AUSTRALIA: GOVT ENSURING DEATH PENALTY GONE FOREVER
Australian Attorney-General Robert McClelland told parliament he was introducing legislation that would ensure that the death penalty could not be reintroduced.
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Australian Attorney-General Robert McClelland told parliament he was introducing legislation that would ensure that the death penalty could not be reintroduced. The draft laws emphasised Australia's commitment to its obligations under the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: Sydney Morning Herald, 19/11/2009)
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