​“Death Penalty – Beyond Abolition” details the path to abo­li­tion of the death penal­ty in Europe, the only region in the world where cap­i­tal pun­ish­ment has been almost com­plete­ly erad­i­cat­ed. The book also exam­ines how this devel­op­ment has impact­ed oth­er nations around the world. With arti­cles focus­ing on issues such as work­ing with mur­der vic­tims’ fam­i­lies and find­ing appro­pri­ate alter­na­tives to the death penal­ty, the book exam­ines the pio­neer­ing role that the Council of Europe has played in elim­i­nat­ing the death penal­ty through a series of enact­ed pro­to­cols for all mem­ber nations. These same pro­to­cols have impact­ed coun­tries with Council observ­er sta­tus, such as the United States and Japan. Robert Badinter, Hugo Bedau, Peter Hodgkinson, Roger Hood, Anne Ferrazzini, Michel Forst, Eric Prokosch, H.C. Kruger, Anatoli Pristavkine, C. Ravaud, Sir Nigel Rodley, Renate Wohlwend, and Yoshihiro Yasuda are among the cap­i­tal pun­ish­ment experts whose writ­ings are fea­tured in the book. (Council of Europe Publishing, 2004) See Resources.
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