ABSTRACT: Information for the campaign for the introduction of bills or resolutions aimed at abolishing capital punishment in the States that maintain it.

("HANDS OFF CAIN", 1 February 1994)

Our campaign includes the introduction of bills or resolutions aiming to abolish capital punishment in the States that maintain it. It is important to gather not only information, but also the copy of the texts of the bills in force and of the draft bills of the country you decide to adopt. It may be useful to know the names of the rapporteurs and of the first signatories of the bills and of the presidents of the competent commissions.

You will also need the following information:

. laws relative to capital punishment provided by the

Constitution, the (ordinary and military) penal code or by any

special laws;

. for how many and which crimes it is applied;

. which limitations are envisioned; for instance, against women,

minors, old, etc;

. what are the forms of revision of the capital sentences (appeal,

pardon, etc);

. whether moratoriums are in effect on the sentences or capital

executions;

. whether Parliament is developing proposals to change the penal

rules that concern the death penalty both in an abolitionist

sense and for its reintroduction;

. whether Parliament is developing proposals for the ratification

of the International Conventions, namely of "International

Convention on Civil and Political Rights" and relative "Second

optional Protocol"; "European Convention on Human Rights" and

relative "Sixth Additional Protocol".

Emilio Vesce is actively engaged in the adoption of Serbia by the Veneto region.