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The International Penitentiary Commission, International Prison Commission or International Penal and Penitentiary Commission (IPPC) (Commission internationale pénale et pénitentiaire, CIPP)  was an international organisation with quasi-governmental status. It promoted studies on crime-prevention and treatment of offenders, focussing on research, publications and teaching. On 1 December 1950 the United Nations General Assembly dissolved the IPPC, while incorporating its functions and archives within the new Organization's own operations (see General Assembly resolution 415(V) of 1 December 1950).

In 1952 it was succeeded by the International Penal and Penitentiary Foundation.

History
The International Penitentiary Commission can trace its origin to 1872, when the International Prison Commission (according to some sources the International Penitentiary Commission) was set up to make recommendations for prison reform. This commission later became the International Penal and Penitentiary Commission (IPPC) and is considered the oldest intergovernmental agency in the correctional field. The IPPC was affiliated with the League of Nations and organised conferences on crime control every five years.

1873 Creation of a permanent international penitentiary commission.— On the recommendation Of the executive committee a permanent organization, under the above designation, was created, charged with the duty of watching over the general

It produced the first set of minimum rules for the treatment of detainees (the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners), which were adopted by the League of Nations in 1934 and approved in 1955 at the first United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and the Treatment of Offenders.

In 1950 the IPPC was dissolved and its role transferred to the United Nations. The International Penal and Penitentiary Foundation in its current form was established in 1950 as a foundation officially based in Switzerland, and has been approved by the General Assembly of the United Nations.