treatment of prisoners

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• Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners — The Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners were adopted on 30 August 1955 by the United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, held at Geneva, and approved by the Economic and Social Council in… …   Wikipedia

• Prisoners of war in Islam — The rules and regulations concerning prisoners of war in Islam are covered in manuals of Islamic jurisprudence, based upon Islamic teachings, in both the Qur an and hadith. The historical legal principles governing the treatment of prisoners of… …   Wikipedia

• Prisoners in the American Revolutionary War — During the American Revolutionary War (1775 1783) the management and treatment of prisoners of war (POW) was very different from the standards of modern warfare. Modern standards, as outlined in the Geneva Conventions, expect captives to be held… …   Wikipedia

• treatment — n. care cure 1) to administer, give, provide treatment 2) to get, receive, undergo treatment 3) to respond to treatment 4) inpatient; medical; outpatient; radiation; shock treatment 5) treatment for (to undergo treatment for alcoholism) 6) under… …   Combinatory dictionary

• Treatment Action Campaign — to begin making antiretroviral drugs available to South Africans. [http://www.fingaz.co.zw/story.aspx?stid=823 Mbeki: Self sabotage led to downfall ] Mavis Makuni, Financial Gazette, 27 September 2008. Accessed 30 September 2008.] FoundingThe… …   Wikipedia

• treatment — treat|ment [ tritmənt ] noun *** 1. ) uncount the process of providing medical care: medical/dental/psychiatric treatment treatment of: These drugs are for the treatment of tropical diseases. treatment for: They were taken to Cape Cod hospital… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• treatment */*/*/ — UK [ˈtriːtmənt] / US [ˈtrɪtmənt] noun Word forms treatment : singular treatment plural treatments 1) a) [uncountable] the process of providing medical care treatment of: These drugs are for the treatment of tropical diseases. treatment for: They… …   English dictionary

• treatment — treat|ment W1S3 [ˈtri:tmənt] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(medical)¦ 2¦(behaviour towards somebody)¦ 3¦(of a subject)¦ 4¦(clean/protect)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1.) ¦(MEDICAL)¦ [U and C] something that is done to cure someone who is injured or ill →↑treat treatment of/for …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• treatment*/*/*/ — [ˈtriːtmənt] noun 1) [C/U] the process of providing medical care, or a particular type of medical care the treatment of tropical diseases[/ex] a new treatment for heroin addiction[/ex] She was receiving treatment for breast cancer.[/ex] 2) [U]… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• Prisoners' rights — The movement for prisoners rights is based on the principle that prisoners, even though they are deprived of liberty, are still entitled to basic human rights. Advocates for prisoners rights argue that they are often deprived of very basic human… …   Wikipedia

• Prisoners of war, foreign —    During World War II, the Red Army captured more than 2.5 million Germans and Austrians and held them as prisoners of war. It also took 766,000 soldiers prisoner from the armies of Hitler’s Hungarian, Italian, and Romanian allies. Treatment of… …   Historical dictionary of Russian and Soviet Intelligence