United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice ("the Beijing Rules")

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 98 Crime prevention and criminal justice, published in 1985.

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1 entity

Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Subprogramme 5	Justice	77

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Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Subprogramme 5	Justice	77	—

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.

What subjects does this mandate have?

7 subjects

Administration of Justice Databases Information Dissemination Juvenile Justice Juvenile Offenders Research Standards

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12 operative paragraphs

Notes with appreciation the work carried out by the Committee on Crime Prevention and Control, the Secre tary-General, the United Nations Asia and Far East Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders and other United Nations institutes in the development of the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice;

Takes note with apprecia/lnn of the report ,if th1· Secretary-General on the draft l nited Nations Standan \

62 Resolution 1386 (XIV) 63 See Sixth United Nations Congress on the l'rcver11<or1 of Cnme and th, Treatment of Offenders, Caracas, 25 August 'Septemher /C/80 report pr,• pared by the Secretarial I United Nations r,nh!,cat,,,,, \ale, No F ~ I IV,, chap. I, sect R fortieth Session

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t ·ommends the Interregional Preparatory Meeting t1eld at Beijing fo, having finalized the text of the rules ,ubmitted to the Seventh United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders for Pnsideration and final action:

Adopts the United Nations Standard Minimum ..i

Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice recom mended by the Seventh Congress, contained in the annex 1:0 !he present resolution, and approves the recommendauon of the Seventh Congress that the Rules should be known as "the Beijing Rules";

Invites Member States to adapt, wherever this i~ necessary, their national legislation, policies and practices. particularly in traming juvenile justice personnel, to the lk,jing Rules and Teo bring the Rules to the attention ofrel- ,·vant authorities and the public in general;

Calls upon the Committee on Crime Prevention and Control to formulate measures for the effective implementat10n of the BeiJing Rules, with the assistance of the United Nations institutes on the prevention of crime and the treatment of offenders;

Invites Member States to inform the Secretary-General on the implementation of the Beijing Rules and to report regularly to the Committee on Crime Prevention and Control on the results achieved;

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Requests Member States and the Secretary-General to undertake research and to develop a data base with respect to effective policies and practices in the adminisltation of juvenile Justice;

Requests the Secretary-General and invites Member 'i.

States to ensure the widest possible dissemination of the text of the Beijing Rules in all of the official languages of the United Nations, including the intensification of information activities 1n the field of juvenile justice;

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Requests rhe Secretary-General to develop pilot projects on the implementation of the Beijing Rules;

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Requests the Secretary-General and Member States to provide the necessary resources to ensure the successful ,mplementation of the Beijing Rules, in particular in the areas of recruitment, training and exchange of personnel, research and evaluation, and the development of new alternatives to institutionalization;

Requests the Eighth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders to review the progress made in the implementation of the Beijing Rules and of the recommendations contained in the present resolution, under a separate agenda item on ,uvenile justice;

Urges all relevant bodies of the United Nations ~)'stem, in particular the regional commissions and specialized agencies, the United Nations institutes for the prewntion of crime and the treatment of offenders, other mtergovemmental organizations and non-governmental organizations to collaborate with the Secretariat and to take the necessary measures to ensure a concerted and sustamed effort, within their respective fields of technical competence, to implement the principles contained in the tkijing Rules.

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