(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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

(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.

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

(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

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.