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The Abolition of the Death Penalty in International Law

by William A. Schabas. 459 pgs.

Contributors:

   William A. Schabas

Publisher:

   Cambridge University Press

Place of Publication:

  Cambridge, England  

Publication Year:

  2002

Subjects:

International Law, Capital Punishment

	Foreword	ix
	Preface to the third edition	xiii
	Table of cases	xiv
	Table of international instruments	xxxi
	List of abbreviations	xliii
	Introduction	1
1	The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and recognition of the right to life	23
2	The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights: drafting, ratification and reservation	45
3	Interpretation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights	93
4	Towards abolition: the Second Optional Protocol and other developments	155
5	International humanitarian law	211
6	International criminal law	235
7	European human rights law	259
8	Inter-American human rights law	311
9	African human rights law	355
	Conclusion	363
	Appendices	379
1	Universal Declaration of Human Rights	379
2	International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights	380
3	Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights	389
4	Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Aiming at the Abolition of the Death Penalty	397
5	General Comment 6(16) (excerpts)	402
6	Convention Against Torture and Other Forms of Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment	403
7	Convention on the Rights of the Child	406
8	Safeguards Guaranteeing Protection of the Rights of Those Facing the Death Penalty	413
9	Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War	414
10	Geneva Convention Relative to the Protection of Civilians	416
11	Protocol Additional I to the 1949 Geneva Conventions and Relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts	420
12	Protocol Additional II to the 1949 Geneva Conventions and Relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts	421
13	Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court	422
14	Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (European Convention on Human Rights)	423
15	Protocol No. 6 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms Concerning the Abolition of the Death Penalty	424
16	Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union	430
17	European Union Minimum Standards Paper	431
18	Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe Commitments	433
19	American Declaration on the Rights and Duties of Man	435
20	American Convention on Human Rights	436
21	Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights to Abolish the Death Penalty	438
22	African Charter of Human and Peoples' Rights	440
23	African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child	441
24	Arab Charter on Human Rights	442
	Bibliography	443
	Index	454

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