Примеры использования Prerogative of mercy на Английском языке и их переводы на Русский язык
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Commission on the Prerogative of Mercy.
The prerogative of mercy relieved the problem of prison overcrowding.
A person might receive a reprieve through the prerogative of mercy.
In 1992, the Commission on the Prerogative of Mercy considered the case of another person, who was sentenced to death for murder in 1987.
His case is now being considered by the Commission on the Prerogative of Mercy.
However, the Constitution establishes a prerogative of mercy by the President Section 175(1)a.
The delegation had attempted to indicate how the Advisory Committee on the Prerogative of Mercy worked.
Regarding the prerogative of mercy, he observed that every murder case had to be submitted to the Court of Appeals, as the highest court in the land.
Chairman, Advisory Committee of the Prerogative of Mercy, 1985-1991.
The wording of article 6, paragraph 4,does not prescribe a particular procedure for the modalities of the exercise of the prerogative of mercy.
Such applications are dealt with by the"Committee on the Prerogative of Mercy" chaired by the vice President.
Whether and in what circumstances the death penalty may be imposed and carried out are presently matters for the courts andthe Advisory Committee of the Prerogative of Mercy.
Whether the author has a right to the exercise of the prerogative of mercy by the Governor-General, in particular in view of the delay in the execution of the sentence of death;
The Special Rapporteur encouraged the Government to exercise the prerogative of mercy in this case.
In other cases, the Committee on the Prerogative of Mercy, established under section 75 of the Constitution, could recommend to the President of the Republic that he should exercise that prerogative. .
This power is regulated by article 3 of Decree No. 230/PR-MJ of 19 October 1970 on the prerogative of mercy.
The Committee regrets the lack of information on cases considered by the Advisory Committee on the Prerogative of Mercy, and an explanation as to the low level of commutations of the death penalty.
Furthermore, the State party points out that under articles 59 and 60 of the Constitution,the President of the Republic of Zambia can exercise the prerogative of mercy.
The author subsequently requested the President of Mauritius to exercise his prerogative of mercy. On 29 April 1992, the death sentence was commuted to 20 years' imprisonment, without possibility of parole.
Under section 90 of the Constitution, the Governor-General is given discretion to grant to any person the prerogative of mercy as set out in that section.
However, to convey to the author that the prerogative of mercy would not be exercised and his early release denied because of his human rights complaints reveals lack of humanity and amounts to treatment that fails to respect the author's dignity, in violation of article 10, paragraph 1.
He also wondered if the single commutation in 1975(report, para. 153)had been the only application of the prerogative of mercy since 1966.
The Constitution establishes an Advisory Committee on the Prerogative of Mercy.(This is the power, which is vested in the Governor on behalf of the Queen, to pardon a person convicted of a crime or to remit all or part of a sentence imposed by a court.) The Committee's membership includes two members of the Islands' Legislative Council.
A person sentenced to death has a right to seek pardon orcommutation of his or her penalty from the Prerogative of Mercy Committee.
As provided in the Constitution, the Commission on the Prerogative of Mercy, which is chaired by the Attorney-General with two members from the community, is responsible for advising the President on whether there are exceptional grounds for exercising the prerogative of mercy to pardon a convicted person or to remit all or part of a penalty imposed by a court.
If the convicted person failed tohave his sentence commuted, he could petition the Advisory Committee on the Prerogative of Mercy before which he had the right to make representation.
The author finally claims that, in the absence of clear criteria for the exercise of the prerogative of mercy by the Privy Council in Jamaica, and in the light of illogical distinctions applied in practice,any decision not to exercise the prerogative of mercy in the author's case that might lead to his execution would amount to an arbitrary deprivation of life, contrary to article 6 of the Covenant.
However, there were appropriate safeguards in the execution of the death penalty,such as the pardon committee and the prerogative of mercy by His Majesty the King.
In Botswana, there exists a right to appeal death sentences to the President for commutation orlesser sentence on the advice of the Advisory Committee on the Prerogative of Mercy.
Furthermore, considering that the sentence is mandatory,the discretion at the stage of the exercise of the prerogative of mercy violates the principle of equality before the law.