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Code of Conduct for Law Enforcement Officials

A/RES/35/170View PDF

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 65Crime prevention and control, published in 1980.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 1980–1981
  • 1981A/RES/35/170Code of Conduct for Law Enforcement OfficialsLatestCompare with previous version
  • 1980A/RES/34/169Code of conduct for law enforcement officials

iVersions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

iExtracted automatically from each entity’s budget submission.

What subjects does this mandate have?

2 topics
Codes of ConductLaw Enforcement Officials

What does this mandate say?

6 operative paragraphs

I.

Calls upon all States:
a
To consider favourably the use of the Code· of Conduct for Law Enforcement Officials within the framework of national legislation and practice or directives governing law enforcement agencies;
b
To make the text of the Code of Conduct available to all law enforcement officials in their own language;
c
To instruct, in basic training programmes and in all subsequent training and refresher courses, law enforcement officiali; in the provisions of the national legislations which are connected with the Code of Conduct and other basic texts on human rights;
2
Invites Governments in all regions of the world to consider measures to promote the application of the Code of Conduct, including the organization of symposia on the role of law enforcement officials in the protection of human rights;
3
Invites the Committee on Crime Prevention and Control to study the application of the Code of Conduct on the basis of the information received from Member States, taking into account the recommendations of the national symposia on the role of law enforcement officials in the protection of human rights, and to include the outcome of its considerations in its regular report to the Economic and Social Council.

iParagraph content is machine-extracted from UN documents. For authoritative content, please refer to the official UN document.

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