Article 1
1.
2.
No one within the jurisdiction of a State Party
to the present Protocol shall be executed.
Each State Party shall take all necessary
measures to abolish the death penalty within
its jurisdiction.
Article 2
1.
2.
3.
No reservation is admissible to the present
Protocol, except for a reservation made at the
time of ratification or accession that provides
for the application of the death penalty in time
of war pursuant to a conviction for a most
serious crime of a military nature committed
during wartime.
The State Party making such a reservation
shall at the time of ratification or accession
communicate to the Secretary-General of
the United Nations the relevant provisions
of its national legislation applicable during
wartime.
The State Party having made such a
reservation shall notify the Secretary-General
of the United Nations of any beginning
or ending of a state of war applicable to its
territory.
Article 3
The States Parties to the present Protocol shall
include in the reports they submit to the Human
Rights Committee, in accordance with article 40 of
the Covenant, information on the measures that
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