| Title: | Role of national human rights institutions in abolishing capital punishment: a critical evaluation |
| Authors: | Murthy, YSR |
| Keywords: | Capital punishment National law Death penalty National human rights institutions Human rights law |
| Issue Date: | 31-Dec-2013 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, New York |
| Citation: | Murthy, YSR. (2013). Role of national human rights institutions in abolishing capital punishment: a critical evaluation. In Hood, Roger and Deva, Surya (eds). Confronting capital punishment in Asia: human rights, politics and public opinion.: 68-89 |
| Abstract: | This chapter examines the impact of national human rights institutions (NHRIs) on law reform efforts aimed at abolishing the death penalty in the Asia Pacific region. It addresses the following questions: What, if any, has been the contribution of NHRIs in seeking to secure abolition of the death penalty? Are they protectors or pretenders? Are they catalysts for good and humane governance or are they passive bystanders? It is shown that practices of NHRIs in the region have been generally marred by restrictive mandates and lack of initiatives in the direction of harmonizing national legislation with international human rights instruments. |
| URI: | http://www.oxfordscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199685776.001.0001/acprof-9780199685776-chapter-5 http://hdl.handle.net/10739/1239 |
| ISBN: | 9780199685776 |
| Appears in Collections: | JGU Research Publications |