Protocol No. 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights

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Council of Europe treaty international human rights treaty protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights

Protocol No. 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights is an additional treaty that abolishes the death penalty in all circumstances, including in times of war, for its signatory states.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Article 1 of Protocol No. 13 (abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances)	1
Protocol No. 13 ECHR	1
Protocol No. 13 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, concerning the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances	1
Protocol No. 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Council of Europe treaty ⓘ international human rights treaty ⓘ protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights ⓘ
adoptedAt	Vilnius ⓘ
adoptedBy	Council of Europe ⓘ
adoptionDate	2002-05-03 ⓘ
aimsTo	promote abolition of capital punishment in Europe ⓘ strengthen the protection of the right to life ⓘ
article	Article 1 – Abolition of the death penalty ⓘ Article 2 – Prohibition of derogations ⓘ Article 3 – Prohibition of reservations ⓘ
articleCount	3 ⓘ
basedOnPrinciple	inviolability of human dignity ⓘ right to life ⓘ
category	human rights law ⓘ international criminal justice and punishment ⓘ
conditionForEntryIntoForce	ratification by a minimum number of Council of Europe member states ⓘ
differenceFrom	Protocol No. 6 allows death penalty in time of war, Protocol No. 13 abolishes it in all circumstances ⓘ
enteredIntoForce	2003-07-01 ⓘ
fullName	Protocol No. 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Protocol No. 13 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, concerning the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances
geopoliticalContext	European human rights protection system ⓘ
guardianInstitution	European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
language	English ⓘ French ⓘ
legalEffect	abolishes the death penalty in all circumstances ⓘ
legalNature	optional protocol ⓘ
legalStatus	binding on states that have ratified it ⓘ
monitoredBy	Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ
negotiatedWithin	Council of Europe framework ⓘ
openedForSignature	2002-05-03 ⓘ
partOf	European Convention on Human Rights ⓘ surface form: European Convention on Human Rights treaty system
prohibits	carrying out of death sentences by states parties ⓘ execution of any person by a state party ⓘ imposition of the death penalty by member states that have ratified it ⓘ sentencing to death by courts of states parties ⓘ
prohibitsDerogation	Article 15 of the European Convention on Human Rights cannot be used to derogate from Protocol No. 13 ⓘ
prohibitsReservations	no reservations may be made to the provisions of Protocol No. 13 ⓘ
regionalScope	Council of Europe member states ⓘ
relatedTo	Protocol No. 6 to the European Convention on Human Rights ⓘ
requires	states parties must abolish the death penalty in their domestic law ⓘ states parties must not reintroduce the death penalty ⓘ
scope	applies in all situations including public emergencies ⓘ prohibits the death penalty in all circumstances including in time of war ⓘ
shortName	Protocol No. 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Protocol No. 13 ECHR
signatories	Council of Europe member states eligible to sign ⓘ
subject	abolition of the death penalty ⓘ
temporalScope	applies in peacetime and wartime ⓘ
typeOfAbolition	total abolition of the death penalty ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

European Convention on Human Rights → hasProtocol → Protocol No. 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights ⓘ

Protocol No. 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights → fullName → Protocol No. 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protocol No. 13 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, concerning the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances

Protocol No. 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights → shortName → Protocol No. 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protocol No. 13 ECHR

Schedule 1: The Articles of the European Convention on Human Rights → contains → Protocol No. 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights ⓘ

this entity surface form: Article 1 of Protocol No. 13 (abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances)