INTERVENTION DE MME. BONINO DEVANT LA SECTION DE L’AGRICULTURE ET DE LA PECHE DU COMITE ECONOMIQUE ET SOCIAL 4 maggio 1995 (inserito a cura di M.Turco) SOMMARIO. ... Continua

ANTI-PERSONNEL MINES Public Hearing Committee on Development and Cooperation Committe on Foreign Affairs, Security and Defense Policy European Parliament, Brussels 21-22 March 1995 Statement by Ms Emma Bonino, member of the European Commission, responsible for Humanitarian Affairs Mr Chairman, You and the Parliament’s rapporteurs, Mr Cunningham and Mr Bertens, have eloquently described the carnage that anti-personnel mines inflict everyday on innocent sufferers throughout the conflict zones of the world. ... Continua

General Assembly - Forty-ninth session Third Committee - Agenda item 100 (e) A/C.3/49/L.32 HUMAN RIGHT QUESTIONS: CAPITAL PUNISHMENT Andorra, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Chile, Colombia, Costarica, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Finland, France, Greece, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Marshall, Isalnds, Monaco, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Spain, Sweden, Uruguay, Vanuatu: draft resolution Capital punishment The General Assembly, Recalling article 3 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which affirms everyone’s right to life, article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, articles 6 and 37 (a) of the Convention on the Right of the Child. Recalling its resolutions 2857 (XXVI) of 20 December 1971, 32/61 of 8 December 1977 and 44/128 of 15 December 1989, the latter adopting and opening for signature the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty, Recalling also Economic and Social Council resolutions 1574 (L) of 20 May 1971, 1745 (LIV) of 16 May 1973, 1930 (LVIII) of 6 May 1975, 1984/50 of 25 May 1984, 1985/33 of 29 May 1985, 1990/29 of 24 May 1990 and 1990/51 of 24 July 1990, Deeply concerned about the fact that in some countries which have not yet abolished the death penalty, sentence of death is also imposed for other than the most serious crimes, Also concerned that several countries impose the death penalty on juveniles, pregnant women and insane persons, in disregard of the limitations provided for in the International Covenant on Civil Political Rights, in the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and in the Annex to Ecosoc resolution 1984/50, Welcoming that in the Statutes of the ad hoc International Tribunals for the crimes committed in the former Yugoslavia and in Rwanda and in the draft Statute for an International Criminal Court elaborated by the International Law Commission, capital punishment is excluded from the penalties that these Courts are authorized to impose, Convinced that abolition of the death penalty contributes to enhancement of human dignity and progressive development of human rights, Calls upon all states that have not yet done so to consider acceding to or ratifying the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty, Urges all States that still maintain the death penalty to fully comply with their obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and in particular to exclude pregnant women and juveniles from capital executions, Invites all States which have not yet abolished the death penalty to consider the progressive restriction of the number of offences for which the death penalty may be imposed and to exclude insane persons from capital executions, Encourages all Staetes which have not yet abolished the death penalty to consider the opportunity of instituting a moratorium on pending executions with a view to ensuring that the principle that no State should dispose of the life of any human being be affirmed in every part of the world by the year 2000. Ai paesi co-sponsor della risoluzione presentata dall’Italia sono da aggiungere: Argentina, Bolivia, Cyprus, El Salvador, Germany, Micronesia, New Zealand, Dominican Republic, Solomon Islands, Sao Tome and Principe, Venezuela. Amendments to draft resolution Singapore: Insert a new preambular paragraph after the last preambular paragraph, reading: “Affirming the sovereign right of States to determine the legal measures and penalties which are appropriate in their societies to combat serious crimes effectively”. Egypt: 1. ... Continua

Motion to take no action on A/C.3/49/l.32 Yes 65 No 74 Abstain 20 YES Afghanista, Algeria, Antigua-Barbuda, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Bhutan, Brunei Dar-Salam, Burkina Faso, China, Comoros, Cote d’Ivoire, Cuba, Korea, Egypt, Fiji, Gabon, Grenada, ... Continua

Statement by the Representative of Germany Mr. Christian Much on behalf of the European Union and Austria Mr. Chairman, I have the honour to take the floor on behalf of the European Union and Austria on sub-item 100 e), entitled “Capital Punishment” Various human rights instruments and decisions of the United Nations, notably the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the Convention on the rights of the Child and ECHOES resolution 1984/50, establish certain restrictive standards in the field of capital punishment. ... Continua

IL COMITATO GENERALE DELL’ONU APPROVA L’ISCRIZIONE ALL’ORDINE DEL GIORNO DELL’ASSEMBLEA GENERALE DEL DIBATTITO SULLA PENA CAPITALE. Sintesi del dibattito avvenuto ieri, 7 novembre 1994, presso il Comitato Generale (Uffcio di Presidenza) dell’ Assemblea Generale dell’ONU in merito all’inclusione nell’ordine del giorno del tema della moratoria sulla pena capitale. Il Comitato Generale ha preso la decisione di inviare all’Assemblea Generale la proposta di inserire in agenda la discussione sulla pena di morte nell’ambito del Terzo Comitato dell’Onu. L’Assemblea Generale, prevedibilmente nel corso della settimana, decidera’ se ratificare o meno la proposta del Comitatto Generale. Il dibattito del Comitato Generale e’ stato molto vivace e combattuto, sopratutto per la contrarieta’ a trattare l’argomento da parte di Sudan, Pakistan, Egitto, Iran e Malesia che hanno espresso dichiaratamente il loro no sull’argomento. ... Continua

DEATH PENALTY: THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE AND THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF DETAINEES Elaboration of a second optional protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty ANALYSIS CONCERNING THE PROPOSITION TO ELABORATE A SECOND OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS AIMING AT THE ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY by Marc J. ... Continua

RESOLUTION 1982/30. Member Name E82r030 23rd plenary meeting 4 May 1982 Enhancement of the functioning of the Committee on Crime Prevention and Control in relation to the preparation of United Nations congresses on the prevention of crime and the treatment of offenders The Economic and Social Council, Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on preparations for the Seventh United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, Convinced of the need to make more effective the methods of work of the Committee on Crime Prevention and Control, especially in connexion with its function of preparing the United Nations congresses on the prevention of crime and the treatment of offenders, Desiring to enable the Committee to undertake its functions between sessions, in accordance with paragraph 1 (a) of Economic and Social Council resolution 1979/19 of 9 May 1979 and General Assembly resolution 32/60 of 8 December 1977, particularly in relation to its functions as a preparatory committee, 1. ... Continua