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U.S. Department of State, Background Note: Cuba, http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2886.htm, Mar. 25, 2010.
 World Macro Regions and Components, U.N., 2000, http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/maplib/worldregions.htm.
 Amnesty Intl., Death Sentences and Executions 2009, p. 6, ACT 50/001/2010, Mar. 2010.
 Law No. 62, Penal Code, art. 29(3), 1988.
 Andrea Rodriguez, Cuba Commutes Death Sentence Against U.S. Man, Associated Press, http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101229/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cb_cuba_death_sentence, Dec. 28, 2010.
 Amnesty Intl., Death Sentences and Executions Annual Reports, 2010–2017.
 Amnesty Intl., Death Sentences and Executions in 2008, p. 8, ACT 50/003/2009, Mar. 2009.
 Amnesty Intl., Death Sentences and Executions in 2007, p. 6, ACT 50/001/2008, Apr. 2008.
 Amnesty Intl., Death Sentences and Executions 2009, p. 15, ACT 50/001/2010, Mar. 2010.
Acte terroriste ayant entraîné la mort.
Acte terroriste n’ayant pas entraîné la mort.
Acts to sabotage or impair social, economic or military resources, when using dangerous methods or agents, causing serious injury to health or property or threatening public security are punishable by death.  Aiding such acts or possessing the means of aiding such acts, when aimed at threatening the security of the state, is punishable by death.
Viol n’ayant pas entraîné la mort.
Vol n’ayant pas entraîné la mort.
Trafic de drogue n’ayant pas entraîné la mort.
Crimes de guerre, crimes contre l’humanité et génocide.
Genocide: Taking measures to reduce the birthrate of a targeted ethnic group, acts of ethnic cleansing, the forced removal of children, or bombing defenseless civil populations in violation of international norms is punishable by death.
Autre(s) crime(s) n’ayant pas entraîné la mort.
Est-ce que la législation du pays permet l’imposition obligatoire de la peine de mort?
Pour quels crimes, le cas échéant, y a-t-il imposition obligatoire de la peine de mort?
There is no mandatory death penalty in Cuba.
Individus de moins de 18 ans au moment du crime.
Individuals are exempt from criminal liability or face diminished liability at sentencing if intellectual disability substantially or completely impairs their ability to appreciate the consequences of their actions or to control their actions.
Individuals are exempt from criminal liability or face diminished liability at sentencing if mental disorder or insanity substantially or completely impairs their ability to appreciate the consequences of their actions or to control their actions.
 Law No. 62, Penal Code, art. 263, 1988; Law No. 62, Penal Code, article 264, 1988; Law No. 62, Penal Code, art. 263(f),(j), 1988.
 Law No. 62, Penal Code, arts. 104, 105, 1988.
 Cuba Penal Code, arts. 104, 105, 106, 108, Law No. 62, 1988.
 Law No. 87, art. 298(3), 1999.
 Law No. 87, art. 298(4), 1999.
 Law No. 87, art. 327, 1999.
 Law No. 87, art. 190, 1999.
 Law No. 62, Penal Code, art. 102, 110(2), 1988.
 Law No. 62, Penal Code, arts. 91-94; 98(1); 107(1); 124 (1988).
 Law No. 62, Penal Code, art. 100(a), 1988.
 Law No. 62, Penal Code, art. 97 (1, 2), 1988.
 Law No. 62, Penal Code, art. 118(1), 1988.
 Law No. 62, Penal Code, arts. 117, 118, 1988.
 Law No. 62, Penal Code, art. 120, 1988.
 Law No. 87, art. 299, 1999.
 Law No. 62, Penal Code, art. 310, amended by Law No. 87, art. 310, 1999.
 Law No. 87, art. 30, 1999.
 Law No. 62, Penal Code, art. 29(2), 1988.
 Law No. 62, Penal Code, art. 20, 1988.
 Law No. 62, Penal Code, art. 20(1), 1988.
Non.  However, in 2009 the Organization of American States lifted a 47-year suspension of Cuba from the OA,  which may encourage Cuba to become a party.
 Status, Declarations, and Reservations, ICCPR, 999 U.N.T.S. 171, Dec. 16, 1966, http://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=IV-4&chapter=4〈=en, last accessed Jul. 20, 2010.
 Status, Declarations, and Reservations, Optional Prot. to the ICCPR, 999 U.N.T.S. 171, Dec. 16, 1966, http://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=IV-5&chapter=4〈=en, last accessed Jul. 20, 2010.
 Status, Declarations, and Reservations, Second Optional Prot. to the ICCPR, Aiming at the Abolition of the Death Penalty, 1642 U.N.T.S. 414, Dec. 15, 1989, http://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=IV-12&chapter=4〈=en, last accessed Jul. 20, 2010.
 Status, Declarations, and Reservations, Second Optional Prot. to the ICCPR, Aiming at the Abolition of the Death Penalty, 1642 U.N.T.S. 414, Dec. 15, 1989, http://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=IV-12&chapter=4〈=en, last accessed Mar. 24, 2010.
 Status, Declarations, Reservations, Denunciations, Withdrawals, B-32: Amer. Conv. on Human Rights, Pact of San Jose, Costa Rica, Nov. 22, 1969, http://cidh.oas.org/basicos/english/basic4.amer.conv.ratif.htm, last accessed Jul. 20, 2010.
 Mary Beth Sheridan, Organization of American States Lifts Cuba’s Suspension, With Provisos, Washington Post, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/03/AR2009060300359.html, Jun. 4, 2009.
 Status, Declarations, Reservations, Denunciations, Withdrawals, A-53: Prot. to the Amer. Conv. on Human Rights to Abolish the Death Penalty, Jun. 8, 1990, http://cidh.oas.org/basicos/english/basic8.death%20penalty%20ratif.htm, last accessed Jul. 20, 2010.
Est-ce que la Constitution du pays fait référence à la peine de mort?
Est-ce que la Constitution du pays fait référence au droit international?
Quels ont été les changements significatifs dans l’application de la peine de mort ces dernières années?
Y a-t-il actuellement un moratoire officiel sur les exécutions dans le pays?
Y a-t-il eu des affaires importantes sur la peine de mort décidées au niveau des cours nationales?
Où peut-on se renseigner et accéder aux décisions juridiques concernant la peine de mort?
Bulletins of the People’s Supreme Court of Cuba—including its major sentences and decisions—can be found on its website at http://www.tsp.cu/Archivos/Boletines_del_Tribunal_Supremo.asp. However, the website currently hosts bulletins only from 1997 through 2002.
Quelle est la procédure de recours en grâce ?
Les accusés ont-ils un procès devant jury lorsqu’ils encourent la peine de mort?
 The Constitution of the Republic of Cuba, arts. 9(a), 58, 1992.
 For example, The Constitution of the Republic of Cuba, art 12, 1992.
 Marc Frank, Most Cuba Prisoners on Death Row have Sentences Commuted, Havana Journal, http://havanajournal.com/politics/entry/most-cuba-prisoners-on-death-row-have-sentences-commuted/, Apr. 29, 2008.
 Patricia Grogg, Death Penalty—Cuba: Dissidents, Preachers Welcome Decision, Inter Press Service News Agency, http://www.fadp.org/news/2008050701/, Apr. 29, 2008.
 U.N. Human Rights Council, Situation of Human Rights in Cuba, A/HRC/4/12 para. 35, Jan. 26, 2007, available at http://www.universalhumanrightsindex.org/documents/861/1046/document/en/pdf/text.pdf.
 See, e.g., Patricia Grogg, Death Penalty-Cuba: Sentences Commuted But Treatment Still Harsh, Inter Press Service News Agency, http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43533, Aug. 12, 2008.
 Agencia Cubana de Noticias, Principles of the Cuban State, Judicial System, http://www.ain.cu/elecciones2007/principios_del_estado_cubano.htm#Sistema%20Judicial, last accessed Jul. 22, 2010; The Constitution of the Republic of Cuba, art 90(n), 1992.
 U.S. Department of State, 2009 Human Rights Report: Cuba, http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2009/wha/136108.htm, Mar. 11, 2010.
 El sistema Judicial y Legal de la República de Cuba, http://www.cubagob.cu/des_soc/derecho.htm, last accessed Mar. 9, 2011; Cuba MinRex, Derechos Humanos, http://www.cubaminrex.cu/derechos%20humanos/articulos/consejoderechoshumanos/Informe/Espannol/Sist_Juridico.html, last accessed Mar. 9, 2011; James H. Manahan, Improvements in the Cuban Legal, p. 277 System, http://web.gc.cuny.edu/dept/bildn/publications/documents/Manahan18.pdf., last accessed Mar. 9, 2011; Valeria Imhof, Los jueces legos y el sistema de justicia, El Nuevo Diario, http://archivo.elnuevodiario.com.ni/2003/octubre/19-octubre-2003/nacional/nacional13.html, Oct. 19, 2003.
 Tribunal Supremo Popular, People’s Supreme Court of Cuba: Brief historical background, http://www.tsp.cu/Archivos/Reseña_Historica.asp, last accessed Jul. 22, 2010.
Où sont emprisonnés les condamnés à mort?
Y a-t-il actuellement des ressortissants étrangers condamnés à mort?
Quelle est la nationalité de ces ressortissants étrangers condamnés à mort?
Y a-t-il actuellement des femmes condamnées à mort?
Y a-t-il actuellement des individus condamnés à mort qui avaient moins de 18 ans au moment des faits qui leur sont reprochés?
Les accusés indigents encourant la peine de mort ont-ils accès à un avocat?
Les accusés indigents encourant la peine de mort ont-ils accès à un avocat lors de la procédure d’appel?
 Jim DeFede, Cuban Hotel Bomber Interviewed in Prison, Havana Journal, http://havanajournal.com/politics/entry/cuban_hotel_bomber_interviewed_in_prison/, Aug. 06, 2005.
 Social Democratic Party of Cuba, Special Report on the Death Penalty: Cuban Commission for Human Rights and National Reconciliation, http://pscuba.org/derechoshumanos/informespecialpenademuerte.htm, Nov. 02, 2004.
 UN Human Rights Council, Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review, “Compilation Prepared by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights [on Government of Cuba],” A/HRC/WG.6/4/CUB/2, December 18, 2008.
 Human Rights Watch, New Castro, Same Cuba, VII (Nov. 2009), available at http://www.hrw.org/en/node/86549/section/8; U.S. Department of State, Human Rights Report 2009: Cuba, (Mar. 2010), http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2009/wha/136108.htm (last visited June 11, 2010).
 The Constitution of the Republic of Cuba, ch. 7, art. 59, 1992.
 Law No. 5, Law of Criminal Procedure, arts. 479, 480, 1977.
 U.N.G.A. Human Rights Council, Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (Cuba), p. 11, U.N. Doc. A/HRC/11/22, Mar. 3, 2009.
 U.N.G.A. Human Rights Council, Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (Cuba), p. 16, U.N. Doc. A/HRC/11/22, Mar. 3, 2009.
 U.N.G.A. Human Rights Council, Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (Cuba), p. 21, U.N. Doc. A/HRC/11/22, Mar. 3, 2009.
 U.N.G.A. Human Rights Council, Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (Cuba), p. 27, U.N. Doc. A/HRC/11/22, Mar. 3, 2009.
 U.N.G.A. Human Rights Council, Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (Cuba), p. 30, U.N. Doc. A/HRC/11/22, Mar. 3, 2009.
 Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, 2004 Annual Report, sec. 92, OEA/Ser.L/V/II.122, Feb. 23, 2005.
Human Rights Watch’s report “New Castro, Same Cuba: Political Prisoners in the Post-Fidel Era” is helpful for its information on legal processes and prison conditions. The report was published on November 18, 2009, and is available at http://www.hrw.org/en/reports/2009/11/18/new-castro-same-cuba-0.

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