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Treatment of women prisoners and non-custodial measures for women offenders

The United Nations Rules for the treatment of women prisoners and offenders - commonly known as the Bangkok Rules - were adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 21 December 2010.

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    Treatment of Women prisoners (PDF, 170.83 KB) (External link)
Author
UNODC, United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime
Publisher
UNODC
Copyright
UNODC, 2011
Date of Publication
March 2011

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