UCLA Does Customary International Law Prohibit the Death Penalty Discussion
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You have been contacted by Hands Off Cain, an international NGO whose goal is to abolish death penalty worldwide, to write a maximum 1,000 word legal memo for their Board on the legality of death penalty as a matter of international law. Specifically, they want to know whether customary international law prohibits death penalty. If it does not, they want to know whether death penalty at least is prohibited in the western hemisphere as a matter of regional customary international law.
- Consider the following Fact and Figures page prepared by Amnesty International: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/05/death-penalty-2021-facts-and-figures/
- As to the U.S., consider the following Information Sheet prepared by the Death Penalty Information center: https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/facts-and-research/dpic-reports/dpic-year-end-reports/the-death-penalty-in-2022-year-end-report
- Consider also the following information provided by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights: https://www.ohchr.org/en/topic/death-penalty
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