Treatment of prisoners - international treaty standards

Plurinational State of Bolivia

Bolivia - Constitution (EN) 2009

TITLE IV: JURISDICTIONAL GUARANTEES AND ACTIONS OF DEFENSE
CHAPTER I: Jurisdictional Guarantees
Article 118
I. Dishonor, civil death and confinement are prohibited.
II. The maximum criminal sentence shall be thirty years of deprivation of liberty without the right to pardon.
III. The fulfillment of sentences of deprivation of liberty and the security measures imposed are directed toward the education, rehabilitation and reinsertion in society of the condemned persons, with respect for their rights.

Rome Statute

Article 103 Role of States in enforcement of sentences of imprisonment

3. In exercising its discretion to make a designation under paragraph 1, the Court shall take into account the following:

(b) The application of widely accepted international treaty standards governing the treatment of prisoners;