Feb. 26
TURKEY: Turkey Ratifies Protocol Abolishing Death Sentence Turkey has ratified the Protocol No. 13 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms Concerning the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances. Turkey signed the protocol on January 9th, 2004 by taking into consideration the Protocol No. 6. -PROTOCOL NO.6- Turkey signed the Protocol No.6 to the Convention, concerning the Abolition of the Death Penalty, on January 15th, 2003, and approved it on December 12th, 2003. Protocol No. 6 to the Convention does not exclude the death penalty in respect of acts committed in time of war or of imminent threat of war. Under the Protocol No. 13, the death penalty shall be abolished and no one shall be condemned to such penalty or executed. No derogation from the provisions of this Protocol shall be made under Article 15 of the Convention, and no reservation may be made under Article 57 of the Convention in respect of the provisions of this Protocol. Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia have not signed the Protocol No. 13 while Albania, France, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Moldova, Poland and Spain have not ratified the protocol although they signed it. (source: The Anatolian Times)
