The Problem of the Legislative Sentence to the Death Penalty in Russia in the Context of International Obligations

Legislative Sentence to the death penalty as an exceptional measure of capital punishment and its relation to the right to life have been a subject of public discussion for a long time, and nowadays they are topical ones for every civilized state. The International law prohibits the use of capital punishment by a country because the death penalty is the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment as well as because the legislative Sentence to the death penalty is contrary to the basic principle of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms including the recognition of an absolute right to human life. One of the essential conditions for invitation of Russia to the Council of Europe has been the legislative Sentence for the abolition of the death penalty, but Russia still has not ratified Protocol No. 6, and has not taken action on the absolute refusal of the death penalty, so the problem of the Sentence to the death penalty as a capital punishment, continues to be topical more than ever