A/67/279
(d) To improve conditions on death row in accordance with international
standards, such as the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners
and the Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of
Detention or Imprisonment; all persons deprived of their liberty must be
treated with humanity and with respect for the inherent dignity of the human
person, as protected by article 10, paragraph 1, of the International Covenant
on Civil and Political Rights;
(e) To use solitary confinement on death row only in accordance with the
recommendations made in his previous report to the General Assembly
(A/66/268);
(f) To respect the rights of the families and relatives of persons
sentenced to death.
81. In accordance with article 3 of the Convention against Torture and further
customary law, the Special Rapporteur calls upon all States not to expel, return
or extradite a person to another State where there are substantial grounds for
believing that there is a danger of the person being sentenced to death and
subsequently subjected to detention on death row, severe mental or physical
suffering or executed in a manner inconsistent with the prohibition of torture
and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.
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