THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1998 SCHEDULE 1 PART III THE SIXTH PROTOCOL | EUROPEAN CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS.

HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1998 - SCHEDULE 1 Part III The Sixth Protocol

S C H E D U L E S

Schedule 1 continued

THE ARTICLES

PART III

THE CONVENTION

	THE SIXTH PROTOCOL
	ARTICLE 1
	ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY
	The death penalty shall be abolished. No one shall be condemned to such penalty or executed.
	ARTICLE 2
	DEATH PENALTY IN TIME OF WAR
	A State may make provision in its law for the death penalty in respect of acts committed in time of war or of imminent threat of war; such penalty shall be applied only in the instances laid down in the law and in accordance with its provisions. The State shall communicate to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe the relevant provisions of that law.