International Co-operation, Training and Research: Implementation of International Instruments on Human Rights (From Resource Material Series No. 32: UNAFEI, P 55-68, 1987, Hideo Utsuro, ed. -- See NCJ-115682)

• NCJ Number: 115686
• Author(s): Y Diallo
• Date Published: 1987
• Length: 14 pages
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/; NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Publication Type: Issue Overview
• Language: English
• Country: Japan

Annotation

This article details international agreements to protect prisoners and detainees and to outlaw torture and other cruel or degrading treatment of punishment as well as a draft Code of Medical Ethics and proposed principles to protect persons from arbitrary arrest, detention, and exile.

Abstract

These agreements have grown out of the work of United Nations bodies carrying out the principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the United Nations in 1948, as well as subsequent covenants comprising the International Bill of Human Rights. The United Nations has set minimum rules for the treatment of offenders and juveniles, and these are discussed in the article, as are a model code of conduct for law enforcement officials and international conventions outlawing racial discrimination and apartheid. The article also outlines the roles of the United Nations and other international agencies in protecting the rights of victims and offenders, including the training of government personnel and students in implementing human rights and conducting research in human rights issues.