Abolition of the death penalty at the universal level: The Universal declaration of human rights and recognition of the right to life -- The International covenant on civil and political rights: towards abolition -- Genesis and adoption of the second optional protocol abolishing the death penalty -- The Death penalty in international humanitarian law -- Abolition of the death penalty at the regional level: The Death penalty in european human rights law -- The Death penalty in Inter-American human rights law

1. Capital punishment
2. International law
3. Human rights