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IRREDUCIBLE LIFE SENTENCES IN THE UK AND ITALY?

April 26, 2017:

 

28 April 2017, 3:00-6:30 PM

Life Without Hope

 

English Lecture Theatre, St Cross Building, University of Oxford, OX1 3UL

 

Although irreducible life sentences are prohibited, some member states of the Council of Europe provide for sentences that de facto are irreducible. We must reflect upon the legitimacy of such sentences. After an analysis of the most recent case-law of the European Court of Human Rights on life imprisonment, signified by a recent pronouncement against the United Kingdom, the debate will shift to the case of Italy. The screening of the powerful film-documentary, Spes contra Spem, will shed light to the Italian ergastolo ostativo: a particular type life imprisonment only applicable to those who have been convicted for serious crimes related to the Mafia or Terrorism.

 

 

Professor Paulo Pinto De Albuquerque

Judge if the European Court of Human Rights

 

Life Imprisonment in the United Kingdom: Where do we go from here?

Discussant: Professor Liora Lazarus, Oxford Law Faculty

 

Mrs Elisabetta Zamparutti

Member of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture

Treasurer on NGO Hands Off Cain

Presentation of Spes Contra Spem (ITA, English subs)

IRAN: PRISONER WITH MENTAL ILLNESS EXECUTED ON MURDER CHARGES
PAKISTAN: TWO TERRORISTS HANGED IN SAHIWAL PRISON
INDIA: 325 DEATH ROW CONVICTS IN THE COUNTRY TILL 2016
SOUTH CAROLINA (USA): DYLANN ROOF TO SERVE NINE CONSECUTIVE LIFE SENTENCES
PAKISTAN: INDIAN AGENT KULBHUSHAN YADAV AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE
IRAN: HUNDREDS RALLY IN TEHRAN IN PROTEST AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: PUNTLAND MILITARY COURT EXECUTES 5 SUSPECTS LINKED TO AL SHABAAB
BANGLADESH: THREE TO DIE, ONE TO SPEND LIFE IN PRISON FOR MURDERING STUDENT IN GAZIPUR
GAZA: THREE MEN HANGED FOR COLLABORATING WITH ISRAEL
ARKANSAS (USA): JUDGE BLOCKS EXECUTION OF JASON MCGEHEE
IRAN: INMATE EXECUTED AFTER SUFFERING HEART ATTACK
ARKANSAS CAN'T FIND ENOUGH VOLUNTEERS TO WITNESS BACK-TO-BACK EXECUTIONS
MALDIVES: TWO MEN CONVICTED OF 2011 MURDER SENTENCED TO DEATH
NEW ZEALAND: LAWYER URGES COURT TO BLOCK EXTRADITION OF MURDER SUSPECT TO CHINA
USA: EXECUTIONS DISPROPORTIONATELY INVOLVE PRISONERS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS
FLORIDA (USA): GOV. SCOTT TAKES AWAY 21 MORE MURDER CASES FROM ANTI-DEATH-PENALTY PROSECUTOR
EGYPT: PRELIMINARY DEATH SENTENCE ISSUED AGAINST CONTROVERSIAL MUSLIM PREACHER WAGDY GHONIM
BANGLADESH: 2 GET DEATH SENTENCE IN BLOGGER RAJIB MURDER CASE
TANZANIA: BUNGE COMMITTEE TOUTS REVIEW OF DEATH PENALTY

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