"Introduction by Robert Spano, President of European Court of Human Rights"--Cover. Includes index.
Contents:
Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Provisions of he European Convention on Human Rights -- Chapter 3. Imposition of the death penalty -- Chapter 4. Application of the death penalty -- Chapter 5. Substitution of the death penalty by live imprisonment -- Chapter 6. Expulsion/extradition/expulsion/removal/transfer -- Chapter 7. Extraducial execution -- Index of cases.
Summary:
"The compendium's aim is to assist national judges, prosecutors and lawyers from the 46 member states of the Council of Europe to deal with extradition or deportation cases when there is a risk of the death penalty being imposed in third countries or of extrajudicial execution. It also aims at enabling legal professionals from countries where the death penalty still exists to develop arguments based upon the reasoning of the case law of the European Court of Human Rights. It contains relevant extracts from the Court's case law, structured in a user-friendly way"-- Back Cover.
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