Please find below links to international and domestic human rights standards relevant to the treatment of people deprived of their liberty in the UK. Links will open in a new tab.
United Nations
- UN Convention Against Torture
- UN Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)
- UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
- Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (Nelson Mandela Rules)
- Istanbul Protocol: Manual on the Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- The United Nations Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-custodial Measures for Women Offenders (Bangkok Rules)
- UN Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of their Liberty
- United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice (Beijing Rules)
- United Nations Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment
- UN Standard Minimum Rules for Non-custodial Measures (Tokyo Rules)
- CAT General Comment No. 2 Implementation of article 2 by States parties
- Human Rights Council. (2020). Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment: Report of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. Forty-third session, Agenda item 3.
- UN Commission on Human Rights. (2005). Civil and Political Rights, Including the Questions of Torture and Detention Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, Report of the Special Rapporteur on the question of torture, Manfred Nowak. E/CN.4