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175. Presentation by the Federal Chancellor concerning the scope of the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on the Abolition of the Death Penalty
According to the Communications of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the following States have ratified their instruments of ratification or ratification. Accession documents to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on the Abolition of the Death Penalty (BGBl. III. No 333/1993, last proclamation of the BGBl area. III n ° 49/2008):
States: |
Date of deposit of the Ratifications and/or Certificate of Accession: |
Argentina |
2 September 2008 |
Benin |
5 July 2012 |
Brazil |
25 September 2009 |
Chile |
26 September 2008 |
Kyrgyzstan |
6 December 2010 |
Mongolia |
13 March 2012 |
Nicaragua |
25 February 2009 |
Rwanda |
15. December 2008 |
Uzbekistan |
23 December 2008 |
On the occasion of the deposit of their instruments of ratification or The following reservations have been expressed by the following states:
Chile:
The State of Chile declares a reservation on Article 2 (1) of the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on the Abolition of the Death Penalty, and can therefore apply the death penalty in wartime, as a result of of convictions for serious military crimes committed during a war.
Brazil:
... with an express reservation on Art. 2.
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