Difference between revisions of "Women's Rights in Prison"
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| + | The treatment of women in prison must be guided by not only the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners and other prison-specific guidelines, but by all applicable human rights (and, where relevant, International Humanitarian Law) instruments.16 These include the: | ||
| + | - Universal Declaration of Human Rights; | ||
| + | - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; | ||
| + | - International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; | ||
| + | - Convention on the Rights of the Child; | ||
| + | - Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women; | ||
| + | - Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination; | ||
