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UNODC/South African presentation on Nelson Mandela Rules underscores need to treat prisoners with dignity
New York / Vienna, 8 October 2015 – “Prisoners are human beings, born in dignity and entitled to security and to the protection of their human rights,” said the President of the General Assembly, Mogens Lykketoft, yesterday, at a presentation of the revised UN Standard Minimum Rules on the Treatment of prisoners (also known as the “Nelson Mandela Rules” after the former South African President).

Mr. Lykketoft noted: “Too often, the driving principle behind prisoner treatment has been to see these individuals as entirely separate from our communities and our societies. Hidden from our gaze, and indeed sometimes before our very eyes, prisoners have suffered abuse and mistreatment.”

He welcomed the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime’s (UNODC) work with its partners, both within and outside the UN system, to help countries implement the Nelson Mandela Rules, and by doing so, improve prisoners’ lives…