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under the age of 18 at the time of infringing penal law. Due process of law
should be guaranteed in all judicial proceedings (Germany);
117.12 Comply with the minimum international standards regarding capital
executions, also by further implementing the already existing national
legislation that protects juveniles and mentally impaired from being sentenced
to death (Italy);
117.13 Establish a moratorium on the use of the death penalty with a view to
its abolition and, in the meantime, immediately stop imposing the death penalty
on anyone under the age of 18 (Lithuania);
117.14 Establish immediately a moratorium on the death penalty as a first
step towards the complete abolition of the capital punishment (Switzerland);
117.15 Establish an official moratorium on the use of the death penalty
(Montenegro);
117.16
Impose a moratorium on the execution of death sentences (Sweden);
117.17 Implement a moratorium on the use of the capital punishment with a
view to its abolition (Portugal);
117.18 Abolish the death penalty for all persons considered as minors under
international law (Switzerland);
117.19 Introduce an immediate moratorium on executions with the intention
of abolishing the death penalty and improve methods to accurately determine
the ages of all defendants, such as by improving birth registration rates (United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland);
117.20 Consider establishing a moratorium on the death penalty with the
view to its later abolition, above all in cases involving minors and those guilty of
non-lethal offences (Mexico);
117.21 Consider a formal moratorium on executions of all persons
condemned with the death penalty and examine the possibility of abolishing the
death penalty (Argentina);
117.22 Adhere to the global trend against the capital punishment by
establishing, as a first step, a moratorium on its use (Poland);
117.23 Refrain from sentencing minors to death, in accordance with their
international treaty obligations, and ultimately abolish the death penalty
altogether (Norway);
117.24 Strengthen the role of the technical committee on legal medicine in
order to avoid any death sentences to minors, and establish a moratorium on
executions from the perspective of the final abolition of the death penalty
(France);
117.25 Actively promote and ensure marginalized and vulnerable groups are
both effectively and meaningfully involved in the national reconciliation
process (Portugal).
118. All conclusions and/or recommendations contained in the present report reflect
the position of the submitting State(s) and/or the State under review. They should not
be construed as being endorsed by the Working Group as a whole.
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