FIFTH UNITED NATIONS CONGRESS on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders

Geneva, Switzerland

1 - 12 September 1975

The Fifth Congress approved the Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Being Subjected to Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.

The Congress returned to Geneva in 1975. For the first time, discussions focused on the new forms and dimensions of criminality, including organized crime as a business, and the costs of crime.

The Congress made recommendations on:

Offences involving works of art and other cultural property
Criminality associated with alcoholism and drug abuse
Interpersonal violence
Criminality associated with migration and flight from natural disasters and hostilities
Female criminality
Terrorism

The Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Being Subjected to Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

The Fifth Congress adopted a resolution in which it recommended to the General Assembly the adoption of the Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Being Subjected to Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, subsequently developed into a convention by the Commission on Human Rights. The Congress also recommended the formulation of an international code of conduct for law enforcement officials.

The Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Being Subjected to Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

The United Nations in Vienna

FIFTH UNITED NATIONS CONGRESS on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders

Geneva, Switzerland

1 - 12 September 1975

The Fifth Congress approved the Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Being Subjected to Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.

The Congress made recommendations on:

The Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Being Subjected to Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

Statistics:

909

participants

33

NGOs

101

governments