Influencia de los compromisos internacionales contra la tortura en los indicadores penitenciarios: medición de los derechos humanos

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https://doi.org/10.33448/rsd-v11i1.25288

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Cooperación Internacional; Violaciones de los Derechos Humanos; Violencia Carcelaria; Análisis estadístico.

Resumen

El Protocolo Facultativo de la Convención contra la Tortura y Otros Tratos o Penas Crueles, Inhumanos o Degradantes creó mecanismos de prevención de la tortura para mejorar la protección de los derechos humanos de las personas detenidas. La intención era garantizar un tratamiento adecuado a la población más vulnerable a este tipo de agresiones. Pero, ¿el pacto genera realmente efectos positivos para los países que se adhieren a él? El objetivo del estudio es evaluar la influencia del protocolo en los indicadores penitenciarios. Utilizamos el método estadístico de prueba t de dos muestras para comparar las medias de los indicadores de los países que ratificaron el protocolo y los países que no lo hicieron, para verificar si la diferencia entre los resultados era estadísticamente significativa. Para ello, consideramos una significancia del 5%. Los resultados mostraron que la población de mujeres adultas de los países que no lo ratificaron es mayor que la de los países que lo ratificaron. Sin embargo, en relación a la población masculina adulta y juvenil no hubo diferencia estadística. En cuanto a los presos sin sentencia, tampoco hubo diferencia en los porcentajes medios entre los dos grupos de países. La mortalidad por causas externas y por suicidio alcanzó tasas estadísticamente más altas en los países ratificantes. Para otras causas (causas naturales, homicidio, causas accidentales u otras y muertes totales) las diferencias entre las tasas encontradas no fueron significativas.

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13/01/2022

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NICHELE, C. da S. T.; FERREIRA, A. P. . Influencia de los compromisos internacionales contra la tortura en los indicadores penitenciarios: medición de los derechos humanos. Research, Society and Development, [S. l.], v. 11, n. 1, p. e49611125288, 2022. DOI: 10.33448/rsd-v11i1.25288. Disponível em: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/25288. Acesso em: 18 may. 2024.

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