L’Alto Commissario ha affermato, il 3 gennaio 2007, che il diritto internazionale ammette la pena capitale come misura eccezionale con precise limitazioni stabilite dalla legge.
“Le preoccupazioni da me già espresse alcuni giorni fa in merito alla equità e alla imparzialità del processo di Saddam Hussein valgono anche per gli altri due imputati. Per questo motivo, oggi, mi sono direttamente rivolta al Presidente della Repubblica irachena perché si astenga dal dare esecuzione a tali sentenze di morte.”
L’Alto Commissario ha inoltre dichiarato che, in base agli obblighi internazionali assunti dall’Iraq, si deve concedere l’opportunità a Awad Hamad Al-Bandar e Barzan Ibrahim Al-Hassan di cercare di ottenere la commutazione della pena o l’indulto.
Per ulteriori informazioni sul tema pena di morte consultare i seguenti link:
2 January 2007 - New York - Secretary-General's encounter with the UN press corps (Questions on Saddam’s execution)
http://www.un.org/apps/sg/offthecuff.asp
Tragic mistakes made in the trial and execution of Saddam Hussein must not be repeated (3 January 2007, Philip Alston, the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions)
http://www.unhchr.ch/huricane/huricane.nsf/
High Commissioner for Human Rights calls for restraint in Hussein case (28 December 2006)
http://www.unhchr.ch/huricane/huricane.nsf/
United Nations Human Rights Independent Expert reiterates concerns about Saddam Hussein trial and death sentence (28 December 2006, Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Mr. Leandro Despouy)
http://www.unhchr.ch/huricane/huricane.nsf/
Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/executions/index.htm
Issues of special concern to the Special Rapporteurs
Capital punishment
(a) desirability of the abolition of the death penalty
(b) need to ensure the highest possible fair trial standards (Fair trial)
(c) observance of special restrictions on the application of the death penalty
Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty (New York, 15 December 1989)
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/ratification/12.htm
Capital Punishment: Where the World Stands --- Bree Polk-Bauman, for the Chronicle
http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2004/issue4/0404p29.html
http://lib-unique.un.org/lib/unique.nsf
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SAFEGUARDS GUARANTEEING PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS OF THOSE FACING DEATH PENALTY. REPORT OF THE SECRETARY GENERAL
NOTE: By resolution 1745 (LIV) of 16 May 1973, the Economic and Social Council invited the Secretary-General to submit periodic reports (at five-year intervals) on the question of capital punishment. By resolution 1995/57 of 28 July 1995, ECOSOC recommended that these reports should also cover the implementation of the safeguards guaranteeing protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty.
7th (1999-2003): E/2005/3 + Add.1
6th (1994-1998): E/CN.15/2001/10
5th (1989-1993): E/CN.15/1996/19
4th (1984-1988): E/1990/38/Rev.1 + Corr.1 + Add.1
3rd (1979-1983): E/1985/43 + Corr.1
2nd (1974-1978): E/1980/9 + Corr. 1-2 + Add.1 + Add.1/Corr.1 + Add.2-3
1st (1969-1973): E/5616 + Add.1 + Corr.1-2
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