Human Rights and Prisons
Author | : United Nations. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights |
Publisher | : United Nations Publications |
Total Pages | : 236 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : |
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This publication is part of a series of training handbooks for human rights education which are designed to be adaptable to the needs and experience of a range of potential audiences. This publication focuses on human rights training for prison officials and includes practical recommendations, topics for discussion, case studies and checklists. Topics covered include: right to physical and moral integrity; health rights of prisoners; security regulation; prisoners contact with the outside world; complaints and inspection procedures; special categories of prisoners; and persons under detention without sentence. A companion publication "Human rights and prisons: a pocketbook of international human rights standards for prison officials" (ISBN 9211541581) is also available separately.