A system that implements international standards which embody prevention, diversion and alternatives to detention over deterrent and punishment is more likely to reduce offending and re-offending and therefore contribute to public safety.
Mr Durkin insisted it was feasible for the Iraqi authorities to implement international human rights standards despite the country's extremely volatile security situation.
"Instead of defending the country's appalling record, the Saudi Arabian authorities should urgently establish an official moratorium on executions and implement international fair trial standards in all criminal cases".
Furthermore, the lack of universal consensus on which diagnostic methods and strategies should be implemented heightens the problem of under-diagnosis and as demonstrated, no uniformly implemented international gold standard diagnostic testing criteria for MHE exist.
Two scientific bibliographic databases, PubMed and SCI-expanded, were selected because they implement acceptable international standards.
It requires a comprehensive human rights-based approach that puts women at the center of efforts to hold governments and employers accountable for implementing international and national standards that guarantee women's civil, social, political, and labour rights [ 49].
Emily Norton of NGO Global Witness says: "It is voluntary, and unfortunately what studies are showing is that companies in Europe are not implementing those international standards.
