death penalty

death penalty

Zvon documents

Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty (1989)

no one within the jurisdiction of a State Party to the protocol shall be executed

Keywords

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966) : death penalty [Keywords]

recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world

Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty (1989) : death penalty [Keywords]

no one within the jurisdiction of a State Party to the protocol shall be executed

Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War (1949) : death penalty [Keywords]

all cases of declared war or of any other armed conflict even if the state of war is not recognized by one of the countries; partial or total occupation of the territory even if the occupation meets with no armed resistance; if one of the Powers in conflict is not a party to the convention, the Powers who are parties remain bound by it