Ratifications of international treaties to abolish the death penalty (1 January 2004)

Index Number: ACT 50/004/2004
Date Published: 1 February 2003

The community of nations has adopted four international treaties providing for the abolition of the death penalty. One is of worldwide scope; the other three are regional. In this brief report there are short descriptions of the four treaties and current lists of states parties and countries which have signed but not ratified the treaties.