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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
2025
NGO report
Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment
Drug Offenses
Fair Trial
Gender
Legal Representation
Moratorium
Murder Victims' Families
Terrorism
Trend Towards Abolition
Women
More details See the document 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 / Moratorium / Murder Victims' Families / Terrorism / Trend Towards Abolition / Women
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