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Other Decisions Decision C 204 (24/09/2009)

Authority: American Commission on Human rights

Date: 09/24/2009

Subject: The case concerns the analysis of Section 2 of the Offences Against the Person Act which, for the crime of homicide, provides compulsory death sentence. According to the Court, such norm violates arbitrarily the right to life, because it does not allow to personalize the decision on the basis of the actual circumstances of the crime and is therefore in contrast with article 2 of the Interamerican Convention of Human Rights, since in fact it limits the possibility to enjoy the rights provided by the aforesaid Convention

Parties: Dacosta Cadogan c/ Barbados

Original language: English

Classification: Dignity - Art. 1 Human dignity - Art. 2 Right to life - Art. 3 Physical and mental integrity - Justice - Art. 47 Right to an effective remedy before a tribunal - Fair trial, public hearing - General provisions - Art. 52 Scope of guaranteed rights

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