Output details
20 - Law
Middlesex University
Book title
Le droit international et la peine de mort
Type
A - Authored book
DOI
-
Publisher of book
La Documentation Française
ISBN of book
978-2-11-007244-3
Year of publication
2008
URL
-
Number of additional authors
0
Additional information
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Interdisciplinary
-
Cross-referral requested
-
Research group
None
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
-
Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
Yes
English abstract
Can the very idea of human rights and the freedom of states to resort to capital punishment be reconciled? Although it may seem contradictory, international human rights law does not prohibit the death penalty as such. At best, international law has introduced limitations in the way executions can be carried out. In parallel international organisations such as the Council of Europe and the United Nations have embraced controversial abolitionist agendas. The book explores this tension and gives an overview of the international legal issues raised by what remains one of the most debated questions at the international level.
