International Commission of Jurists

Commission on Human Rights Resolution, E/CN.4/RES/2002/77, April 25, 2002: The question of the death penalty

Apr 25, 2002

4. Urges all States that still maintain the death penalty: (…)

(c) To ensure that the notion of “most serious crimes” does not go beyond intentional crimes with lethal or extremely grave consequences and that the death penalty is not imposed for non-violent acts such as financial crimes, non-violent religious practice or expression of conscience and sexual relations between consenting adults;

link to full text of the Resolution: http://ap.ohchr.org/documents/E/CHR/resolutions/E-CN_4-RES-2002-77.doc

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