International norms on execution of the insane and the mentally retarded
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Schabas, W. 1993. International norms on execution of the insane and the mentally retarded. Criminal Law Forum. 4 (1), pp. 95-117. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01096025
Type | Article |
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Title | International norms on execution of the insane and the mentally retarded |
Authors | Schabas, W. |
Abstract | Victor Hugo considered the death penalty to be the hallmark of barbarity. 104 International human rights law clearly contemplates abolition of the death penalty. To some extent, it has succeeded in promoting universal and imperative norms, as in the case of the prohibitions on torture and slavery. 105 With respect to the death penalty, results have been more gradual and the effort has met with more opposition. Although international norms now exist prohibiting the death penalty, 106 they are not yet widely ratified. This is why international organizations dedicated to the promotion of human rights have insisted upon strict limitation of the death penalty, including its total exclusion for certain categories, such as juveniles, pregnant women, the elderly, and the insane. |
Research Group | Law and Politics |
Publisher | Springer Netherlands |
Journal | Criminal Law Forum |
ISSN | 1046-8374 |
Publication dates | |
Feb 1993 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 02 May 2011 |
Output status | Published |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01096025 |
Language | English |
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