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10. Requests States that have received a request for extradition on a capital charge to
reserve explicitly the right to refuse extradition in the absence of effective assurances from relevant authorities of the requesting State that the death penalty will
not be carried out, and calls upon States to provide such effective assurances if
requested to do so, and to respect them;
11. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the Commission at its sixty-second
session, in consultation with Governments, specialized agencies and intergovernmental and non‑governmental organizations, a yearly supplement to his quinquennial report on capital punishment and implementation of the safeguards
guaranteeing protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty, paying
special attention to the imposition of the death penalty on persons younger than
18 years of age at the time of the offence and on persons suffering from any mental or intellectual disabilities;
12. Decides to continue consideration of the matter at its sixty-second session under
the same agenda item.
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
Extract from the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and
Fundamental Freedoms
Article 2
1. Everyone’s right to life shall be protected by law. No one shall be deprived of his life
intentionally save in the execution of a sentence of a court following his conviction of
a crime for which this penalty is provided by law.
2. Deprivation of life shall not be regarded as inflicted in contravention of this article
when it results from the use of force which is no more than absolutely necessary:
a. in defence of any person from unlawful violence;
b. in order to effect a lawful arrest or to prevent the escape of a person lawfully
detained;
c. in action lawfully taken for the purpose of quelling a riot or insurrection.
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