Part I Introduction 1ière Partie Introduction; Legality of sentencing and the need for a catalogue of principles; Légalité des peines et nécessité d’un catalogue de principes; Part II Themes 2ième Partie Thèmes The right to be protected against disproportionate sentencing; Human rights requirements as regards the sentencing process and the enforcement of sentences – the need for a step forward to ‘hard law’ about sentencing systems; Judicial discretion in sentencing in general: the judiciary’s independent position and its responsibility for fairness; Judicial discretion within a framework: between determinate and indeterminate sentencing; Administrative discretion in the execution of sentences; Part III National Reports 3ième Partie Rapports nationaux Legality, non-arbitrariness and judicial and administrative discretion in sentencing and enforcement of sentences in the Argentine Republic; The principle of legality and the rule of law on criminal penalties in Chile; Human-rights movement and constitutional principles in Finnish criminal justice; Legality, non-arbitrariness, and judicial and administrative discretion in sentencing and enforcement of sentences in the German system; Judicial discretion in sentencing and enforcement of sentences in Greece; Legality, non-arbitrariness and judicial and administrative discretion in sentencing and enforcement of sentences: the case of Ireland; Judicial and administrative discretion in sentencing and enforcement of sentences in Italy; Judicial and administrative discretion in sentencing and enforcement of sentences in Japan; The rule of law, judicial and administrative discretion in sentencing and enforcement of sentences in Lithuania; Legality, non-arbitrariness and judicial and administrative discretion in sentencing and enforcement of sentences in the Netherlands; The application of the principle of legality to criminal punishments in New Zealand; Legality, non-arbitrariness and judicial and administrative discretion in sentencing and the enforcement of sentences in Norway; Legality, non-arbitrariness and judicial and administrative discretion in sentencing and enforcement of sentences in Poland; Legality, non-arbitrariness and judicial and administrative discretion in sentencing and enforcement of sentences in Portugal; Judicial and administrative discretion in sentencing and enforcement of sentences in the Spanish legal system; Judicial and administrative discretion in sentencing and enforcement of sentences in Switzerland; The IPPF’s future follows from its 150-year-old history; L’avenir de la FIPP résulte de ses 150 ans d’histoire; About the International Penal and Penitentiary Foundation; À propos de la Fondation Internationale Pénale et Pénitentiaire