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Amicus Curiae brief in support of the Pan African Lawyers Union’s request for an Advisory Opinion on the Compatibility of the Death Penalty with the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights

By The Advocates for Human Rights, on 10 April 2025

 

 

Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment

Drug Offenses

Fair Trial

Gender

Legal Representation

LGBTQ+

Moratorium

Murder Victims' Families

Terrorism

Trend Towards Abolition

Women


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In this submission in support of the Pan African Lawyers Union, the amici explain that the death penalty per se is an arbitrary deprivation of life, in violation of Article 4 of the African Charter, because the weight of the evidence shows that the death penalty is not necessary to achieve the stated purpose of reducing crime and as a penalty implicating human rights under the Charter it is disproportionate to the benefits it seeks to capture.

  • Document type NGO report
  • Themes list Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment / Drug Offenses / Fair Trial / Gender / Legal Representation / LGBTQ+ / Moratorium / Murder Victims' Families / Terrorism / Trend Towards Abolition / Women



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