Not even genocide was punishable by death, the maximum punishment being 10 to 20 years' deprivation of liberty.

No one may be subjected to torture or degrading treatment.

He cited a recent case in which an individual who was an illegal immigrant and was wanted for a capital crime in his home country had been ordered to be deported by the Mauritian courts.

The State party finds it highly improbable that a person wanted by the police for a capital offence could have a new passport issued and take off from Karachi airport without incident.

All the responding retentionist countries stated that the law prohibited the execution of persons who had committed a capital offence when under the age of 18.

Mr. BOBOHONOV (Tajikistan) said that forced marriage was punishable by law.

Three of these, Egypt, Thailand and Pakistan, filled out the part of the questionnaire dealing with safeguards, disregarding the part related to the offences for which the death penalty could be or was imposed and the number of executions carried out. This is an even lower response rate than that obtained for the fifth and sixth quinquennial surveys.

(11) The offence for which extradition is requested is punishable by the death penalty under the law of the foreign State, whereas the death penalty is not imposed for such an offence under the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus, and if the foreign State has not provided assurances that the death sentence will not be passed, or, if it is passed, that it will not be carried out

A death row prisoner can request a retrial, but in the course of this procedure the Court examines only if there is new and obvious evidence, which proves the applicant's innocence, or that the crime he she committed deserves a lighter sentence  .

Article 92. All acts of terrorism are subject to the death penalty.

In response to the question as to why capital punishment had not been abolished for ordinary crimes in Japan, the official response stated The majority of people in Japan recognize the death penalty as a necessary punishment for grievous crimes.

the person is guilty of an offence punishable on conviction by imprisonment for not more than 8 years.

Rape is a crime in Brazil punishable with six to ten years of jail time.

The death penalty was extended to an environmental offence when, at the end of 1999, the United Arab Emirates made it a capital offence to import banned materials or nuclear waste and to dump or store them in the country.

the first mentioned person is guilty of an offence punishable on conviction by imprisonment for not more than 8 years

The Committee recommends that the State party recognize participation in organizations promoting and inciting racial discrimination as a punishable offence.

Running away from home is considered a crime in some jurisdictions, but it is usually a status offense punished with probation, or not punished at all.

Amnesty International, Death Penalty Developments 2001, AI Index ACT 50 001 2001 and Hands Off Cain 2004 Report, pp. 83 85.

This Act makes it an offence punishable with life imprisonment to cause a nuclear weapon test explosion or any other nuclear explosion.

Thus, article 36 of the Constitution stipulates No one may be subjected to torture or degrading treatment. Torture is an offence which is punishable by law.

Any banker who reveals details of his clients affairs to unauthorized third parties is committing a criminal offense in Switzerland.

Failure to comply with any such order was an arrestable offence punishable by a fine of up to 1,000 and imprisonment for up to two years.

Cuba amended its Criminal Code in 1999 to make aggravated robbery, corruption of minors and serious cases of drug trafficking capital offences, but apparently only to be enforced in respect of the most serious crimes (see E CN.4 2000 3 Add.1, para.

The judge later sentenced her to death.

Using the Internet for long distance calling is illegal, punishable by jail or fine according to the article 72 of the telecommunications law issued in 2003.

In a direct request of 2004, the Committee noted with interest that section 19 of the Act on Violence against Women and the Family establishes sexual harassment as an offence punishable by imprisonment.

They had not committed any offences or acts which are punishable by law.

(b) Sanctions on citizens of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea who have been repatriated from abroad, such as treating their departure as treason leading to punishments of internment, torture, inhuman or degrading treatment or the death penalty

Failure by any person, employer or authority of rank having knowledge of an occurrence of this kind to take remedial action or prevent any recurrence, is an offence punishable by a fine.

This means that if a person is punished for a political or ideological crime, members of his or her family are also punished.

Consequently, the preference must be to treat terrorism as criminal acts to be handled through existing systems of law enforcement and with full respect for human rights and the rule of law.

Bolivia does not have a specific law against terrorism, a social scourge which is a crime punishable under the Criminal Code in force (article 133 on Crimes against public order ).

It is many years since a judicial execution has been carried out in any of these countries for a crime against the State, under special emergency laws, or for a military offence.

3. Also stresses the need to treat all forms of violence against women and girls of all ages as a criminal offence punishable by law, including violence based on all forms of discrimination

(b) Declaring illegal and prohibited organizations and organized and all other propaganda activities that promote and incite racial discrimination, and recognizing participation in such organizations or activities as an offence punishable by law

Parties to the 1988 Convention are required to establish money laundering as a punishable offence and to adopt the measures necessary to enable the authorities to identify, trace and freeze or seize the proceeds of drug trafficking.

Hatred, after all, is not a punishable crime.

Murder is a severe crime, punishable by life imprisonment.

Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide

Action taken by the Council

In Brazil, the punishment for rape is outlined in Article 213 of the Brazilian Penal Code.

(d) To declare illegal and prohibit organizations and organized and all other propaganda activities that promote and incite racial discrimination and to recognize participation in such organizations or activities as an offence punishable by law

International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid.

International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid.

2005 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide