United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for Non-Custodial Measures (the Tokyo Rules)

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Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 100Crime prevention and criminal justice, published in 1990.

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

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What subjects does this mandate have?

16 topics

Crime Victims Guidelines Information Dissemination Judges Law Enforcement Officials Lawyers Non-Custodial Sanctions Non-Governmental Organizations Offenders Periodic Reports Probation Prosecution Report Preparation Rules and Regulations Social Services Training and Research Institutions

What does this mandate say?

14 operative paragraphs

Adopts the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for Non-custodial Measures, contained in the annex to the present resolution, and approves the recommendation of the Committee on Crime Prevention and Control that the Rules should be known as “the Tokyo Rules”;

Recommends the Tokyo Rules for implementation at the national, regional and interregional levels,

Calls upon Member States to apply the Tokyo Rules in their policies and practice;

Invites Member States to bring the Tokyo Rules to the attention of, in particular, law enforcement officials, prosecutors, judges, probation officers, lawyers, victims, offenders, social services and non-governmental organizations involved in the application of non-custodial measures, as well as members of the executive, the legislature and the general public;

Requests Member States to report on the implementation of the Tokyo Rules every five years, beginning in 1994;

Urges the regional commissions, the United Nations institutes for the prevention of crime and the treatment of offenders, specialized agencies and other entities within the United Nations system, other intergovernmental organizations concerned and non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council to be actively involved in the implementation of the Tokyo Rules;

Calls upon the Committee on Crime Prevention and Control to consider, as a matter of priority, the implementation of the present resolution;

Requests the Secretary-General to take the necessary steps to prepare a commentary to the Tokyo Rules, which is to be submitted to the Committee on Crime Prevention and Control at its twelfth session for approval and further dissemination, paying special attention to the legal safeguards, the implementation of the Rules and the development of similar guidelines at the regional level;

Invites the United Nations institutes for the prevention of crime and the treatment of offenders to assist the Secretary-General in that task;

Urges intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations and other entities concerned to remain actively involved in this initiative;

Requests the Secretary-General to take steps, as appropriate, to ensure the widest possible dissemination of the Tokyo Rules, including their transmission to Governments, interested intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations and other parties concerned;

Also requests the Secretary-General to prepare every five years, beginning in 1994, a report on the implementation of the Tokyo Rules for submission to the Committee on Crime Prevention and Control;

Further requests the Secretary-General to assist Member States, at their request, in the implementation of the Tokyo Rules and to report regularly thereon to the Committee on Crime Prevention and Control;

Requests that the present resolution and the text of the annex be brought to the attention of all United Nations bodies concerned and be included in the next edition of the United Nations publication entitled Human Rights: A Compilation of International Instruments.

I.GENERAL PRINCIPLES

V.IMPLEMENTATION OF NON-CUSTODIAL MEASURES

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