Descriptor English: | Rights of Prisoners | ||||||
Descriptor Spanish: |
Derechos de los Prisioneros
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Descriptor Portuguese: | Direitos dos Prisioneiros | ||||||
Descriptor French: | Droits des Prisonniers | ||||||
Entry term(s): |
Prisioner Protection Prisoners' Protection Prisoners' Rights Protection for Prisoners Protection of Prisioners Rights of Detainees Rights of Political Prisoners Rights of Prisoners and Detainees Rights of Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners |
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Tree number(s): |
SP9.242.315.664 |
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Scope note: | The rights of civilian and military prisoners are governed by both national and international law. International conventions include the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; the United Nations' Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (From: Howard Davis, "Prisoners' rights", Human rights and civil liberties, 2003, p. 157), and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (From: Handbook on prisoners with special needs, 2009, pp. 47-48 (published by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime)). |
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Allowable Qualifiers: | No qualifiers | ||||||
History Note: | 2018 |
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DeCS ID: | 57366 | ||||||
Unique ID: | DDCS057366 | ||||||
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents |
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Rights of Prisoners
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Concept UI |
FD00062066 |
Scope note | The rights of civilian and military prisoners are governed by both national and international law. International conventions include the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; the United Nations' Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (From: Howard Davis, "Prisoners' rights", Human rights and civil liberties, 2003, p. 157), and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (From: Handbook on prisoners with special needs, 2009, pp. 47-48 (published by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime)). |
Preferred term | Rights of Prisoners |
Entry term(s) |
Prisioner Protection Prisoners' Protection Prisoners' Rights Protection for Prisoners Protection of Prisioners Rights of Detainees Rights of Political Prisoners Rights of Prisoners and Detainees Rights of Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners |
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