International Treaties and Standards for Prisoners

International treaties and standards for prisoners protect the rights of prison inmates .

The fundamental rights of prisoners are protected by international law, including the

• European Convention on Human Rights and the
• European Convention for the Prevention of Torture .

There are also numerous standards and recommendations at international and European level. These include

• the Basic Principles for the Treatment of Prisoners ,
• the Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment ,
• the United Nations Minimum Standards for the Treatment of Prisoners (Nelson Mandela Rules) ,
• the European Prison Rules of the Council of Europe .
• the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

On the one hand, compliance with human rights is monitored by domestic and foreign courts. In Germany, prisoners can, after exhausting all legal remedies to §§ 109 et seq. StVollzG the constitutional complaint with the Federal Constitutional Court loading and in case of refusal, the human rights complaint at the European Court of Human Rights .

There are also national commissions - in Germany for example the National Agency for the Prevention of Torture - and international commissions, including the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Winfried Puchinger (Ed.): Basic rights in prison. ( Memento of the original from February 10, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.