Summary execution
A summary execution is when a person is accused of a crime, and killed immediately, without a full and fair trial. Very often, summary executions happen in wart…
A summary execution is when a person is accused of a crime, and killed immediately, without a full and fair trial. Very often, summary executions happen in wartime. Under international law, a person is able to surrender. People who have surrendered may not be killed using summary execution. Killing a person who has surrendered is also seen as summary execution, and usually treated like murder and a war crime.
Civilian jurisdiction
In nearly all civilian jurisdictions, summary execution is illegal, as it violates the right of the accused to a fair trial. Almost all constitutions or legal systems based on common law have prohibited execution without the decision and sentence of a competent judge, and the UN's International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) has declared the same:
Every human being has the inherent right to life. This right shall be protected by law. No man shall be deprived of his life arbitrarily.
[The death] penalty can only be carried out pursuant to a final judgment rendered by a competent court.
— International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Articles 6.1 and 6.2[1]
In practice, though, extrajudicial killings have been performed by police and domestic forces in various countries and times, sometimes under martial law. It is also performed by armed bands fighting against governments and common citizens.
Related pages
- Martial law - The government is under military control, and most laws no longer apply.
References
- ↑ International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR – 1966, Article 6.1).
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