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The Death Penalty Between International Guarantees And Moroccan Law, Fatima Zahra El Hajraoui Jan 2015

The Death Penalty Between International Guarantees And Moroccan Law, Fatima Zahra El Hajraoui

Fatima Zahra El hajraoui

Abstract:

For as long as the human right to life was the main goal of international community, a number of global conventions and regional and international resolutions were aimed at reducing the death penalty. However, this does not mean that the death penalty and retribution in the Arab countries (Islamic Countries) were abolished; they were and still are a black point that stands in front of this right.

In many parts of the world, the death penalty is now understood to be a human rights violation. This understanding has led to progress in the abolition of the death penalty in …