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Safeguards Guaranteeing Protection of the Rights of Those Facing the Death Penalty

E/RES/1984/50View PDF

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the Economic and Social Council, published in 1984.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 1984–1997
This is an older version — the most recent is E/RES/1996/15
  • 1997E/RES/1996/15Safeguards guaranteeing protection of the rights of those facing the death penaltyLatestCompare with previous version
  • 1984E/RES/1984/50Safeguards Guaranteeing Protection of the Rights of Those Facing the Death Penalty

iVersions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

iExtracted automatically from each entity’s budget submission.

What subjects does this mandate have?

3 topics
Capital PunishmentHuman RightsSummary Executions

What does this mandate say?

4 operative paragraphs
1
Takes note of the note by the Secretary-General on arbitrary and summary executions;
2
Again strongly condemns and deplores the brutal practice of arbitrary or summary executions in various parts of the world;
3
Approves the safeguards guaranteeing protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty, recommended by the Committee on Crime Prevention and Control and annexed to the present resolution, on the understanding that they shall not be invoked to delay or to prevent the abolition of capital punishment;
4
Invites the Seventh United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders to consider the safeguards with a view to establishing an implementation mechanism, within the framework of the item of its provisional agenda¹²³ entitled "Formulation and application of United Nations standards and norms in criminal justice".

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