory, while covenants are binding on the states. The International Court of Justice provides remedies for violations of some of these covenants.
Torture
- Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Prisoners' Rights and Sentencing Standards
- Basic Principles for the Treatment of Prisoners
- Standard Minimum Rules for Treatment of Prisoners
- United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for Non-custodial Measures (The Tokyo Rules)
Children's Rights
- United Nations Guidelines for the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency (The Riyadh Guidelines)
- United Nations Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of their Liberty
Other Important Treaties
- Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- American Convention on Human Rights
- Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
- Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- United Nations Basic Principles on the Independence of the Judiciary Power
- Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
- United Nations Code of Conduct for Law Enforcement Officials
