Guidance materials

Draft United Nations rules for the treatment of women prisoners and non-custodial measures for women offenders

Societies grappling with a ‘silent but growing’ prison crisis
Prisons have become a fragile link in many criminal justice systems, weakened by over-incarceration, overcrowding, poor conditions and chronic neglect – fuelling calls for urgent reform.
US decision to sanction ICC judges ‘deeply corrosive’ to justice: UN rights chief
The US Government’s announcement of sanctions against four judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday has been condemned by Volker Türk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, […]
Exponential rise in synthetic drug production and trafficking in the Golden Triangle
The Golden Triangle – the remote, jungle-covered border region where Thailand, Myanmar, and the Lao People’s Democratic Republic meet – has seen an exponential surge in the illicit manufacture […]