Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
The Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty is a side agreement to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. It was created on 15 December 1989, and entered into force on 11 July 1991. As of September 2008, the Optional Protocol had 68 parties. In addition, 4 states (Guinea-Bissau, Nicaragua, Poland, and Sao Tome and Principe) have signed, but not yet ratified the Protocol.
The Optional Protocol commits its members to the abolition of the death penalty within their borders, though Article 2.1 allows parties to make a reservation allowing execution for grave crimes in times of war. Cyprus, Malta and Spain initially made such reservations, and subsequently withdrew them. Azerbaijan and Greece still retain this reservation on their implementation of the protocol, despite both having banned the death penalty in all circumstances.
References
ee also
* International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
* Use of capital punishment by nation
External links
* [http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/a_opt2.htm Text of the Protocol]
* [http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/ratification/12.htm List of parties]
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