UN’s Yury Fedotov also speaks about Mandela
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The Executive Director, UN Office
on Drugs and Crime, Yury Fedotov, has also spoken about the late legend, Nelson
Mandela, who is trending massively presently as the day set aside to honour him
was just observed.
And according to Fedotov: “Nelson
Mandela International Day 2018 marks 100 years since the birth of a true hero
who left the world a better and more just place than he found it.
“The legacy of Nelson Mandela is
vast, his life of service encompassing contributions to peace and
reconciliation, promotion and protection of human rights, the fight against
poverty and the advancement of social justice. This centenary is an occasion to
honour the legacy of the late President of South Africa, and reflect on how we
can carry on his commitment.
“Nelson Mandela spent 27 years in
prison in the course of his struggle for justice. He knew better than anyone
that ‘no one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. A nation
should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens but its lowest
ones.’
“That is why in December 2015,
when the General Assembly adopted the revised United Nations Standard Minimum
Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, Member States decided that they should be
known as the Nelson Mandela Rules.
“The Rules added important
safeguards, including an absolute prohibition on torture and ill-treatment and
clear restrictions on the use of solitary confinement, instruments of restraint
and intrusive searches, as well as detailed guidance on prisoners’ rights to
equivalent health-care services.
“On Nelson Mandela International
Day, I reaffirm the determination of the United Nations Office on Drugs and
Crime (UNODC) to assist all countries in translating these rules into action,
to promote humane conditions of imprisonment and ensure no part of society is
forgotten.”
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