Aitken v Jamaica
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Type: Case
Citation: 21 October 2002, Report No 58/02, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Summary: Jamaica responsible for violating American Convention by sentencing condemned man to mandatory death penalty, by failing to provide him with effective right to apply for amnesty, pardon or commutation of sentence, by reason of his conditions of detention and denial of recourse to constitutional motion
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Court: IACHR
Jurisdiction: Jamaica
Date 2002
Tags
Capital, Fundamental Rights and Freedoms, International Obligations, Mandatory, Mercy, Prison Conditions
Index Data
Start date: 01-Jan-2002
End date: 31-Dec-2002
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File Location: AD4
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