Life imprisonment

BRAZIL: Lowering the age of criminal majority, and next steps for opposition movement

15/Jul/2015 News

Guest writer for CRIN, Henrique de Souza, from the Brazilian Bar Association, looks at the recently approved proposal to...

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R v. Lichniak; R v. Pyrah

Mon, 25/11/2002 - 00:00 Case Law

Case concerning the compatibility of mandatory life sentences in the UK with the European Convention on Human Rights.

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PAKISTAN: CRC alternative report on inhuman sentencing of children

30/Jun/2015 Publication

This report was submitted ahead of the the 72nd pre-sessional working group of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child...

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BARBADOS: CRC alternative report on inhuman sentencing of children

30/Jun/2015 Publication

This report was submitted ahead of the the 72nd pre-sessional working group of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child...

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ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA: CRC alternative report on inhuman sentencing of children

30/Jun/2015 Publication

This report was submitted ahead of the the 72nd pre-sessional working group of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child...

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SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES: CRC alternative report on inhuman sentencing of children

30/Jun/2015 Publication

This report was submitted ahead of the the 72nd pre-sessional working group of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child...

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UNITED KINGDOM: CRC alternative report on inhuman sentencing of children

30/Jun/2015 Publication

This report was submitted ahead of the the 72nd pre-sessional working group of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child...

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Hutchinson v. United Kingdom

Tue, 03/02/2015 - 00:00 Case Law

Case concerning the compatibility of whole life terms in the UK with Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights.

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Harkins and Edwards v. United Kingdom

Tue, 17/01/2012 - 00:00 Case Law

Case concerning life imprisonment without parole and proportionality of sentencing in the UK.

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R (on the application of Wellington) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department

Fri, 18/05/2007 - 00:00 Case Law

Case concerning whether the applicant’s extradition from the UK to the US to face mandatory life imprisonment without parole would constitute inhuman or degrading punishment.

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