The keeping of records. It is remarkable that the Bangkok Rules do not contain any provisions on the keeping of records. Especially in the case of women, an adequate system of confidential records is an important tool in preventing human rights violations.125 What is more, records may provide information on the prison’s compliance with the Bangkok Rules. Consequently, by introducing a rule on record keeping, the Bangkok Rules may invigorate themselves. On the other hand, the lack of such a rule may partially be overcome by the fact that the Bangkok Rules do call for 122 Art. 24(e) CRC. See also Rule 48(2) of the Bangkok Rules: ‘Women prisoners shall not be discouraged from breastfeeding’. 123 See the national chapters on Ireland and the USA in Part III of this volume. 124 E.g., there is no relevance in subjecting a former male to a pap-smear, but it may be relevant for a former female to have a regular mammogram. 125 X. Xxxxxxx & X. Xxxxx, ‘Women in detention’, 92 (877) International Review of the Red Cross 123–41 (2010), p. 131. Records on disciplinary measures or on complaints by detainees, for example. regular monitoring by inspectorates (Rule 25(3)), and by the introduction of Rules 6–10 (prisoner file management) during the 2015 review of the Xxxxxxx Rules. Still, a provision containing a reference to Rules 6–10 of the Xxxxxxx Rules in the Bangkok Rules and some gender-specific requirements on record keeping (for example on prior sexual abuse)126 may be desirable.
