(g) Anyone sentenced to death shall have the right to seek pardon, or commutation of sentence pardon or commutation of sentence may be granted in all cases of capital punishment

Subsequently, an international campaign led to commutation of the sentence to life imprisonment.

2. Raised interest rate for lump sum commutation from 4 to 4.5 per cent.

(b) New Unisex mortality table for determining lump sum commutation (paras. 59 to 72)

As an interim measure, TRC also recommended a moratorium on and commutation of all death sentences.

During the same period, 54 persons had their sentences overturned on appeal or through the commutation process.

He felt that most inmates viewed the possibility of commutation favourably, even if it involved a long wait.

(a) The supervision of the enforcement of sentences, the early release of convicts, the commutation of sentences and pardons

After the Supreme Court, there was also the possibility of an appeal to the King for commutation of the sentence.

The Committee concluded that the author was entitled to an appropriate remedy, including commutation of his death sentence. In case No.

3. Whenever any pardon or commutation of sentence proceedings are initiated, the Ministry of Justice shall so inform the International Tribunal, since no decision can be taken until the International Tribunal rules on the matter, and the pardon or commutation may be denied if the International Tribunal so decides.

In the case of imprisonment, persons being detained must be allowed to pay the respective fine in commutation of such imprisonment. quot

26. The final part of the draft Statute, Part 7, dealt with recognition of judgements, enforcement of sentences, pardon, parole and commutation of sentences.

This would include addressing such issues as enforcement of sentences, early release, commutation of sentences, monitoring the treatment of prisoners to ensure their human rights, etc.

They also noted that many participants had to elect the lump sum commutation option in order to meet the costs they would incur in relocating upon retirement.

Further, in view of the commutation of Mr. Arutyuniantz's death sentence, there is no longer any factual basis for the author's claim under article 6 of the Covenant.

Pursuant to article 2, paragraph 3 (a) of the Covenant, the Committee concludes that the author is entitled to an appropriate remedy including commutation of his death sentence.

The countries provided explanations on the specific procedures to be followed in most countries a request for pardon or commutation was automatically forwarded to the relevant person body.

As a member of the Bureau, the President considered applications from the defence for the disqualification of judges and applications from two convicted prisoners for commutation of their sentences.

In accordance with article 2, paragraph 3 (a), of the Covenant, the State party is under an obligation to provide Mr. Deolall with an effective remedy, including release or commutation.

However, in December 2001 the President of Pakistan announced the commutation of the death sentences imposed on all 125 young offenders before the Juvenile Justice System Ordinance came into force.

The Consulting Actuary estimated that a new Unisex Mortality Table for commutation purposes, as applied to future service, would increase the required contribution rate by about 0.10 per cent of pensionable remuneration.

Turning to the issue of the average time inmates spent waiting on death row, he said that generally speaking two to five years elapsed between sentencing and execution or commutation of the sentence.

He stressed that the right to life and the right to seek pardon or commutation of a death sentence were fundamental rights guaranteed under article 6, paragraphs 1 and 4, of the Covenant.

In May 2004, Kelsey Patterson was executed in Texas for double murder, despite having suffered from paranoid schizophrenia since 1981 and having been recommended for commutation of sentence by the Texas Board of Pardons.

Not all the responding retentionist countries stated that they abided by the eighth safeguard guaranteeing that no person would be executed pending any appeal or other recourse procedures, including pardon or commutation of sentence.

(c) Commutation of the death sentence would be an appropriate remedy for the violations suffered by the author during the course of the police investigations, namely beatings by the police and denial of access to counsel

It notes that, whilst the State party has provided comments on the author's case and conviction, including information about the commutation of the death sentence, it has not provided any information about the claims made by the author.

In further observations dated 27 December 2001, the State party encloses a memorandum from the President of the Supreme Court, which lists the offences of which the author was convicted, the original sentence imposed and its subsequent commutation.

Cooperation from an accused will also be taken into account by the Chambers as a mitigating factor in sentencing (rule 101), as well as by the President for the purpose of granting pardon or commutation of sentence (rule 125).

Finally, it should be noted that the rules of procedure and evidence provide that the Registry is also required to fulfil certain functions in relation to appellate proceedings, review proceedings and with respect to pardon and commutation of sentences.

However, they proposed that the Committee of Actuaries should present, for consideration and approval by the Standing Committee next year, an updated Unisex Mortality Table for commutation purposes, which would reflect the longevity assumptions used in the latest valuation.

(c) The benefit may be commuted by the participant into a lump sum if the rate of the benefit at the normal retirement age is less than 300 dollars. Such commutation shall be equivalent to the full actuarial value of the benefit.

quot 7. Whenever the standard annual rate of a retirement or disability benefit under the Fund apos s Regulations, before any commutation, is less than the highest dollar amount in the applicable table below, the benefit shall be subject to a special adjustment as follows

The 6 per cent interest rate for lump sum commutations was adopted by those plans as a compromise, intended to be neither so high as to discourage participants from availing themselves of the commutation option, nor so low as to cause an actuarial loss.

7. Whenever the standard annual rate of a retirement or disability benefit under the Fund apos s Regulations, before any commutation, is less than the highest dollar amount in the applicable table below, the benefit shall be subject to a special adjustment as follows

2. Approves, with effect from 1 April 2003, amendments to articles 28 (g), 30 (c) and 34 (f), of the Regulations of the Fund, as set out in the annex to the present resolution, to increase the ceilings applicable in the commutation of the minimum benefit

(3) The Committee notes with appreciation the decrease in the number of crimes punishable by the death penalty and the moratorium of April 2004 on the imposition and execution of death sentences, as well as the commutation of all existing death sentences in the State party.

(d) Not to impose the death penalty for any but the most serious crimes and only pursuant to a final judgement rendered by an independent and impartial competent court, and to ensure the right to a fair trial and the right to seek pardon or commutation of sentence

(d) Not to impose the death penalty for any but the most serious crimes and only pursuant to a final judgement rendered by an independent and impartial competent court, and to ensure the right to a fair trial and the right to seek pardon or commutation of sentence

912 2000 (Deolall v. Guyana), the Committee found violations of articles 6 and 14, paragraphs 1 and 3 (g), and decided that the State party was under an obligation to provide the author with an effective remedy, including release or commutation of the death sentence. In case No.

(c) Commutation of the death sentence would be an appropriate remedy for the violations suffered by the author during the course of the police investigations, namely, beatings by the police, denial of access to counsel and detention by the police for an unnecessarily long period before being taken before a court

The Committee of Actuaries had not yet had the opportunity to construct an updated Unisex Mortality Table based on the recent changes in mortality rates, which could then be utilized for commutation purposes with respect to contributory service performed after adoption by the Board of the new Unisex Mortality Table.

The automatic commutation or reduction to reclusion perpetua of any death penalty extant as of the effectivity of the Constitution clearly recognizes that, while the conviction of an accused for a capital crime remains, death as penalty ceased to exist in our penal laws and thus may no longer be carried out.

All the retentionist countries that responded to this section of the seventh questionnaire (Bahrain, Egypt, Japan, Morocco, the Philippines, Thailand and Trinidad and Tobago) stated that all persons sentenced to death had the right to seek a pardon or commutation of sentence, as did two countries that were abolitionist for ordinary crimes El Salvador and Mexico.