Introducing the International Guiding Statement on alternatives to solitary confinement

Abstract

Based on the reflections of a multidisciplinary group of experts, Physicians for Human Rights Israel and Antigone worked on the International Guiding Statement on Alternatives to Solitary Confinement, proposing global guidelines for reducing and finally overcoming the use of solitary confinement in prisons

New project sheds light on the worldwide use of solitary confinement

“…This project holds special relevance for the Torture Journal, given its longstanding focus on solitary confinement. Accordingly, we will highlight notable quotes from papers featured in previous issues of the journal: "although there is a long way to go before the use of solitary confinement will end, the recommendations contained in the International Guiding Statement are a valuable, fundamental, and pragmatic tool to centralise the issue of prison isolation in the debate on the rights of incarcerated individuals, and to achieve its end" (Stroppa & Moss, 2023).…”