死刑废止之路新发展的全球考察

本文的目的是将死刑废止的新发展置于国际背景之下并进行相关论述,证明一种新的对抗态势正在发挥作用,并已在过去20年间大幅增加了废除死刑国家的数量,而这样的国家目前在世界上占明显多数。各国废除死刑的途径、从保留死刑到废除死刑的速度、相关的政治进程以及用以替代死刑的刑罚都将予以讨论。

Developments on the Road to Abolition of the Death Penalty a Worldwide Perspective

Since I was first invited to China in 2000 by the Foreign Ministry of the People's Republic of China as members of the British Foreign Secretary's Death Penalty Advisory Panel,I have witnessed a transformation in the debate on the reform of the death penalty in your country.Where once international meetings were characterised by a vigorous defence of China's then death penalty policy,with only a few concessions to the need for reform,the last few years have witnessed a distinct change in the discourse,evide...