International law

Laws pertaining to Individual Freedoms

Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (1977)

Basic Principles for the Treatment of Prisoners (1990)

Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention of Imprisonment (1998)

Laws pertaining to the Prevention and Sanction of the Practice of Torture

Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Being Subjected to Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (1975) 

Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT) (1984)

Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT) (2003) - Not yet in force

Principles on the Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (1982)

Laws pertaining to the Use of Force by Law Enforcement Authorities

Code of Conduct for Law Enforcement Officials (1979)

Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms by Law Enforcement Officials (1990)

Principles on the Effective Prevention and Investigation of Extra-legal, Arbitrary and Summary Executions (1989)

Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (1993)

Laws pertaining to the Right to Compensation for Gross Human Rights Violations

Declaration of Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power (1985)

Basic Principles and Guidelines on the Right to a Remedy and Reparation for Victims of Gross Violations of International Human Rights Law and Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law (2005)

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