Table 1.

Treatment and special protection of the rights of incarcerated young people in prisons

Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (‘Mandela Rules’) (A/RES/70/175) (2016)[5]

Standard Rules for Non-Custodial Measures (‘Tokyo Rules, 1990’)[6]

Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-Custodial Measures for Women Offenders (‘Bangkok Rules, 2016’) (A/RES/65/229) [7]

UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) [8]

UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice (‘Beijing Rules’, 1985) [9]

UN Guidelines for the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency (‘Riyadh Guidelines’, 1990) [10]

UN Guidelines for Action on Children in the Criminal Justice System (‘Vienna Guidelines’, 1997) [11]

UN Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of their Liberty (‘Havana Rules’, 1990) [12]

UN Guidelines for the Appropriate Use and Conditions of Alternative Care for Children (2009) [13].