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UN General Assembly Resolution 70/175

Definition

The resolution that adopted the Nelson Mandela Rules on 17 December 2015, without a vote.

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Nelson Mandela Rules
The United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, revised and renamed by the UN General Assembly in December 2015,...
Non-Custodial Measures
Sentences or pre-trial measures that do not involve imprisonment, such as probation, community service, suspended sentences, fines and diversion, the subject of...
Soft Law
A standard adopted by an international body, such as a General Assembly resolution, that carries persuasive and interpretive weight but is not...
Solitary Confinement Limits
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Tokyo Rules
The UN Standard Minimum Rules for Non-custodial Measures, adopted by UN General Assembly resolution 45/110 in 1990, setting safeguards for probation, community...
UN General Assembly Resolution 45/110
The resolution that adopted the Tokyo Rules on 14 December 1990.

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