(5) The nearly universal ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child is an especially strong sign of an international consensus that the death penalty must not be used against child offenders. As of July 2002, 191 states -- all states except Somalia and the USA -- were parties to the Convention on the Rights of the Child...
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Somalia and the USA have signed the Convention on the Rights of the Child, indicating their intention to ratify it at a later date. The Fourth Geneva Convention also is very widely ratified; 189 states were parties to it as of July 2002, indicating a consensus that the death penalty must not be used against civilian child offenders in occupied territories who are protected by that Convention...
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