国际人权与死刑──以国际人权法为线索的分析兼及中国的应对

国际人权法对死刑的态度经历了由放任到限制再到废除的转变。《世界人权宣言》对死刑以沉默显示放任；《公民权利与政治权利国际公约》等对死刑转向了限制；《旨在废除死刑的〈公民权利与政治权利国际公约〉第二议定书》等对死刑明令废除。中国现行死刑制度与国际人权法的要求尚存较大距离，应该采取必要的应对措施尽快缩短这一距离。

International Human Rightsand Capital Punishment

The attitude to the international human laws towards capital punishment has moved form indulging to re- stricting and abolishing. Universal Declaration of Human Rights shows it's indulging on capital punishment by keeping silence. International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights and other international documents turned to restrict capital punishment. International documents such as the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Po- litical Rights call for the abolishment of capital punishment. The current system of capital punishment in China is far from the requirements of international human laws, and it must take properly answering measures to reduce the gap.