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The Sixth UN Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders adopted a resolution on the Specific needs of women prisoners highlighting, amongst other things, that: | The Sixth UN Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders adopted a resolution on the Specific needs of women prisoners highlighting, amongst other things, that: | ||
| − | + | *because of the small number of women offenders, they often do not receive the same attention and consideration as do male offenders; | |
| − | + | *this inattention often results in limited access for women to the necessary programmes and services, including placement in detention facilities far from their families and home communities; and | |
| − | + | *that women most of the time have major responsibilities for children. | |
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The Congress recommended that States give recognition to the specific problems of women offenders and the need to provide the means for their solution.8 | The Congress recommended that States give recognition to the specific problems of women offenders and the need to provide the means for their solution.8 | ||
Ten years later, in the 2000 Vienna Declaration on Crime and Justice: Meeting the Challenges of the Twenty-first Century, States committed themselves to: | Ten years later, in the 2000 Vienna Declaration on Crime and Justice: Meeting the Challenges of the Twenty-first Century, States committed themselves to: | ||
| − | + | *take into account and address, within national crime prevention and criminal justice strategies as well as within the UN Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme, any disparate impact of programmes and policies on women and men; and | |
| − | + | *develop action-oriented policy recommendations based on the special needs of women as prisoners and offenders. 9 | |
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(a) Reviewing, evaluating and, if necessary, modifying their legislation, policies, procedures and practices relating to criminal matters, in a manner consistent with their legal systems, in order to ensure that women are treated fairly by the criminal justice system; | (a) Reviewing, evaluating and, if necessary, modifying their legislation, policies, procedures and practices relating to criminal matters, in a manner consistent with their legal systems, in order to ensure that women are treated fairly by the criminal justice system; | ||
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More recently, the concern about women prisoners has broadened to include the children of women in prison. The General Assembly's 2003 resolution on Human rights in the administration of justice invited: | More recently, the concern about women prisoners has broadened to include the children of women in prison. The General Assembly's 2003 resolution on Human rights in the administration of justice invited: | ||
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