Death penalty under international humanitarian law
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Author
Grasmane, Agate Paula
Co-author
Riga Graduate School of Law
Advisor
Miļūna, Ieva
Date
2022Metadata
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War and the practice of the death penalty are two separate occurrences started and
created by humans that make the killing of another human being lawful and justifiable.
International humanitarian law is the system of laws that is responsible for governing warfare
and protecting the people affected by war. The main legal instruments used in international
humanitarian law are the four Geneva Conventions together with their Additional Protocols
which also cover situations of the death penalty during war. The main research question of
this thesis is to find how different aspects of war influence the practice of the death penalty
and how does international humanitarian law protect persons from the death penalty during
wartime? It is concluded, that aspects like the geographical location of people impact the use
of the death penalty and treaties in place protect people from the death penalty more in theory
than in practice.