TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................... 3
PREAMBLE ............................................................................................................................. 3
1.
International human rights law and standards ......................................................... 5
2.
Recommendations to Forum Member States........................................................... 10
(i)
Australia............................................................................................................. 10
(ii)
Fiji....................................................................................................................... 10
(iii)
India ................................................................................................................... 11
(iv)
Indonesia ............................................................................................................ 12
(v)
Nepal................................................................................................................... 12
(vi)
New Zealand ...................................................................................................... 13
(vii)
Philippines ......................................................................................................... 13
(viii)
Sri Lanka ........................................................................................................... 14
ANNEXURES ......................................................................................................................... 16
1
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ............................................. 16
2
Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights Aiming at the Abolition of the Death Penalty .............................................. 19
3
General Comment on Article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and
Political Rights (General Comment 6(16)) ............................................................... 21
4
Safeguards Guaranteeing Protection of the Rights of Those Facing the Death
Penalty – (ESC Res. 1984/50. Subsequently endorsed by GA Res. 39/118) .......... 23
5
Convention on the Rights of the Child ..................................................................... 24
6
Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment ............................................................................................................. 25
2