Children deprived of their liberty from the perspective of the prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2015, para. 36
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The imposition of the death penalty on children is forbidden under international law and has been accepted so universally as to reach the level of a jus cogens norm (A/67/279, para. 62).
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Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment