Translation of "Atténuation de la peine " (French → English) :

mitigation of punishment [ mitigation of sentence ]

mitigation of the sentence | mitigation of the penalty

mitigating circumstance | mitigating factor | ground for mitigating the sentence

mitigation of penalty

reduction in the sentence | reduction in the penalty

reduction of sentence

indeterminate sentence [ sentence of detention for an indeterminate period ]

chore hand

Despite the strong nominal GDP growth, government debt as a share of GDP has only just begun to slowly decrease, with deficits forecast to narrow over time.

As regards the penalty levels, Member States punish aiders, abettors, instigators and the attempt to commit a crime either by the same term of imprisonment as the main offender allowing mitigation of penalty levels or by specific penalty level.

Urges the Council to update the guidelines on the death penalty, in order to support all activities aimed at full implementation of the General Assembly resolution, which inter alia calls upon all States that still maintain the death penalty to respect international standards that provide safeguards guaranteeing the protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty, in particular the minimum standards set out in the annex to Economic and Social Council Resolution 1984/50 of 25 May 1984; points out that the resolution provides the Secretary-General with information relating to the use of capital punishment and observance of the ...[+++]safeguards guaranteeing protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty and seeks to progressively restrict the use of the death penalty and reduce the number of offences for which it may be imposed; further points out that the resolution ends by calling on all United Nations Member States to establish a moratorium on executions with a view to abolishing the death penalty;

Welcomes the abolition of the death penalty in Albania on 25 March 2007 (for all crimes); in Kyrgyzstan on 27 June 2007; in Rwanda on 26 July 2007; in the State of New Jersey (in the United States) on 13 December 2007; and in Uzbekistan on 1 January 2008; expresses its disquiet at the possibility that the death penalty might again start to be enforced in Guatemala; urges the Guatemalan Government, on the contrary, to genuinely commit itself to the universal moratorium on the death penalty; welcomes the decision by China to have all death penalty cases reviewed by the Supreme Court, but remains concerned that China still carries out the greatest number of executions worldwide; condemns the practising of the death penalty in Belarus, ...[+++]which runs counter to European values; condemns the Iranian regime's increasing use of capital punishment; is very concerned that the Iranian regime still sentences to death defendants under the age of 18;