This instrument defines specific modalities of human agency and fundamental freedoms. The RDF properties and SHACL shapes parsed below codify these rights as affirmable undertakings binding upon actors.
Note: We strictly map these rights to the natural person, prioritizing self-determination and autonomy. Institutional constructs (such as corporate personhood) are explicitly disjoint from these human-centric dignity classifications within the SHACL constraints.
Contextual Data Structures (CML & nquins)
The underlying structure of this schema utilizes nquins and Context Markup Language (CML) to provide deep, context-aware semantic mapping.
This architecture ensures that whenever multiple cryptography-supported identifiers are utilized to manage state or attribute assertions, they remain entirely enumerated and compartmentalized. This prevents the blending of distinct agent presence modalities and secures the structural integrity of the Human-Centric system against opaque institutional tracking.
Triples / Shapes Viewer
@prefix rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#> .
@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
@prefix dc: <http://purl.org/dc/terms/> .
@prefix values: <https://ns.webcivics.net/values/> .
@prefix doc: <https://ns.webcivics.net/values/basic-principles-treatment-prisoners#> .
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# Basic Principles for the Treatment of Prisoners
# RE-SOURCED from authoritative OHCHR text (verbatim originalText).
# Deontic typing = lexical heuristic (values:HeuristicDerived) — pending review.
# states->parties + universalisation = curation overlay (amendedText), pending.
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doc:Instrument a values:ValuesCredential ;
dc:title "Basic Principles for the Treatment of Prisoners"@en ;
dc:date "14 December 1990" ;
values:category "Administration of justice, detention & law enforcement" ;
values:categoryStatus values:AutoAssigned ;
values:source <https://www.ohchr.org/en/instruments-mechanisms/instruments/basic-principles-treatment-prisoners> ;
rdfs:comment "Re-sourced from authoritative OHCHR text; deontic + amendment layers pending." .
doc:paragraph-1 a values:Right ;
values:partOf doc:Instrument ;
values:heldBy values:NaturalPerson ;
dc:title "Paragraph 1"@en ;
values:deonticStatus values:HeuristicDerived ;
values:originalText "All prisoners shall be treated with the respect due to their inherent dignity and value as human beings. There shall be no discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. It is, however, desirable to respect the religious beliefs and cultural precepts of the group to which prisoners belong, whenever local conditions so require. The responsibility of prisons for the custody of prisoners and for the protection of society against crime shall be discharged in keeping with a State's other social objectives and its fundamental responsibilities for promoting the well-being and development of all members of society. Except for those limitations that are demonstrably necessitated by the fact of incarceration, all prisoners shall retain the human rights and fundamental freedoms set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and, where the State concerned is a party, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Optional Protocol thereto, as well as such other rights as are set out in other United Nations covenants. All prisoners shall have the right to take part in cultural activities and education aimed at the full development of the human personality. Efforts addressed to the abolition of solitary confinement as a punishment, or to the restriction of its use, should be undertaken and encouraged. Conditions shall be created enabling prisoners to undertake meaningful remunerated employment which will facilitate their reintegration into the country's labour market and permit them to contribute to their own financial support and to that of their families. Prisoners shall have access to the health services available in the country without discrimination on the grounds of their legal situation. With the participation and help of the community and social institutions, and with due regard to the interests of victims, favourable conditions shall be created for the reintegration of the ex-prisoner into society under the best possible conditions. The above Principles shall be applied impartially."@en .