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The Electronic Newsletter of the International Centre for Prison Studies 
Number 1January 2005
Welcome to the first issue of
Human Rights and Prison Management 
, an electronicnewsletter which is intended to complement the handbook
A Human Rights Approach to Prison Management 
. If you do not already have a copy of theHandbook it is available in English and nine other languages and can bedownloaded free of charge as a pdf file in several languages from the ICPS website,www.prisonstudies.org.We are grateful to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the government of theUnited Kingdom for financing the production of this newsletter.
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Contents 
 
In the course of our work with the Handbook many people have asked for help inunderstanding what the international standards for the treatment of prisoners reallymean. How big should a cell be? How much access to natural light is adequate as aminimum? In this first edition of the Newsletter we focus on the judicial andmonitoring processes which are helping to define the detail of human rightsstandards in prison management.
 
Click on a title to go directly to the article 
Introduction
A message from the Director
A Human Rights Approach to Prison Management
“
…an immensely practical resource that has the potential to meet the needs ofprison managers at the same time that it addresses the concerns of prisonreformers
”Launching the Handbook
To date about 70,000 copies of the Handbook have been printed in ten languages…
International Standards – what do they really mean?
An introduction to regional monitoring and judicial bodies
United Nations Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and OtherCruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
On 15
th
November 2004 Argentina became the sixth country to ratify the UNOptional Protocol to the Convention against Torture …
Regional Courts
African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights European Court of Human Rights Inter-American Court of Human Rights 
National Courts Regional Monitoring Mechanisms
 
Special Rapporteur on Prisons and Conditions of Detention in Africa European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment of Punishment (CPT)
National Monitoring Mechanisms
 
National Human Rights Commission of the Republic of Korea (South Korea)Indian National Human Rights Commission La Defensoría del Pueblo and Procuraduría (Colombia)Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons (England and Wales)
Forthcoming Issues
 
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Introduction 
 
Introduction 
 
I am delighted to introduce the firstissue of the newsletter
Human Rights and Prison Management 
.I am delighted to introduce the firstissue of the newsletter
Human Rights and Prison Management 
.The Handbook
A Human Rights Approach to Prison Management 
,which was first published by theInternational Centre for PrisonStudies in 2002, is now available inten languages. It has become aprimary reference text for prisonadministrators and prison staff whowish to use the international humanrights standards as the basis formanaging prisons in a decent andhumane manner.The Handbook
A Human Rights Approach to Prison Management 
,which was first published by theInternational Centre for PrisonStudies in 2002, is now available inten languages. It has become aprimary reference text for prisonadministrators and prison staff whowish to use the international humanrights standards as the basis formanaging prisons in a decent andhumane manner.
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rofessor Andrew Coyleew Coyle
hotograph © David McHughhotograph © David McHugh
Over the last two years we have received many messages from prison staff andothers who have found the principles in the handbook very useful as a context forthe way they do their work. Many of them have asked for more information abouthow to transfer these principles into the detailed work they do every day. They alsoregularly ask us to provide examples of good practice from around the world. Thereis clearly a demand for updated information on a regular basis about how to manageprisons within a human rights context. This newsletter is intended to meet thatdemand.Over the last two years we have received many messages from prison staff andothers who have found the principles in the handbook very useful as a context forthe way they do their work. Many of them have asked for more information abouthow to transfer these principles into the detailed work they do every day. They alsoregularly ask us to provide examples of good practice from around the world. Thereis clearly a demand for updated information on a regular basis about how to manageprisons within a human rights context. This newsletter is intended to meet thatdemand.It will be published approximately four times each year in an interactive format:It will be published approximately four times each year in an interactive format:- It will be published in a dedicated section of the ICPS websitewww.prisonstudies.org- It will be published in a dedicated section of the ICPS websitewww.prisonstudies.org - As each issue is published, a message will be sent electronically to theextensive database of individuals and agencies who have alreadyreceived the handbook, a large number of whom are in continuingcontact with ICPS.- Each issue will develop one of the main themes covered in thehandbook. It will respond to questions and issues raised by users ofthe handbook.- The themes to be dealt with in each issue will be publicised in advanceand readers will be invited to submit specific queries and commentsfor inclusion.- The newsletter will be published in English as well as Russian andSpanish.
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