International standards on the rights of convicted persons in places of imprisonment

  • Vadym Pidgorodynskyi Assosiate Professor of Criminal law Department, Vice-rector for educational and innovative development and economic activity of National University «Odesa Law Academy».
  • Vadym Tykhonenko Associate Professor of Department of Forensics of National University «Odesa Law Academy»
  • Dmytro Tsekhan Associate Professor of Department of Criminology and Criminal Enforcement Law of National University «Odesa Law Academy»
  • Petro Kaminskyi Criminal law Department of National University «Odesa Law Academy
  • Serhii Kravchenko National University «Odesa Law Academy».
Keywords: prisoner’s rights, international law, international standards on prisoner’s rights, criminal-executive law, penitentiary system

Abstract

The relationship between crime and punishment has never been isolated. Under the influence of socio-economic, political, and cultural changes, metamorphoses of the institution of execution of punishments took place; in particular, the rights of convicts were liberalized. Therefore, it is necessary to analyze the historiography of this phenomenon in terms of international standards, as well as the peculiarities of their implementation. The work aims to characterize the implementation of international standards on the rights of prisoners in terms of historiography and legal regulation. The object of research is the norms of international law. The subject of the study is social relations that arise in the implementation of international standards on the rights of convicts in prisons. The research methods were dialectical, systemic, structural, formal-legal, historical-legal, methods of analysis, synthesis, induction, and deduction. As a result, international standards for the rights of prisoners serve as a model, an example of rational social relations in the penitentiary environment. Key aspects that should be universally considered by the governments of all countries are identified and described.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Author Biographies

Vadym Pidgorodynskyi, Assosiate Professor of Criminal law Department, Vice-rector for educational and innovative development and economic activity of National University «Odesa Law Academy».

Doctor of Legal Sciences, Assosiate Professor of Criminal law Department, Vice-rector for educational and innovative development and economic activity of National University «Odesa Law Academy».

Vadym Tykhonenko, Associate Professor of Department of Forensics of National University «Odesa Law Academy»

Ph. D., Associate Professor of Department of Forensics of National University «Odesa Law Academy».

Dmytro Tsekhan, Associate Professor of Department of Criminology and Criminal Enforcement Law of National University «Odesa Law Academy»

Ph. D., Associate Professor of Department of Criminology and Criminal Enforcement Law of National University «Odesa Law Academy».

Petro Kaminskyi, Criminal law Department of National University «Odesa Law Academy

Ph.D. candidate of Criminal law Department of National University «Odesa Law Academy».

Serhii Kravchenko, National University «Odesa Law Academy».

Profesor in National University «Odesa Law Academy». 

References

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. 2020. Available online. In: https://www.amnesty.org/en/. Consultation date: 11/02/20.

CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS. 1950. United Nations. In: Available online. In: https://www.echr.coe.int/documents/convention_eng.pdf. Consultation date: 11/02/20.

CRIMINAL EXECUTIVE CODE OF UKRAINE. 2004. Available online. In: https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/1129-15#Text. Consultation date: 11/02/20.

EUROPEAN PENITENTIARY REGULATIONS: ANNEX TO RECOMMENDATION NO R(2006)2. 2006. Verkhovna Rada. Available online. In: http://zakon4.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/994_032. Consultation date: 11/02/20.

HASSAN, Riffat. 1995. Are Human Rights Compatible with Islam? The Issue of the Rights of Women in Muslim Communities. The Religious Consultation. Available online. In: http://www.religiousconsultation.org/hassan2.htm. Consultation date: 11/02/20.

HOWARD LEAGUE FOR PENAL REFORM. 2020. Available online. In: https://howardleague.org/. Consultation date: 11/02/20.

HUMAN RIGHTS IN UKRAINE. INFORMATION PORTAL OF THE KHARKIV HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP. 2007. Analysis of the compliance of the Criminal Executive Code of Ukraine with European standards and recommendations of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Ill-Treatment. Available online. In: http://www.khpg.org/index.php?id=1184074406. Consultation date: 11/02/20.

INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS. 1967. United Nations. Available online. In: http://www.un.org.ua/images/International_Covenant_on_Civil_and_Political_Rights_CCPR_eng1.pdf. Consultation date: 11/02/20.

INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS. 1966. United Nations. Available online. In: https://www.ohchr.org/en/professionalinterest/pages/cescr.aspx. Consultation date: 11/02/20.

INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL AND PENITENTIARY FOUNDATION. 2020. Available online. In: https://www.ru.nl/ippf/. Consultation date: 11/02/20.

JUJA, Oleksandr. 2009. (Ed.). Criminal-executive law of Ukraine. Attica. Kyiv, Ukraine.

KEY COUNCIL OF EUROPE CONVENTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS. (n.d.). Available online. In: https://www.coe.int/en/web/prison/conventions-recommendations. Consultation date: 11/02/20.


KHARYTONOV, Evgen; KHARYTONOVA, Olena; KHARYTONOVA, Tetiana; KOLODIN, Denis; TOLMACHEVSKA, Yuliia. 2019. “Human rights as the basic value of the concept of private law in modern Europe” In: Amazonia Investiga. Vol. 8, No. 20, pp. 477-485.

KOLB, Oleksander; DZHUZHA, Oleksii; KONOPELSKY, Volodymyr; SAVCHENKO, Anatolii; KOLB, Ivan; ZHURAVSKAYA, Zhanna; GORBACH, Lyusmila; CHEREDNICHENKO, Serhii. 2016. Implementation of the principle of differentiation and individualization of execution of punishments in criminal-executive activity of Ukraine. Condor. Kyiv, Ukraine.

LANGWITH, Jacqueline. 2008. Human rights. Trove. Available online. In: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/6294545?versionId=7270568. Consultation date: 11/02/20.

LYSODED, Oleksander. 2008. Universal Declaration of Human Rights and International Standards for the Treatment of Convicts. Problems of legality. Available online. In: http://dspace.nlu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/8587. Consultation date: 11/02/20.

LYSODED, Oleksander. 2014. “Consolidation of international and European standards of treatment of convicts in the criminal executive legislation of Ukraine (on the example of the Law of Ukraine of April 8, 2014 No 1186-VII)” In: The fight against crime. Vol. 30, pp. 64-76. Available online. In: http://nbuv.gov.ua/UJRN/Pbzz_2015_30_8. Consultation date: 11/02/20.

MARTYNOV, Anton. 2005. Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948. Encyclopedia of the History of Ukraine. Scholar Opinion Publ. Kyiv, Ukraine.

OLEFIR, Volodymyr; KOLB, Oleksander; ROGATYNSKA, Nataliia; TKACHUK, Vladyslav; BANAKH, Serhii. 2016. Criminal-executive law of Ukraine. Istina. Kyiv, Ukraine.

POCHANSKA, Olena. 2018. International legal standards in the field of ensuring the rights of citizens sentenced to imprisonment: concepts, features, functions. Suprematia Dreptului. Available online. In: http://dspace.univd.edu.ua/xmlui/handle/123456789/3299. Consultation date: 11/02/20.

ROMANOV, Mykola. 2006. Analysis of the compliance of the administrative legislation, which regulates the procedure and conditions of detention of persons for whom a preventive measure in the form of detention in a pre-trial detention center has been selected, with the standards and recommendations of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Ill-Treatment. Human rights in Ukraine. Information portal of the Kharkiv human rights group. Available online. In: www.khpg.org/index.php?id=1156659652. Consultation date: 11/02/20.

ROMANYUK, Oleg; CHOVGAN, Vadim. 2016. International standards, principles and recommendations in the field of execution of punishments and activity of bodies and establishments of execution of punishments. White Church. Pravo, Ukraine.

RYABYKH, Nataliia. 2016. International legal standards in the field of protection of the rights of persons sentenced to imprisonment. In: Law Forum. Available online. In: http://nbuv.gov.ua/j-pdf/FP_index.htm_2016_2_28.pdf. Consultation date: 11/02/20.

SALVATION ARMY USA. 2020. Available online. In: https://www.salvationarmyusa.org/usn/. Consultation date: 11/02/20.

SHYSHKA, Roman; TKALYCH, Maxym. 2020. “The World in 2020: What Are The Threats To Humanity?” In: Amazonia Investiga. Vol. 9, No. 26, pp. 3-5.

STANDARD MINIMUM RULES FOR THE TREATMENT OF PRISONERS. 1957. United Nations. Available online. In: https://www.unodc.org/pdf/criminal_justice/UN_Standard_Minimum_Rules_for_the_Treatment_of_Prisoners.pdf. Consultation date: 11/02/20.

STEPANYUK, Anatolii; YAKOVETS, Ivan. 2007. Implementation of international standards in the practice of the penitentiary system of Ukraine. Kharkiv. Crossword, Ukraine.

STEPANYUK, Anatolii; YAKOVETS, Ivan. 2008. Criminal Enforcement Code of Ukraine. Kharkiv. Odessey, Ukraine.

STEPANYUK, Anatolii. 2005. (Ed.). Criminal-executive law. Kharkiv. Pravo, Ukraine.

THE CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT. 1984. Available online. In: https://www.ohchr.org/en/professionalinterest/pages/cat.aspx. Consultation date: 11/02/20.

TRUBNYKOV, Vladyslav; SHYNKARYOV, Yurii. 2008. Minimum standard rules for the treatment of convicts. Law. Kharkiv, Ukraine.

UNITED NATIONS. 1948. Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Available online. In: https://www.un.org/en/universal-declaration-human-rights/. Consultation date: 11/02/20.

UNITED NATIONS. 1990. Resolution 45/111. Available online. In: https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/105348. Consultation date: 11/02/20.

UNITED NATIONS. 2006. European Prison Rules. Recommendation Rec (2003) 23 of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. Available online. In: https://rm.coe.int/european-prison-rules-978-92-871-5982-3/16806ab9ae. Consultation date: 11/02/20.

YATSYSHYN, Mykhailo. 2010a. Historical and legal bases of criminal-executive policy of Ukraine. Volyn National University named after Lesya Ukrainka. Lutsk, Ukraine.

YATSYSHYN, Mykhailo. 2010b. Historical and legal bases of criminal-executive policy of Ukraine. Alerta. Kyiv, Ukraine.
Published
2021-03-06
How to Cite
Pidgorodynskyi, V., Tykhonenko, V., Tsekhan, D., Kaminskyi, P., & Kravchenko, S. (2021). International standards on the rights of convicted persons in places of imprisonment. Political Questions, 39(68), 121-135. Retrieved from https://mail.produccioncientificaluz.org/index.php/cuestiones/article/view/35402
Issue
Vol. 39 No. 68 (2021): Cuestiones Políticas
Section
Derechos Humanos

Copyright

The authors who publish in this journal agree to the following terms:

The authors retain the copyright and guarantee the journal the right to be the first publication where the article is presented, which is published under a Creative Commons Attribution License, which allows others to share the work prior to the recognition of the authorship of the article work and initial publication in this journal.

Authors may separately establish additional agreements for the non-exclusive distribution of the version of the work published in the journal (for example, placing it in an institutional repository or publishing it in a book), with an acknowledgment of its initial publication in this journal.

 

This work is under license:
Creative Commons Reconocimiento-NoComercial-CompartirIgual 4.0 Internacional (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)