United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for Non-custodial Measures (The Tokyo Rules)
type: ValuesCredential
date: 14 December 1990
comment: Re-sourced from authoritative OHCHR text; deontic + amendment layers pending.
category: Administration of justice, detention & law enforcement
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source: united-nations-standard-minimum-rules-non-custodial-measures

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original text: 1.3 The Rules shall be implemented taking into account the political, economic, social and cultural conditions of each country and the aims and objectives of its criminal justice system.
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original text: 19.2 Volunteers should encourage offenders and their families to develop meaningful ties with the community and a broader sphere of contact by providing counselling and other appropriate forms of assistance according to their capacity and the offenders' needs.
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original text: 19.3 Volunteers shall be insured against accident, injury and public liability when carrying out their duties. They shall be reimbursed for authorized expenditures incurred in the course of their work. Public recognition should be extended to them for the services they render for the well-being of the community.
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original text: VIII. Research, planning, policy formulation and evalution 20. Research and planning
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original text: 20.1 As an essential aspect of the planning process, efforts should be made to involve both public and private bodies in the organization and promotion of research on the non-custodial treatment of offenders.
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original text: 20.2 Research on the problems that confront clients, practitioners, the community and policy-makers should be carried out on a regular basis.
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original text: 20.3 Research and information mechanisms should be built into the criminal justice system for the collection and analysis of data and statistics on the implementation of non-custodial treatment for offenders.
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original text: 21. Policy formulation and programme development
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original text: 21.1 Programmes for non-custodial measures should be systematically planned and implemented as an integral part of the criminal justice system within the national development process.
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original text: 21.2 Regular evaluations should be carried out with a view to implementing non-custodial measures more effectively.
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original text: 21.3 Periodic reviews should be concluded to assess the objectives, functioning and effectiveness of non-custodial measures.
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original text: 1.4 When implementing the Rules, Member States shall endeavour to ensure a proper balance between the rights of individual offenders, the rights of victims, and the concern of society for public safety and crime prevention.
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original text: 22. Linkages with relevant agencies and activities
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original text: 22.1 Suitable mechanisms should be evolved at various levels to facilitate the establishment of linkages between services responsible for non-custodial measures, other branches of the criminal justice system, social development and welfare agencies, both governmental and non-governmental, in such fields as health, housing, education and labour, and the mass media.
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original text: 23.1 Efforts shall be made to promote scientific cooperation between countries in the field of non-institutional treatment. Research, training, technical assistance and the exchange of information among Member States on non-custodial measures should be strengthened, through the United Nations institutes for the prevention of crime and the treatment of offenders, in close collaboration with the Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Branch of the Centre for Social Development and Humanitarian Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat.
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original text: 23.2 Comparative studies and the harmonization of legislative provisions should be furthered to expand the range of non-institutional options and facilitate their application across national frontiers, in accordance with the Model Treaty on the Transfer of Supervision of Offenders Conditionally Sentenced or Conditionally Released.
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original text: 1.5 Member States shall develop non-custodial measures within their legal systems to provide other options, thus reducing the use of imprisonment, and to rationalize criminal justice policies, taking into account the observance of human rights, the requirements of social justice and the rehabilitation needs of the offender.
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original text: 2. The scope of non-custodial measures
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original text: 2.1 The relevant provisions of the present Rules shall be applied to all persons subject to prosecution, trial or the execution of a sentence, at all stages of the administration of criminal justice. For the purposes of the Rules, these persons are referred to as "offenders", irrespective of whether they are suspected, accused or sentenced.
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original text: 2.2 The Rules shall be applied without any discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, sex, age, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.
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original text: 2.3 In order to provide greater flexibility consistent with the nature and gravity of the offence, with the personality and background of the offender and with the protection of society and to avoid unnecessary use of imprisonment, the criminal justice system should provide a wide range of non-custodial measures, from pre-trial to post-sentencing dispositions. The number and types of non-custodial measures available should be determined in such a way so that consistent sentencing remains possible.
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original text: 2.4 The development of new non-custodial measures should be encouraged and closely monitored and their use systematically evaluated.
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original text: 2.5 Consideration shall be given to dealing with offenders in the community avoiding as far as possible resort to formal proceedings or trial by a court, in accordance with legal safeguards and the rule of law.
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original text: 2.6 Non-custodial measures should be used in accordance with the principle of minimum intervention.
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original text: 1. Fundamental aims 2. The scope of non-custodial measures 3. Legal safeguards 4. Saving clause
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original text: 2.7 The use of non-custodial measures should be part of the movement towards depenalization and decriminalization instead of interfering with or delaying efforts in that direction.
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original text: 3.1 The introduction, definition and application of non-custodial measures shall be prescribed by law.
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original text: 3.2 The selection of a non-custodial measure shall be based on an assessment of established criteria in respect of both the nature and gravity of the offence and the personality, background of the offender, the purposes of sentencing and the rights of victims.
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original text: 3.3 Discretion by the judicial or other competent independent authority shall be exercised at all stages of the proceedings by ensuring full accountability and only in accordance with the rule of law.
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original text: 3.4 Non-custodial measures imposing an obligation on the offender, applied before or instead of formal proceedings or trial , shall require the offender's consent.
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original text: 3.5 Decisions on the imposition of non-custodial measures shall be subject to review by a judicial or other competent independent authority, upon application by the offender.
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original text: 3.6 The offender shall be entitled to make a request or complaint to a judicial or other competent independent authority on matters affecting his or her individual rights in the implementation of non-custodial measures.
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original text: 3.7 Appropriate machinery shall be provided for the recourse and, if possible, redress of any grievance related to non-compliance with internationally recognized human rights.
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original text: 3.8 Non-custodial measures shall not involve medical or psychological experimentation on, or undue risk of physical or mental injury to, the offender.
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original text: 3.9 The dignity of the offender subject to non-custodial measures shall be protected at all times.
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original text: III. Trial and sentencing stage
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original text: 3.10 In the implementation of non-custodial measures, the offender's rights shall not be restricted further than was authorized by the competent authority that rendered the original decision.
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original text: 3.11 In the application of non-custodial measures, the offender's right to privacy shall be respected, as shall be the right to privacy of the offender's family.
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original text: 3.12 The offender's personal records shall be kept strictly confidential and closed to third parties. Access to such records shall be limited to persons directly concerned with the disposition of the offender's case or to other duly authorized persons.
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original text: 4.1 Nothing in these Rules shall be interpreted as precluding the application of the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice, the Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment or any other human rights instruments and standards recognized by the international community and relating to the treatment of offenders and the protection of their basic human rights.
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original text: II. Pre-trial stage 5. Pre-trial dispositions
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original text: 5.1 Where appropriate and compatible with the legal system, the police, the prosecution service or other agencies dealing with criminal cases should be empowered to discharge the offender if they consider that it is not necessary to proceed with the case for the protection of society, crime prevention or the promotion of respect for the law and the rights of victims. For the purpose of deciding upon the appropriateness of discharge or determination of proceedings, a set of established criteria shall be developed within each legal system. For minor cases the prosecutor may impose suitable non-custodial measures, as appropriate.
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original text: 6. Avoidance of pre-trial detention
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original text: 6.1 Pre-trial detention shall be used as a means of last resort in criminal proceedings, with due regard for the investigation of the alleged offence and for the protection of society and the victim.
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original text: 6.2 Alternatives to pre-trial detention shall be employed at as early a stage as possible. Pre-trial detention shall last no longer than necessary to achieve the objectives stated under rule 5.1 and shall be administered humanely and with respect for the inherent dignity of human beings.
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original text: 6.3 The offender shall have the right to appeal to a judicial or other competent independent authority in cases where pre-trial detention is employed.
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original text: V. Implementation of non-custodial measures
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original text: III. Trial and sentencing stage 7. Social inquiry reports
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original text: 7.1 If the possibility of social inquiry reports exists, the judicial authority may avail itself of a report prepared by a competent, authorized official or agency. The report should contain social information on the offender that is relevant to the person's pattern of offending and current offences. It should also contain information and recommendations that are relevant to the sentencing procedure. The report shall be factual, objective and unbiased, with any expression of opinion clearly identified.
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original text: 8.1 The judicial authority, having at its disposal a range of non-custodial measures, should take into consideration in making its decision the rehabilitative needs of the offender, the protection of society and the interests of the victim, who should be consulted whenever appropriate.
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original text: 8.2 Sentencing authorities may dispose of cases in the following ways:
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original text: (a) Verbal sanctions, such as admonition, reprimand and warning;
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original text: (d) Economic sanctions and monetary penalties, such as fines and day-fines;
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original text: (e) Confiscation or an expropriation order;
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original text: (f) Restitution to the victim or a compensation order;
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original text: (g) Suspended or deferred sentence;
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original text: (h) Probation and judicial supervision;
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original text: VII. Volunteers and other community resources
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original text: (i) A community service order;
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original text: (j) Referral to an attendance centre;
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original text: (l) Any other mode of non-institutional treatment;
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original text: (m) Some combination of the measures listed above.
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original text: IV. Post-sentencing stage 9 . Post-sentencing dispositions
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original text: 9.1 The competent authority shall have at its disposal a wide range of post-sentencing alternatives in order to avoid institutionalization and to assist offenders in their early reintegration into society.
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original text: 9.2 Post-sentencing dispositions may include:
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original text: (a) Furlough and half-way houses;
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original text: (b) Work or education release;
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original text: 9.3 The decision on post-sentencing dispositions, except in the case of pardon, shall be subject to review by a judicial or other competent independent authority, upon application of the offender.
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original text: VIII. Research, planning, policy formulation and evalution
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original text: 9.4 Any form of release from an institution to a non-custodial programme shall be considered at the earliest possible stage.
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original text: V. Implementation of non-custodial measures 10. Supervision
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original text: 10.1 The purpose of supervision is to reduce reoffending and to assist the offender's integration into society in a way which minimizes the likelihood of a return to crime.
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original text: 10.2 If a non-custodial measure entails supervision, the latter shall be carried out by a competent authority under the specific conditions prescribed by law.
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original text: 10.3 Within the framework of a given non-custodial measure, the most suitable type of supervision and treatment should be determined for each individual case aimed at assisting the offender to work on his or her offending. Supervision and treatment should be periodically reviewed and adjusted as necessary.
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original text: 10.4 Offenders should, when needed, be provided with psychological, social and material assistance and with opportunities to strengthen links with the community and facilitate their reintegration into society.
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original text: 11.1 The duration of a non-custodial measure shall not exceed the period established by the competent authority in accordance with the law.
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original text: 11.2 Provision may be made for early termination of the measure if the offender has responded favourably to it.
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original text: 12.1 If the competent authority shall determine the conditions to be observed by the offender, it should take into account both the needs of society and the needs and rights of the offender and the victim.
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original text: 12.2 The conditions to be observed shall be practical, precise and as few as possible, and be aimed at reducing the likelihood of an offender relapsing into criminal behaviour and of increasing the offender's chances of social integration, taking into account the needs of the victim.
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original text: I. General principles 1. Fundamental aims
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original text: 12.3 At the beginning of the application of a non-custodial measure, the offender shall receive an explanation, orally and in writing, of the conditions governing the application of the measure, including the offender's obligations and rights.
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original text: 12.4 The conditions may be modified by the competent authority under the established statutory provisions, in accordance with the progress made by the offender.
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original text: 13.1 Within the framework of a given non-custodial measure, in appropriate cases, various schemes, such as case-work, group therapy, residential programmes and the specialized treatment of various categories of offenders, should be developed to meet the needs of offenders more effectively.
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original text: 13.2 Treatment should be conducted by professionals who have suitable training and practical experience.
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original text: 13.3 When it is decided that treatment is necessary, efforts should be made to understand the offender's background, personality, aptitude, intelligence, values and, especially, the circumstances leading to the commission of the offence.
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original text: 13.4 The competent authority may involve the community and social support systems in the application of non-custodial measures.
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original text: 13.5 Case-load assignments shall be maintained as far as practicable at a manageable level to ensure the effective implementation of treatment programmes.
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original text: 13.6 For each offender, a case record shall be established and maintained by the competent authority.
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original text: 14. Discipline and breach of conditions
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original text: 14.1 A breach of the conditions to be observed by the offender may result in a modification or revocation of the non-custodial measure.
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original text: 1.1 The present Standard Minimum Rules provide a set of basic principles to promote the use of non-custodial measures, as well as minimum safeguards for persons subject to alternatives to imprisonment.
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original text: 14.2 The modification or revocation of the non-custodial measure shall be made by the competent authority; this shall be done only after a careful examination of the facts adduced by both the supervising officer and the offender.
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original text: 14.3 The failure of a non-custodial measure should not automatically lead to the imposition of a custodial measure.
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original text: 14.4 In the event of a modification or revocation of the non-custodial measure, the competent authority shall attempt to establish a suitable alternative non-custodial measure. A sentence of imprisonment may be imposed only in the absence of other suitable alternatives.
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original text: 14.5 The power to arrest and detain the offender under supervision in cases where there is a breach of the conditions shall be prescribed by law.
part of: United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for Non-custodial Measures (The Tokyo Rules)

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type: Right
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original text: 14.6 Upon modification or revocation of the non-custodial measure, the offender shall have the right to appeal to a judicial or other competent independent authority.
part of: United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for Non-custodial Measures (The Tokyo Rules)

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type: Obligation
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original text: 15.1 There shall be no discrimination in the recruitment of staff on the grounds of race, colour, sex, age, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. The policy regarding staff recruitment should take into consideration national policies of affirmative action and reflect the diversity of the offenders to be supervised.
part of: United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for Non-custodial Measures (The Tokyo Rules)

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type: Obligation
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original text: 15.2 Persons appointed to apply non-custodial measures should be personally suitable and, whenever possible, have appropriate professional training and practical experience. Such qualifications shall be clearly specified.
part of: United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for Non-custodial Measures (The Tokyo Rules)

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type: Undertaking
deontic status: HeuristicDerived
original text: 15.3 To secure and retain qualified professional staff, appropriate service status, adequate salary and benefits commensurate with the nature of the work should be ensured and ample opportunities should be provided for professional growth and career development.
part of: United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for Non-custodial Measures (The Tokyo Rules)

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type: Obligation
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original text: 16.1 The objective of training shall be to make clear to staff their responsibilities with regard to rehabilitating the offender, ensuring the offender's rights and protecting society. Training should also give staff an understanding of the need to cooperate in and coordinate activities with the agencies concerned.
part of: United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for Non-custodial Measures (The Tokyo Rules)

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type: Obligation
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original text: 16.2 Before entering duty, staff shall be given training that includes instruction on the nature of non-custodial measures, the purposes of supervision and the various modalities of the application of non-custodial measures.
part of: United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for Non-custodial Measures (The Tokyo Rules)

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type: Undertaking
deontic status: HeuristicDerived
original text: 1.2 The Rules are intended to promote greater community involvement in the management of criminal justice, specifically in the treatment of offenders, as well as to promote among offenders a sense of responsibility towards society.
part of: United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for Non-custodial Measures (The Tokyo Rules)

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type: Obligation
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original text: 16.3 After entering duty, staff shall maintain and improve their knowledge and professional capacity by attending in-service training and refresher courses. Adequate facilities shall be made available for that purpose.
part of: United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for Non-custodial Measures (The Tokyo Rules)

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type: Undertaking
deontic status: HeuristicDerived
original text: VII. Volunteers and other community resources 17. Public participation
part of: United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for Non-custodial Measures (The Tokyo Rules)

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type: Undertaking
deontic status: HeuristicDerived
original text: 17.1 Public participation should be encouraged as it is a major resource and one of the most important factors in improving ties between offenders undergoing non-custodial measures and the family and community. It should complement the efforts of the criminal justice administration.
part of: United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for Non-custodial Measures (The Tokyo Rules)

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type: Undertaking
deontic status: HeuristicDerived
original text: 17.2 Public participation should be regarded as an opportunity for members of the community to contribute to the protection of their society.
part of: United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for Non-custodial Measures (The Tokyo Rules)

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type: Undertaking
deontic status: HeuristicDerived
original text: 18 . Public understanding and cooperation
part of: United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for Non-custodial Measures (The Tokyo Rules)

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type: Undertaking
deontic status: HeuristicDerived
original text: 18.1 Government agencies, the private sector and the general public should be encouraged to support voluntary organizations that promote noncustodial measures.
part of: United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for Non-custodial Measures (The Tokyo Rules)

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type: Undertaking
deontic status: HeuristicDerived
original text: 18.2 Conferences, seminars, symposia and other activities should be regularly organized to stimulate awareness of the need for public participation in the application of non-custodial measures.
part of: United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for Non-custodial Measures (The Tokyo Rules)

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type: Undertaking
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original text: 18.3 All forms of the mass media should be utilized to help to create a constructive public attitude, leading to activities conducive to a broader application of non-custodial treatment and the social integration of offenders.
part of: United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for Non-custodial Measures (The Tokyo Rules)

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type: Undertaking
deontic status: HeuristicDerived
original text: 18.4 Every effort should be made to inform the public of the importance of its role in the implementation of non-custodial measures.
part of: United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for Non-custodial Measures (The Tokyo Rules)

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type: Obligation
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original text: 19.1 Volunteers shall be carefully screened and recruited on the basis of their aptitude for and interest in the work involved. They shall be properly trained for the specific responsibilities to be discharged by them and shall have access to support and counselling from, and the opportunity to consult with, the competent authority.
part of: United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for Non-custodial Measures (The Tokyo Rules)