Spring 2004
The Future of Capital Punishment: Current Policies and New Debates

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International Issues, Facts, and Perspectives

American Convention on Human Rights, Organization of American States

Breard v. Greene, 523 U.S. 371 (1997)
May a Paraguayan national receive a stay of execution because he was not informed of his treaty rights under the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations?

Convention on the Rights of the Child, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

“Death Penalty Facts: A Violation of Human Rights.” Amnesty International USA Program to Abolish the Death Penalty.
Overview of United Nations actions over the Death Penalty.

“European Union Seeks Worldwide Abolition.” American Civil Liberties Union Freedom Network, July 5, 2000.

“Human Rights Watch World Report 1999: United States: Human Rights Developments.” Human Rights Watch.

“Human Rights Watch World Report 2000: United States.” Human Rights Watch.

"Human Rights Watch World Report 2001: United States. Human Rights Watch.

"Human Rights Watch World Report 2002: United States." Human Rights Watch

"Human Rights Watch World Report 2003: United States." Human Rights Watch

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

“International Law and Death Penalty.” Justice Talking.
Produced by the University of Pennsylvania Annenberg Public Policy Center, Justice Talking is a one-hour radio program that takes an in-depth look at the cases and controversies that come before our nation’s courts.

“International Perspectives on the Death Penalty: A Costly Isolation for the U.S.” by Richard C. Dieter. Death Penalty Information Center, October 1999.

“U.S. Bid to Execute Mexican Draws Fire” by Raymond Bonner. The New York Times on the Web, October 30, 2000.

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