The Human Rights Act’s

1998

UK

Protocol 13, Article 1

Abolishes the death penalty in all circumstances

This includes crimes committed during a war or when the threat of war is imminent. The UK ratified this Protocol in 2002.

Are there any restrictions to this right?

Sentencing a person to death is a violation of the right to life and the right to freedom from torture and inhuman or degrading treatment.

What the law says

Protocol 13, Article 1: Abolition of the death penalty

The death penalty shall be abolished. No one shall be condemned to such penalty or executed.