The abolition of the death penalty in international law
Extensively revised to take account of developments in the field since its first publication, this highly-praised study details the progress of the international community away from the use of capital punishment
Print Book, English, 2002
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2002
xlv, 459 pages ; 24 cm
9780521814911, 9780521893442, 9780511494109, 9786610419890, 052181491X, 0521893445, 0511494106, 6610419892
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Introduction. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and recognition of the right to life
The International Convenant on Civil and Political Rights: drafting, ratification and reservation
Interpretation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
Towards abolition: the Second Option Protocol and other developments
International humanitarian law
International criminal law
European human rights law
Inter-American human rights law
African human rights law
Conclusion
Appendices. Universal Declaration of Human Rights ; International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ; Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ; Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Aiming at the Abolition of the Death Penalty ; General Comment 6(16) (experts) ; Convention Against Torture and Other Forms of Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment ; Convention on the Rights of the Child ; Safeguards Guaranteeing Protection of the Rights of Those Facing the Death Penalty ; Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War ; Geneva Convention Relative to the Protection of Civilians ; Protocol Additional I to the 1949 Geneva Conventions and Relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts ; Protocol Additional II to the 1949 Geneva Conventions and Relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts ; Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court ; Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (European Convention on Human Rights) ; Protocol No. 6 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms Concerning the Abolition of the Death Penalty ; Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union ; European Union Minimum Standards Paper ; Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe Commitments ; American Declaration on the Rights and Duties of Man ; American Convention on Human Rights ; Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights to Abolish the Death Penalty ; African Charter of Human Peoples' Rights ; African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child ; Arab Charter on Human Rights