INTERNATIONAL APPROACHES TO THE PROBLEM OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION IN PENAL INSTITUTIONS

Abstract

The article presents the scientific analysis and generalization of international approaches to the problem of violence prevention in penal institutions. The author carried out basic provisions on which international legal aspects of violence prevention in penal institutions are based.

It is noted that the problem of violence in closed institutions (which are penal institutions) is common to all countries of the world and their penitentiary systems. It has been found that, historically and at the present stage, developed countries have sought to work together to develop optimal approaches to preventing violence in penal institutions.

It is stated that today in the world an international legal framework has been developed, consisting of both mandatory and advisory acts, which contain norms aimed at preventing violence both at the level of one or another country as a whole and at the level of penal institutions in particular. Mandatory acts include the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; The Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment; the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment; the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, etc. Recommendations include the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (Nelson Mandela Rules), the European Prison Rules, the Code of Conduct for Law Enforcement Officials, etc.