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A-53: PROTOCOL TO THE
AMERICAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
TO
ABOLISH THE DEATH PENALTY
(Adopted at
Asunción, Paraguay, on June 8, 1990, at the
twentieth
regular session of the General Assembly)
ENTRY INTO
FORCE: August 28, 1991
DEPOSITORY: OAS General
Secretariat (Original instrument and
ratifications).
TEXT: OAS, Treaty Series, Nº 73.
UN
REGISTRATION:
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SIGNATORY COUNTRIES |
SIGNATURE |
RATIFICATION/
ACCESSION |
DEPOSIT |
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Antigua and Barbuda |
/ / |
/ / |
/ / |
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Argentina |
12/12/06 |
06/18/08 |
09/05/09 RA |
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Bahamas |
/ / |
/ / |
/ / |
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Barbados |
/ / |
/ / |
/ / |
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Belize |
/ / |
/ / |
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Bolivia |
/ / |
/ / |
/ / |
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Brazil1 |
06/07/94 |
07/31/96 |
08/13/96 RA |
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Canada |
/ / |
/ / |
/ / |
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Chile2 |
09/10/01 |
08/04/08 |
10/16/08 RA |
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Colombia |
|
/ / |
/ / |
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Costa Rica |
10/28/91 |
03/30/98 |
05/26/98 RA |
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Dominica |
/ / |
/ / |
/ / |
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Dominican Republic |
/ / |
/ / |
/ / |
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Ecuador |
08/27/90 |
02/05/98 |
04/15/98 RA |
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El Salvador |
/ / |
/ / |
/ / |
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Grenada |
/ / |
/ / |
/ / |
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Guatemala |
/ / |
/ / |
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Guyana |
/ / |
/ / |
/ / |
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Haiti |
/ / |
/ / |
/ / |
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Honduras |
/ / |
09/14/11 |
11/10/11 AC |
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Jamaica |
/ / |
/ / |
/ / |
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Mexico |
/ / |
06/28/07 |
08/20/07 AD |
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Nicaragua |
08/30/90 |
03/24/99 |
11/09/99 RA |
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Panama |
11/26/90 |
06/27/91 |
08/28/91 RA |
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Paraguay |
06/08/99 |
10/31/00 |
12/07/00 RA |
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Peru |
/ / |
/ / |
/ / |
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St. Kitts and Nevis |
/ / |
/ / |
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St. Lucia |
/ / |
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St. Vincent and the
Grenadines |
/ / |
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Suriname |
/ / |
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Trinidad and Tobago |
/ / |
/ / |
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United States |
/ / |
/ / |
/ / |
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Uruguay |
10/02/90 |
02/08/94 |
04/04/94 RA |
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Venezuela |
09/25/90 |
08/24/92 |
10/06/93 RA |
DECLARATIONS/RESERVATIONS/DENUNCIATIONS/WITHDRAWALS
REF =
REFERENCE INST = TYPE OF INSTRUMENT
D =
DECLARATION RA = RATIFICATION
R =
RESERVATION AC = RECOGNITION
AD = ACCESSION
1.
Brazil:
In ratifying the Protocol to
Abolish the Death Penalty, adopted in Asunción on June 8, 1990, make hereby, in
compliance with constitutional requirements, a reservation under the terms of
Article 2 of the said Protocol, which guarantees states parties the right to
apply the death penalty in wartime in accordance with international law, for
extremely serious crimes of a military nature.
2. Chile:
"The State
of Chile makes the reservation authorized under Article 2.1 of the Protocol to
the American Convention on Human Rights to Abolish the Death Penalty and may,
therefore, apply the death penalty in wartime in accordance with international
law, for extremely serious crimes of a military nature.”
BASIC DOCUMENTS PERTAINING TO HUMAN RIGHTS
IN THE INTER-AMERICAN SYSTEM
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