The Standard Minimum for the management of prison facilities and the treatment of prisoners, and have been of tremendous value and influence in the development of prison laws, policies and practices in Member States all over the world

The Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, originally adopted by the First UN Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders in 1955, constitute the universally acknowledged minimum standards for the management of prison facilities and the treatment of prisoners, and have been of tremendous value and influence in the development of prison laws, policies and practices in Member States all over the world.

In 2015 in the resolution A/RES/70/175, the General Assembly not only adopted the revised United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, but also approved that they should be known as the "Nelson Mandela Rules" in order to honour the legacy of the late President of South Africa, who spent 27 years in prison in the course of his struggle referred to above.

The campaign is carried out within the framework of the projects:

- Project “Paths to Justice: Strengthening Human Rights through Torture Prevention and Penitentiary System Reform”, funded by European Union European Union in Tajikistan

- «Promoting Human Rights and Accountability in Tajikistan's Detention Facilities gender-sensitive: Research, Dialogue, and Advocacy», funded by Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI) Embassy of Canada to Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan

Source: un.org