Human-rights group calls on Caribbean to abolish death penalty

WASHINGTON (CMC):

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) yesterday urged Caribbean countries that still have the death penalty to abolish it, or at least to impose a moratorium on its application. In a message marking International Day against the Death Penalty, the IACHR said regional instruments for protection of human rights do not prohibit per se the imposition of the death penalty, but they establish specific restrictions and prohibitions regarding its application.