Death Penalty News June 1996

Index Number: ACT 53/002/1996
Date Published: 31 May 1996

1. Russia, Ukraine: Council of Europe demands cessation of executions; 2. AI calls on China to stop mass executions; 3. USA: New law restricts death penalty appeals; 4. South African constitution upholds death penalty ban; 5. News in brief: Albania, Bahamas, Belgium, Guyana, Libya, Sudan, USA (New York); 6. Constitutional prohibitions of the death penalty; 7. New books; 8. Andorra: Ratification