6. While it follows from article 6 (2) to
pornography
(6) that State parties are not obliged
do
to
crime.”
abolish
the
death
penalty
totally
not
and
narcotics
constitute
“a
offences
most
serious
they are obliged to limit its use and, in
particular,
than
to
the
abolish
“most
Accordingly,
they
it for
the
serious
ought
other
crimes”.
to
consider
in
restrict
any
the
event,
are
application
obliged
of
the
in Kennedy
Trinidad
“most
crime”
&
Tobago,
is one
a
which
serious
carries fatal or a
to
In
death
its
Concluding
Observations
for
Kuwait (UN Doc CCPR/C/KWT/CO/2 (18
penalty to the “most serious crimes” ...
November
2011)),
7. The Committee is of the opinion that
expressed
the
the
drug-related offences were not “most
expression
“most
serious
crimes”
must be read restrictively to mean
the
death
penalty
should
be
the
a quite
6.
firm
Similarly,
in
Observations
stated
for
that
Sri
of the ICCPR, as interpreted by the HRC,
meaning of Article 6.
only
imposed
be
with
penalty
respect
not
“serious
Concluding
Lanka,
to the
also establishes
the
the HRC
concluded
been
death
crimes against the person falling short
financial
within
Further, in Luboto v. Zambia,
petitioner
doubt that property offences,
murder,
HRC
offences”
crimes”
that
there
had
violation of Article 6(2)
beyond
the
may
most serious crimes.
The work of the HRC
that
of Article
“drug-related
were
that the death
view
its
It is clearly beyond doubt that Article 6
requires
Committee
serious” within the meaning
that
exceptional measure.
of
v.
similarly grave consequence.
reviewing their criminal laws in this light,
and
In the view of the HRC
crimes,
29
had
under
been
a
a
because
the
sentenced
to
imposing
a
law
mandatory
sentence
of
death
for
aggravated
robbery in which firearms