Capital punishment in Austria
- Capital punishment in Austria
The method of execution in Austria was hanging until the annexation by the Third Reich (1938-1945) when it was replaced by guillotine. After World War II hanging was re-introduced by the British. The last person to be executed in Austria was Johann Trnka. He was hanged on 24 March 1950 for the crime of murder. Capital punishment for murder was abolished on 30 June that year; for all crimes in February 1968. Austria is a state party to the Second Optional Protocol to ICCPR (ratified 1993), Protocol No. 6 to ECHR (1984), and Protocol No. 13 to ECHR (2004).
References
* [http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/ccpr-death.htm Second Optional Protocol] to ICCPR; [http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/Commun/QueVoulezVous.asp?NT=114&CM=8&DF=1/28/2008&CL=ENG Protocol No. 6] and [http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/Commun/QueVoulezVous.asp?NT=187&CM=8&DF=1/28/2008&CL=ENG Protocol No. 13] to ECHR - text of the treaties, dates of signature and ratification
* [http://www.amnesty.org/en/death-penalty/abolitionist-and-retentionist-countries Abolitionist and retentionist countries] - report by Amnesty International
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