The abolition of the death penalty in international law

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Foreword Preface to the Third Edition Table of cases Table of International Instruments Abbreviations Introduction 1. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Recognition of the Right to Life 2. The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights: drafting, ratification and reservation 3. Interpretation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 4. Towards abolition: the Second Optional Protocol and other developments in the United Nations 5. International humanitarian law 6. International criminal law 7. European human rights law 8. Inter-American human rights law 9. African human rights law Conclusion Appendices: I. Universal Declaration of Human Rights II. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights III. Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights IV. Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Aimed at Abolition of the Death Penalty V. General Comment 6(16) (excerpts) VI. Convention against Torture and Other Forms of Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment VII. Convention on the Rights of the Child VIII. Safeguards guaranteeing protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty IX. Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War X. Geneva Convention Relative to the Protection of Civilians XI. Protocol Additional I to the 1949 Geneva Conventions and Relating to The Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts XII. Protocol Additional II to the 1949 Geneva Conventions and Relating to The Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts XIII. Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court XIV. Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms XV. Protocol No. 6 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms Concerning the Abolition of the Death Penalty XVI. Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union XVII. European Union Minimum Standards Paper XVIII. Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe Commitments XIX. American Declaration on the Rights and Duties of Man XX. American Convention on Human Rights XXI. Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights to Abolish the Death Penalty XXII. African Charter of Human and Peoples' Rights XXIII. African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child XXIV. Arab Charter on Human Rights Bibliography Index.