Preface = 7
Introduction = 9
1. The death penalty versus human rights - Eric Prokosch = 17
2. Arguments against abolition: the case of heinous crimes
3. Victims of the crimes and the death penalty - Peter Hodgkinson = 35
4. The efforts of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe - Renate Wohlwend = 55
5. Protocol No. 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights - Hans-Christian Kruger = 69
6. The death penalty and the case-law of the institutions of the European Convention on Human Rights - Caroline Ravaud and Stefan Trechsel = 79
7. The United Nations and the abolition of the death penalty - Roberto Toscano = 91
8. The abolition of the death penalty in France - Michel Forst = 105
9. The death penalty in Slovakia - Robert Fico = 117
10. A vast place of execution - the death penalty in Russia - Anatoly Pristavkin = 129
11. Abolishing the death penalty in Ukraine - difficulties real or imagined? - Sergey Holovatiy = 139
Conclusion: Serguei Kovalev = 153
Appendices = 163
Introduction = 9
1. The death penalty versus human rights - Eric Prokosch = 17
2. Arguments against abolition: the case of heinous crimes
3. Victims of the crimes and the death penalty - Peter Hodgkinson = 35
4. The efforts of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe - Renate Wohlwend = 55
5. Protocol No. 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights - Hans-Christian Kruger = 69
6. The death penalty and the case-law of the institutions of the European Convention on Human Rights - Caroline Ravaud and Stefan Trechsel = 79
7. The United Nations and the abolition of the death penalty - Roberto Toscano = 91
8. The abolition of the death penalty in France - Michel Forst = 105
9. The death penalty in Slovakia - Robert Fico = 117
10. A vast place of execution - the death penalty in Russia - Anatoly Pristavkin = 129
11. Abolishing the death penalty in Ukraine - difficulties real or imagined? - Sergey Holovatiy = 139
Conclusion: Serguei Kovalev = 153
Appendices = 163