Principles against Executions

Authors

David Weissbrodt, University of Minnesota Law SchoolFollow
Terri Rosen

Publication

Hamline Law Review

Volume

13

Page

579

Year

1990

Abstract

The right to be free from extra-legal, arbitrary, or summary ex- ecutions is recognized in a number of international human rights in- struments. Such killings violate article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,' which provides that "every human being has the inherent right to life. This right shall be protected by law. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his life."

Comments

Expanded version of article published at 5 Amnesty International-USA Legal Support Network Newsletter (Fall/Winter 1988).

Recommended Citation

David Weissbrodt and Terri Rosen, Principles against Executions, 13 Hamline L. Rev. 579 (1990), available at https://scholarship.law.umn.edu/faculty_articles/364.