The Exclusion of Child Offenders from the Death Penalty under General International Law

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Summary: This paper examines the evidence
supporting the conclusion that the
use of the death penalty against
child offenders(1) is prohibited under
customary international law and as a
peremptory norm of general
international law (jus cogens).pdf: web.amnesty.org/aidoc/aidoc_pdf.nsf/Index/ACT500042003ENGLISH/$File/ACT5000403.pdf

Organisation: 
Amnesty International - International Secretariat
Articles: 
Article 4: Implementation of rights
Article 40: Administration of juvenile justice
Attachment Link: 
http://web.amnesty.org/aidoc/aidoc_pdf.nsf/Index/ACT500042003ENGLISH/$File/AC...
Web: 
http://web.amnesty.org/library/index/engact500042003
Tags: 
Individual cases of violations

Countries

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