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Title

The abolition of the death penalty in international law / by William A. Schabas.

Author

Schabas, William, 1950-

Publication

Cambridge [England] : Grotius Publications, 1993.

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Details

Description

xxxii, 384 pages; 25 cm

Subject

• Capital punishment
• International law
• Capital Punishment
• international law
• Peine de mort
• Droits de l'homme
• Droit international
• Convention européenne des droits de l'homme
• Todesstrafe
• Völkerrecht
• Doodstraf
• Afschaffing
• Internationaal recht
• Humanitair oorlogsrecht
• Mensenrechten
• Europe occidentale
• Amériques

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-359) and index.

Contents

• Pt. I. Abolition of the Death Penalty at the Universal Level -- 1. Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Recognition of the Right to Life -- 2. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights: Towards Abolition -- 3. Genesis and Adoption of the Second Optional Protocol Abolishing the Death Penalty -- 4. Death Penalty in International Humanitarian Law -- Pt. II. Abolition of the Death Penalty at the Regional Level -- 5. Death Penalty in European Human Rights Law -- 6. Death Penalty in Inter-American Human Rights Law. App. 1 Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- App. 2 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights -- App. 3 Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Aiming at the Abolition of the Death Penalty -- App. 4 General Comment on Article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (excerpts) -- App. 5 Selected Resolutions of the General Assembly and of the Economic and Social Council -- App. 6 Convention on the Rights of the Child -- App. 7 Safeguards Guaranteeing Protection of the Rights of those Facing the Death Penalty -- App. 8 Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (European Convention on Human Rights) -- App. 9 Protocol No. 6 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms Concerning the Abolition of the Death Penalty -- App. 10 American Declaration on the Rights and Duties of Man -- App. 11 American Convention on Human Rights -- App. 12 Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights to Abolish the Death Penalty -- App. 13 Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War -- App. 14 Geneva Convention Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War -- App. 15 Protocol Additional I to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts
• App. 16 Protocol Additional II to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-international Armed Conflicts.

ISBN

• 1857010124
• 9781857010121
• 1857010140
• 9781857010145

LCCN

93194400

OCLC

• ocm28467619
• 28467619
• SCSB-9016736

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library