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The death penalty is not mandatory and it may only be imposed on adults convicted of murder without extenuating circumstances and treason.

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A doping violation involving such substances may result in a reduced sanction provided that the “… Athlete can establish that the Use of such a specified substance was not intended to enhance sport performance

The author discusses such remedies in relation to a wide range of ailments, from minor dermatological problems and stomach upsets to serious diseases of the heart, kidneys, and liver.

In the U.S., thanks to determined work by JDI and other human rights advocates, public attitudes about rape in prison have started to shift away from flippant, ill-informed stereotypes and toward a broader recognition that this abuse is a human rights violation.

That article had mitigated the sentences of people who claimed they killed or injured their wife, daughter or other relative to protect the family honour.169 The Lebanese courts almost invariably refused to accept the alleged notion of honour to justify these crimes, and article 562 was rarely used by the judges.170 Nevertheless, women‘s organizations in Lebanon argued that enacting a comprehensive law for the protection of women from family violence was an effective strategy to prevent killings of women in the first place.171 97.

The reform of the Turkish Penal Code in 2004 removed provisions that imposed lesser, or no, penalties in cases of violence against unmarried or non-virgin women and now ensures that the legislation protects all women equally.

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States parties should therefore regularly review procedures with a view to avoiding duplication and to reducing the regulatory burden on citizens seeking information or services from the State.

As a result, the Panel on Tropical Cyclones would have more important roles to play, through its intergovernmental process, in promoting measures to improve warning systems, disseminating technical information on research, and improving forecast-related operations to mitigate the socioeconomic impact of tropical cyclone-related disasters.

Marine science and its supporting technologies, through improving knowledge and applying it to management and decision-making, can make a major contribution to eliminating poverty; ensuring food security; supporting human economic activity; conserving the world’s marine environment; helping to predict, mitigate the effects of and respond to natural events and disasters; and generally promoting the use of the oceans and their resources for the objective of sustainable development (see A/56/121, para. 3).

Equally relevant are the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, article 12, concerning the obligation of States to eliminate discrimination against women in health care; the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, article 25 (b), which requires that health services be “designed to minimize and prevent further disabilities, including among children and older persons”; and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, article 7, which prohibits torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment and includes the prohibition of medical or scientific experimentation without free consent.

It focuses on the conclusions and recommendations of the expert group meeting which, among other things, called upon: the United Nations system, Member States and indigenous peoples’ organizations to recognize the rights and special needs of indigenous women and girls; Member States to adopt measures, in conjunction with indigenous peoples, to ensure that indigenous women and girls enjoy the full protection and guarantees against all forms of violence and discrimination; the United Nations system to support efforts and initiatives that provide support and protection to indigenous women and girls; and indigenous communities to consider seriously the problem of violence against indigenous women and girls in their communities through ways that include the recognition and dismantling of existing patriarchal social relations, the elimination of discriminatory policies and a continuous commitment to indigenous women’s rights in all indigenous institutions and at all levels.

The inordinate length of translation times, especially in cases of selfrepresented appellants, calls for greater explanation than suitable for a report of this size, but it can be said that efforts are under way to more effectively liaise with the supervisors in the Conference and Language Services Section on a continual basis in order to assess progress and determine the need for requesting prioritization of specific translations, and to readdress the internal requirement of the Conference and Language Services Section that the revision process for translation of a judgement must be accomplished as a whole, rather than volume by volume (which would allow for gradual release of translated portions).

The Committee has previously noted that some of those posts are subject to a quick turnover and has stressed the importance of making efforts to obtain the sustained commitment of those entities to provide assignments of seconded personnel of longer duration, in order to ensure stability of functions (A/64/7, para. II.28).