Author: United Nations. Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary, or Arbitrary Executions
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Category : Executions and executioners
Languages : en
Pages : 84

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Author: Evelyn A. Ankumah
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004636854
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 264

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Author: Ivan Šimonović
Publisher: UN
ISBN: 9789211542158
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 212

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Capital punishment is irrevocable. It prohibits the correction of mistakes by the justice system and leaves no room for human error, with the gravest of consequences. There is no evidence of a deterrent effect of the death penalty. Those sacrificed on the altar of retributive justice are almost always the most vulnerable. This book covers a wide range of topics, from the discriminatory application of the death penalty, wrongful convictions, proven lack of deterrence effect, to legality of the capital punishment under international law and the morality of taking of human life.

Author: Malcolm D. Evans
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521802079
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 432

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In a comparative context: N. Barney Pityana

Author: United Nations. General Assembly
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Category : Electronic data processing
Languages : en
Pages : 24

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Author: African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights
Publisher: Hart Publishing
ISBN: 1841130923
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 839

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This work provides basic documents and less well-known material relating to the jurisprudence emanating from the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights. Included are activity reports adopted by the Commission, resolutions, and final communiques from the sessions. This is the first attempt to reproduce the many documents of the Commission adopted since its inception in 1987. Murray teaches law at Queen's University-Belfast and is a member of the Human Rights Research Unit. Evans is professor of human rights at the University of Bristol. The book is distributed by ISBS. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author: Rachel Murray
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1847313108
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 838

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Fourteen years since its establishment,the work of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights has not received the attention that should have been paid to its important contributions towards the promotion and protection of human rights in Africa. The aim of this publication is to provide not only the basic documents, but also the less well known material related to the jurisprudence emanating from the consideration of communications. This volume therefore includes, amongst other material, the twelve activity reports adopted by the Commission, resolutions, and final communiqués from the sessions. This is the first attempt to reproduce comprehensively the many documents of the Commission adopted since its inception in 1987. It will be an essential reference for academics, students, and practitioners. The publication is produced in collaboration with the African Society for International and Comparative Law, the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria and Interights in London.

Author: Vincent O. Nmehielle
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004481060
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 478

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This volume is a comprehensive treatment of the African human rights system in terms of the laws, practice, and institutions of the system. The volume discusses, analyzes, and evaluates normative instruments of the African system: the Charter of the Organization of the African Unity (OAU), and the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights, presenting article-by-article analysis of its provisions and those of the Protocol on the Establishment of the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights. Similarly the OAU (now the African Union), the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, and the proposed African Court on Human Rights, as institutions of the system, are discussed. The book emphasizes a comparative approach and presents a summary of the UN, the European and the Inter-American human rights mechanisms with regard to their impact on the African system. The role of NGOs in the African system is also considered, as well as the controversial issue of human rights in pre-colonial and colonial Africa.

Author: Rachel Murray
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192538586
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 897

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The African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR) is the principle regional human rights treaty for the African continent. Adopted in 1981, there is now a significant body of jurisprudence and interpretation by its African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights and the recently established African Court. This volume provides a comprehensive article-by-article legal analysis of the provisions of the Charter as it draws upon the documents adopted by the African Commission, including resolutions, case law, and concluding observations. Where relevant, case law adopted by the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights, and that of other sub-regional courts and tribunals and domestic courts in Africa, are also incorporated. The book examines not only the substantive rights in the African Charter but also the work of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights and provides a full examination of its mandate. A critical analysis of each of the provisions of the ACHPR is led principally by the jurisprudence and documentation of the African Commission and African Court. The text also identifies the overall development of the ACHPR within the broader regional and international human rights legal arena.

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Category : Human rights
Languages : en
Pages : 56

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