新聞稿：世界反死刑聯盟努力促成廢除死刑成為世界上不可逆轉之潮流

世界反死刑聯盟努力促成廢除死刑成為世界上不可逆轉之潮流 

世界反死刑聯盟新聞稿   即時發布 ：2009年12月15日

20年來，聯合國廢除死刑議定書是唯一用以禁止處決和確保對所有罪行全面廢除死刑的全球普遍性條約。世界反死刑聯盟呼籲所有廢除死刑的國家盡快簽署這項議定書，因為死刑是無用的懲罰並且是殘忍、不人道與有辱人格的對待。

2009年12月15日，聯合國廢除死刑議定書慶祝其20週年，聯合國192個會員國，有164個國家簽署了公民與政治權利國際公約，有72個國家簽署了旨在廢除死刑的公民與政治權利國際公約第二任擇議定書。 

這項運動獲得«議定書之友»，如智利、法國及西班牙的正式支持，支持對公民社會的倡導事務。 

10個國家預計將盡快簽署這議定書：亞美尼亞，浦隆地，象牙海岸，薩爾瓦多，哈薩克，吉爾吉斯坦，拉脫維亞，模里西斯，波蘭和多明尼加共和國，他們的簽署將強化自己在廢除死刑國家陣營中的地位。這些國家已經在法律上廢除死刑並且於2007年及2008年在聯合國關於停止執行死刑的決議中投贊成票。

在已經簽署這項議定書的國家中，共有8個非洲國家，包括南非和盧安達，14個美洲大陸國家，包括巴西、加拿大與墨西哥，8個亞洲和大洋洲國家，其中包括澳洲及菲律賓，以及42個歐洲國家。

旨在廢除死刑的公民與政治權利國際公約第二任擇議定書，於1989年12月15日在聯合國大會中通過。 

聯絡人： Aurélie Plaçais [email protected]  33 1 80 87 70 43

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 15 December 2009

The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty strives to achieve irreversible worldwide abolition

World Coalition Against the Death Penalty Press Release 

For 20 years, the United Nations Protocol to abolish the death penalty has been the only universal treaty of worldwide scope to prohibit executions and secure universal abolition of the death penalty for all crimes. The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty calls on all abolitionist countries to ratify this Protocol because death penalty is a useless punishment and a cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment.

On December 15, 2009, the UN Protocol to abolish the death penalty celebrates its 20^th anniversary. 72 States have ratified the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights(ICCPR), aiming at the abolition of the death penalty by the 192 state members of the United Nations and the 164 countries which have ratified the ICCPR .

Because 139 countries around the world have already abolished the death penalty in law or in practice, the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty works to ensure that this treaty becomes the international standard that prohibits the death penalty all over the world. It launched a campaign for the ratification of the Protocol in October 2009 at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva.

The campaign is officially supported by « Friends of the Protocol » such as Chile, France, and Spain, which support the work of advocacy of civil society.

Ten countries are expected to ratify the Protocol as soon as possible. Their ratification will strengthen their position within the abolitionist family of nations: Armenia, Burundi, Côte d'Ivoire, El Salvador, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Mauritius, Poland and the Dominican Republic.
These countries are already abolitionist in law and voted in favor of UN Resolution for a moratorium on the application of the death penalty in 2007 and 2008. 

Among countries that have ratified the Protocol, there are 8 African states, including South Africa and Rwanda; there are 14 on the American continent, including Brazil, Canada and Mexico, 8 in Asia and Oceania, including Australia and the Philippines and 42 in Europe.

The Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), aiming at the abolition of the death penalty was adopted by the General Assembly of UN on December 15, 1989. 

Contact: Aurélie Plaçais [email protected]  +33 1 80 87 70 43