Edwards v Bahamas
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Type: Case
Citation: 4 April 2001, Report No 48/01
Summary: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights — Bahamas responsible for violating American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man by sentencing the condemned men to mandatory death penalty; by failing to provide them with effective right to petition for mercy; by inhumane conditions of their detention; by failing to make legal aid available to them to pursue constitutional motions; and by failing to try them without undue delay
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Court: IACHR
Jurisdiction: Bahamas
Date 2001
Tags
Capital, Delay, Fundamental Rights and Freedoms, International Obligations, Legal Representation, Mandatory, Mercy, Prison Conditions
Index Data
Start date: 01-Jan-2001
End date: 31-Dec-2001
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File Location: Q2
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