Report on the Assessment of the Compliance of the Correction and Rehabilitation
Centers in Palestine with International Prison Standards
Assessment Methodology
ICHR has designed an assessment tool for correction and rehabilitation
centers through the use of relevant international references2. The tool is
used, not only for setting the baseline, but also for the purposes of periodic
assessment and follow-up of the conditions of prisons and inmates afterwards to ensure that they are receiving the appropriate treatment and are
in a suitable living environment. ICHR decided to conduct the assessment
in two phases, provided that the first phase includes the CRCs of the West
Bank and Gaza Strip.
The assessment also includes a methodology for the collection of the
basic information about the administrative policies of the CRC and the
operational and administrative procedures. It also includes an assessment
of the infrastructure, service and living facilities in CRCs with a special
assessment of the situation of women and minors in these facilities, in
addition to assessing compliance with the main international rules and
standards, especially the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of
Inmates, “Mandela Rules”, and highlighting areas that require attention
and immediate support from decision makers.
The assessment form included fixed standards for determining the
grade which it deserves for an item of the assessment tool, ranging between 1 and 5, where 1 represents total compliance with the standard and
5 represents absolute non-compliance.
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The United Nations Declaration of Human Rights (1948); the United Nations Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Being Subjected to Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or
Punishment (1975); the United Nations Safeguards Guaranteeing Protection of the Rights of Those Facing
the Death Penalty (1966); Code of Conduct for Law Enforcement Officials (1979); Standard Minimum
Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice (1985); the Body of Principles Relating to the Protection
of All Persons Subjected to Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment (1988); Basic Principles for the
Treatment of Prisoners (1990); the United Nations Guidelines for the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency
(1990); Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms by Law Enforcement Officials (1990); United
Nations Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of their Liberty (1990); International Code of
Conduct for Public Officials (1996); the United Nations Guidelines for Action on Children in the Criminal
Justice System (1997); United Nations Principles on the Effective Investigation and Documentation of
Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (2000); the United Nations
Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-Protest Measures for Women Offenders (2010); and
the United Nations Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (1957-1977).
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