ICCPR Second Optional Protocol Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty (1989)
- The present Protocol is open for signature by any State that has signed the Covenant.
- The present Protocol is subject to ratification by any State that has ratified the Covenant or acceded to it. Instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
- The present Protocol shall be open to accession by any State that has ratified the Covenant or acceded to it.
- Accession shall be effected by the deposit of an instrument of accession with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
- The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall inform all States that have signed the present Protocol or acceded to it of the deposit of each instrument of ratification or accession.
Quelle: United Nations
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