second optional protocol to the international covenant on civil and political rights
21Capital punishment in Brazil — was last used in 1861 and has not been officially used since the proclamation of the Republic in 1889. Brazil is traditionally the second country in the Americas to abolish the death penalty as a form of punishment, preceded by Costa Rica in 1859 …
22Capital punishment in Belgium — was formally abolished on 1996 08 01 for all crimes, in both peacetime and wartime. The last execution for crimes committed in peacetime took place in July 1863, when in Ypres a farmer was executed for murder. The last execution for an ordinary… …
23Capital punishment in Ireland — was abolished in 1990, and has been prohibited by the Constitution of Ireland since 2002.Until 1964 the death penalty had been available for treason, murder, piracy with violence and war crimes. [ [http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1962/en/act/pub/00… …
24death penalty — n: death as punishment for a crime – called also capital punishment; see also cruel and unusual punishment; gregg v. georgia in the important cases section ◇ The U.S. Supreme Court has held that the death penalty is not inherently violative of… …
251990 in New Zealand — New Zealand celebrated its sesquicentennial, 150 years since the signing of The Treaty of Waitangi.In the general election in October, National was elected in a landside victory.GDP was $40.2 billion, unemployment was at 7.4% (March) and the… …
26Capital punishment in Cyprus — Capital punishment for murder was abolished in Cyprus on 15 December 1983. It was abolished for all crimes on 19 April 2002. Cyprus is a signatory of the second optional protocol of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights which… …
27Segundo Protocolo Facultativo del Pacto Internacional de Derechos Civiles y Políticos — Segundo Protocolo Facultativo del Pacto Internacional de Derechos Civiles y Políticos, destinado a la abolición de la pena de muerte Miembros en verde oscuro; signatarios en verde claro; y no miembros en plomo …
28Human rights in Estonia — Estonia This article is part of the series: Politics and government of Estonia Constitution President …
29Convention on the Rights of the Child — Signed 20 November 1989[1] Location New York[1] Effective 2 September 1990[1] Condition 20 ratifications …
30European Convention on Human Rights — ECHR redirects here. For the Court which enforces the Convention, see European Court of Human Rights. Not to be confused with European Convention (1999 2000) or Convention on the Future of Europe. European Convention on Human Rights The… …
