26.263

Recommendation
Cycle
Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
Session
36 - May 2020
State under Review
State under Review - Regional Group
WEOG (Western European & Other States Group)
State under Review - Organisations
  • OAS (Organisation of American States)
Recommendation

Take further steps to reform the criminal justice system in such a way as to reform sentencing laws such as the so-called “three strikes rule” that have wrongly and disproportionately harmed African-American communities, with life imprisonment for non-violent crimes

Recommending State
Recommending State - Regional Group
  • Africa (African Group)
Recommending State - Organisations
  • AU (African Union)
  • Commonwealth
Action Category
4 - General action
Response
Supported
Issues
  • Death penalty
  • Justice
  • Racial discrimination