Resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the U.S. Government should formally record its endorsement of the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners.

referredUnited States· United States Congress· EN

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10 May 1977

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Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summary

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should formally endorse the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for Treatment of Prisoners and that the Attorney General should take steps to implement such rules where they do not conflict with the Constitution or existing statutes and do not fall short of desirable higher or more exacting standards.

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summary · EN · 10 May 1977
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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/95th-congress/house-resolution/558
Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/95/hres/558