Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

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United Nations treaty international human rights treaty optional protocol

The Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights is a United Nations treaty that commits its parties to abolishing the death penalty under international human rights law.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights canonical	5
Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty	3
Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR	1
Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Nations treaty ⓘ international human rights treaty ⓘ optional protocol ⓘ
adoptedBy	United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
adoptionDate	1989-12-15 ⓘ
adoptionInstrument	United Nations General Assembly resolution 44/128 ⓘ
adoptionPlace	New York City ⓘ
aimsTo	abolish the death penalty ⓘ
allowsReservation	reservation allowing application of the death penalty in time of war for serious military crimes of a military nature ⓘ
articleCount	11 ⓘ
bindingOn	States that have ratified or acceded to it ⓘ
category	UN human rights treaties ⓘ
depositary	Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
enteredIntoForceDate	1991-07-11 ⓘ
entryIntoForceCondition	after the deposit of the tenth instrument of ratification or accession ⓘ
entryIntoForceMechanism	in accordance with Article 8 of the Protocol ⓘ
goal	progressive development of international human rights law regarding the death penalty ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
legalBasis	Article 41 of the United Nations Charter ⓘ surface form: Article 41 of the Charter of the United Nations
legalNature	multilateral treaty ⓘ
monitoringBody	Human Rights Committee ⓘ
openedForSignatureDate	1989-12-15 ⓘ
partOf	International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ
preambleRefersTo	International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ surface form: Article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights desire to enhance the protection of the right to life ⓘ recognition of the inherent dignity of the human person ⓘ
prohibits	execution of persons within the jurisdiction of a State Party ⓘ reintroduction of the death penalty by a State Party once abolished ⓘ
region	global ⓘ
relatedInstrument	First Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ
requiresFromStates	not to execute any person within their jurisdiction ⓘ to include abolition of the death penalty in domestic legislation ⓘ to take all necessary measures to abolish the death penalty within their jurisdiction ⓘ
reservationConditions	State Party making reservation must notify the Secretary-General of the United Nations of relevant provisions of its national legislation ⓘ reservation must be made at the time of ratification or accession ⓘ
scope	States Parties to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ
shortName	Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR
statusUnderInternationalLaw	legally binding for its States Parties ⓘ
subjectMatter	abolition of the death penalty ⓘ right to life ⓘ
typeOfObligation	obligation of result regarding abolition of the death penalty ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights → hasOptionalProtocol → Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ

International Bill of Human Rights → composedOf → Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ

Human Rights Committee → relatedInstrument → Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ

Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights → shortName → Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR

Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights to Abolish the Death Penalty → relatedInstrument → Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty

Optional Protocols to core human rights treaties → example → Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty

CCPR → optionalProtocolMonitored → Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty

United Nations General Assembly resolution 44/128 → subject → Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ

United Nations General Assembly resolution 44/128 → relatesTo → Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ

United Nations General Assembly resolution 44/128 → linkedInstrument → Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty