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Authors: Huang, Gui

Title: The Influence of the Concept of Human Rights upon the Policy of Death Penalty in China

Abstract: The article traces how the growing recognition of human rights has influenced China’s death-penalty policy since 1979. It examines constitutional developments, international human-rights standards, criminal-law amendments, and the gradual restriction of capital punishment.

Keywords: Death penalty; human rights; Chinese criminal law; right to life; capital punishment reform; criminal policy

Cite as: Huang, G. (2016). The Influence of the Concept of Human Rights upon the Policy of Death Penalty in China. Studia Juridica et Politica Jaurinensia, 3(1), 55–66.