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International Standards restricting the use of the Death Penalty
OSCE commitments, which are of a politically binding nature, do not require the abolition of the death penalty. However, the OSCE participating States have committed themselves to carry out the death penalty only for the most serious crimes and in a manner not contrary to their international commitments (Concluding Document of the 1989 Vienna Follow-up Meeting, "Questions relating to Security in Europe", Paragraph 24). OSCE commitments also place a number of positive obligations on participating States that choose to retain the death penalty.
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International Standards restricting the use of the Death Penalty
OSCE commitments, which are of a politically binding nature, do not require the abolition of the death penalty. However, the OSCE participating States have committed themselves to carry out the death penalty only for the most serious crimes and in a manner not contrary to their international commitments (Concluding Document of the 1989 Vienna Follow-up Meeting, "Questions relating to Security in Europe", Paragraph 24). OSCE commitments also place a number of positive obligations on participating States that choose to retain the death penalty.
Contact:
Ms Liane Adler
Human Rights Adviser
OSCE ODIHR
tel. +48 22 5200759
Legislationline@odihr.pl
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OSCE Commitments
- Helsinki 2008 (Ministerial Declaration on the Occasion of the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights) (excerpts)
- Concluding Document of the Vienna Follow-up Meeting (1989) (excerpts)
- Document of the Copenhagen Meeting of the Conference on the Human Dimension of the CSCE (1990) (excerpts)
- Document of the Moscow Meeting of the Conference on the Human Dimension of the CSCE (1991) (excerpts)
- Concluding Document of Helsinki, the Fourth Follow-up Meeting (1992) (excerpts)
- Concluding Document of the Budapest Summit (1994) (excerpts)