Capital punishment at the United Nations: Recent developments

Ilias Bantekas; Peter Hodgkinson

doi:10.1023/A:1009421221524

Capital punishment at the United Nations: Recent developments

Ilias Bantekas
, Peter Hodgkinson

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Abstract

hen on October 7, 1999 the Finnish delegation to the United Nations
submitted a draft resolution to the Third Committee of the General
Assembly on the question of the death penalty, many were taken by
surprise.1 Retentionist states heavily criticised this move, seeing it as
encroaching upon their sovereign right to choose an appropriate legal
system. This draft resolution, which was sponsored and submitted on
behalf of the European Union (EU), expressed the concern of its drafters
regarding the imposition of the death penalty in several countries in contravention of the limitations provided for in the International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR),2 the Convention on the Rights of the
Child,3 and the Safeguards Guaranteeing Protection of the Rights of Those
Facing the Death Penalty.4 The preamble declared that the submitting
states were convinced that abolition of the death penalty contributes to
the enhancement of human dignity and progressive development of human
rights

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	23-34
Number of pages	12
Journal	Criminal Law Forum
Volume	11
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009421221524
Publication status	Published - Mar 2000
Externally published	Yes

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