Prisoners' rights
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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,[1] and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Rights and advocacy by country
[edit]Asia
[edit]Europe
[edit]North America
[edit]Photos from rallies to close the Guantanamo Bay detention camp
2017 rally to close Guantanamo
2019 rally to close Guantanamo
- Incarceration in Canada
- In the United States:
- Human rights in the United States
- Incarceration in the United States
- Prisoner rights in the United States
- Decarceration in the United States
- Prisoner abuse in the United States
- Felony disenfranchisement in the United States
- Penal labor in the United States
- Prison rape in the United States
- Organ donation in the United States prison population
- Mentally ill people in United States jails and prisons
- Political prisoners in the United States
- Notable groups:
- Notable events:
- Chain gang
- Convict leasing
Oceania
[edit]International
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See also
[edit]- Books to Prisoners
- Death in custody
- Disfranchisement
- Human rights issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic
- Human rights
- Incarceration and health
- LGBT people in prison
- Prison abolition movement
- Prison healthcare
- Prison overcrowding
- Prison strike
- Prisoner abuse
- Prison–industrial complex
- Private prison
- Security of person
- Sentencing disparity
- Solitary confinement
References
[edit]- ↑ Howard Davis (2003), "Prisoners' rights", Human rights and civil liberties, Taylor & Francis, p. 157, ISBN 978-1-84392-008-3
External links
[edit]Organizations working for prisoners' rights:
- American Civil Liberties Union on prisoners' rights
- Human Rights Watch
- Amnesty International
- Prison Activist Resource Center
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