A-53: PROTOCOL TO THE AMERICAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS TO ABOLISH THE DEATH  
PENALTY                                                                         


        ADOPTED AT: ASUNCION, PARAGUAY                                          

              DATE: 06/08/90

CONF/ASSEM/MEETING: TWENTIETH REGULAR SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY           
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  ENTRY INTO FORCE:   /  /     THIS PROTOCOL SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE AMONG THE   
                               STATES THAT RATIFY OR ACCEDE TO IT WHEN THEY     
                               DEPOSIT THEIR REPECTIVE INSTRUMENTS OF           
                               RATIFICATION OR ACCESSION (ARTICLE 4)            

        DEPOSITORY: OAS GENERAL SECRETARIAT (ORIGINAL INSTRUMENT AND            
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                    RATIFICATIONS).                                             

              TEXT: OAS, TREATY SERIES, No. 73                                  

   UN REGISTRATION:   /  /    No.         Vol.       

      OBSERVATIONS:                                                             

               GENERAL INFORMATION OF THE TREATY: A-53               

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SIGNATORY COUNTRIES    SIGNATURE REF   RA/AC/AD REF   DEPOSIT INST  INFORMA REF
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Brazil ..............   06/07/94       07/31/96   R   08/13/96 RA     /  /     
Chile................   09/10/01         /  /           /  /          /  /
Costa Rica ..........   10/28/91       03/30/98	      05/26/98        /  /     
Ecuador .............   08/27/90       02/05/98	      04/15/98        /  /     
Nicaragua ...........   08/30/90       03/24/99       11/09/99 RA     /  /     
Panama ..............   11/26/90       06/27/91       08/28/91 RA     /  /     
Paraguay.............   06/08/99       10/31/00       12/07/00 RA     /  /  
Uruguay .............   10/02/90       02/08/94       04/04/94 RA     /  /     
Venezuela ...........   09/25/90       08/24/92       10/06/93 RA     /  /     
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REF = REFERENCE                                      INST = TYPE OF INSTRUMENT
       D = DECLARATION                                      RA = RATIFICATION
       R = RESERVATION                                      AC = ACCEPTANCE
INFORMA  = INFORMATION REQUIRED BY THE TREATY               AD = ACCESSION

           A-53 PROTOCOL TO THE AMERICAN CONVENTION ON                        
           HUMAN  RIGHTS TO ABOLISH THE DEATH PENALTY                         
                                                                              
STATEMENTS AND DECLARATIONS                                                   
                                                                              
                                                                              
6.   Brazil                                                                   
                                                                              
     "In ratifying the Protocol to Abolish the Death Penalty,                 
adopted in Asunción on June 8, 1990, I make hereby, in compliance             
with constitutional requirements, a reservation under the terms of            
Article 2 of the said Protocol, which guarantees states parties the           
right to apply the death penalty in wartime in accordance with                
international law, for extremely serious crimes of a military                 
nature."