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Bookmark or Share- Death penalty | OHCHRThe use of the death penalty is not consistent with the right to life and the right to live free from torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. There is growing consensus for universal abolition of the death penalty. Some 170 States have abolished or introduced a moratorium on the death penalty either in law or in practice.
- HC: Death penalty should be abolished in the 21st centuryCivil society organizations pave the road to end capital punishment in Chad Our Work The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights is the leading United Nations entity in the field of human rights, with a unique mandate to promote and protect all human rights for all people.
- Death penalty does not lead to justice | OHCHRCapital punishment in the US continues to raise issues of due process, like racial bias and reliability of testimonies, regarding executions that took place as recently as last month. Some question the very validity of the convictions and ultimately undermine the integrity of the justice system.
- Death penalty incompatible with right to life | OHCHRThe infliction of the death penalty is incompatible with the right to life and is difficult to reconcile with the right to live free of torture. The UN has historically opposed it and works towards its worldwide abolition. And progress has been made: the death penalty has been abolished in approximately 170 countries so far.
- Safeguards guaranteeing protection of the rights of those facing the ...Capital punishment may only be carried out pursuant to a final judgement rendered by a competent court after legal process which gives all possible safeguards to ensure a fair trial, at least equal to those contained in article 14 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, including the right of anyone suspected of or charged ...
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