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Title:	死刑 — 美國與臺灣《公民與政治權利國際公約》定期報告議之論述分析及比較 On Death Penalty: A Comparative Discourse Analysis of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Periodic Report in the U.S. and Taiwan
Authors:	危瑪雅 Wilkinson, Maria
Contributors:	陳貞如 Chen, Chen-Ju 危瑪雅 Wilkinson, Maria
Keywords:	判死刑演化條約解釋敘述台灣美國 Death Penalty Evolutionary Treaty Interpretation Narratives Taiwan U.S.
Date:	2024
Issue Date:	2024-07-01 13:24:55 (UTC+8)
Abstract:	《公民與政治權利國際公約》（ICCPR）第六條是為數不多聲明生存權並規定對死刑使用限制的具有約束力的國際人權條款之一。儘管《公民與政治權利國際公約》對死刑已有限制，隨著世界多國於法律與實踐中已廢除了死刑，聯合國人權事務委員會對於ICCPR在死刑量刑問題上應如何解釋不斷提出想法，隨後形成了對第 6 條的演變解釋。由於維持使用死刑的ICCPR成員國面臨人權事務委員會要求廢除死刑越來越大的壓力，本研究強調了美國和台灣這兩個保留死刑的國家形成的策略敘述。本研究以以下問題為主軸：台灣和美國政策制定者的敘述如何反映其國家對與死刑相關有針對性的壓力的反應？本研究的結果提供了在檢視應對這種壓力的兩種不同方法的同時，人權事務委員會如何監管與應用演變條約的見解。美國以清楚的二元論方式回應遵守條約，並援引國內法優先；台灣則尋求採取一元論方式，儘管不願採用人權事務委員會的演變解釋。本研究的結果為國際人權法律規範的制定和國內政治決策的複雜性提供見解。 The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) Article 6, is one of the few binding International Human Rights treaties that declare the right to life and stipulate limitations on the use of the death penalty. Despite the ICCPR’s limitations on the death penalty, as the death penalty has become largely abolished in law or practice worldwide, there are developing ideas from the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Committee (HRC) as to how the ICCPR shall be interpreted on matters of death penalty sentencing and subsequently, an evolved interpretation of Article 6 has formed. As party members to the ICCPR that maintain the use of the death penalty face rising pressure from the HRC to abolish the death penalty, this research underlines the strategic narratives formed by two retentionist states, the US and Taiwan. This research is guided by asking: How do the narratives of policymakers in Taiwan and the US reflect their countries’ response to targeted pressure in relation to the death penalty? The results of this research offer insights into how evolutionary interpretation of treaties are regulated and applied by the HRC while examining two different approaches to this pressure. While the US responds to treaty adherence in a clear dualistic approach, citing domestic law to take precedence, Taiwan seeks to adopt a monistic approach despite a reluctance to adopt HRC evolved interpretations. The results of this research offer insights into the complexities of international human rights legal norm setting and domestic political decision-making.
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