The Nelson Mandela Rules should be applied without discrimination based on race, colour, gender, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, cultural identity or any ...

New Nelson Mandela Rules Academy signals shift toward humanised corrections Exactly 36 years after President Nelson Mandela walked out of prison and into the pages of history, President Cyril ...

The United Nations have launched the Revised Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, dubbed the ‘Nelson Mandela Rules,’ which Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed as “a great step ...

Scotland’s jails are breaking the UN’s so-called Nelson Mandela rules on prisoner rights, a watchdog has said.

July 18 marks Nelson Mandela Day, which honors the legacy of the late President of South Africa and recognizes the nearly three decades that he spent in prison during apartheid. In accordance with the ...

Last week I was in Vienna, representing the ACLU at the United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice. Meetings of the Crime Commission, as it's informally known, are sometimes ...

Correctional Services Deputy Minister Lindiwe Ntshalintshali says the opening of the Nelson Mandela Rules Training Academy at Drakenstein Correctional Facility is both a historic milestone and a ...

Excellences, Deputy Secretary-General Mr. Jan Eliasson; UN Messenger of Peace Mr. Steve Wonder, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, I wish to warmly welcome you to this informal meeting of the ...