Values
- Authors: Helen Prejean, Mario Marazziti, Nigel S. Rodley, Christof Heyns, Thomas Probert and Paul Jacob Bhatti
- Main Title: Moving Away from the Death Penalty , pp 184-233
- Publication Date: December 2015
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.18356/3afa355b-en
- Language: English
This chapter, which focuses on values, contains articles by a Catholic nun who works with prisoners on death row, two authors active in both civil society and politics and two experts in human rights. Sister Helen demonstrates the fruitlessness of the death penalty from the perspective of the healing process for family members of the victims. Marazziti finds arguments against the death penalty in the world’s religions, while Bhatti warns of its social and political dangers. Rodley describes the evolution of Human Rights Committee’s jurisprudence on the death penalty, while Heyns focuses on the right to life and the way that the UN and regional bodies increasingly interpret it to reduce the scope of the death penalty.
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ISBN (PDF):
9789210575898
Book DOI:
https://doi.org/10.18356/2bdca678-en
Related Subject(s):
Human Rights and Refugees
Sustainable Development Goals:
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