Informetrics Research Group, Ton Duc Thang University, Vietnam; Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Ton Duc Thang University, Vietnam.
Int J Drug Policy. 2021 Feb;88:103043. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.103043. Epub 2020 Nov 20.
In several nations in Southeast Asia, illegally importing, exporting, trading, or possessing drugs is a capital offence. Like China, another communist state in Asia, Vietnam imposes its harshest legal punishments for drug-related crimes, though many international opponents have continued to call for the abolishment of these inhumane sentences. Using grey literature, reports by international observers, and informal interviews with colleagues, the present article explores the policies and provisions of Vietnam's Party-State in regulating capital punishment for drug offences, situating Vietnam's sentencing practices in the context of legislative reviews, international obligations, and humanitarian perspectives. Assessing the arguments put forward by abolitionists, retentionists, and supporters of de facto abolition allows for a more comprehensive understanding of Vietnam's stance toward the Second Optional Protocol of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), which is aimed at abolishing the death penalty in the future. The article concludes with a call for further action, outlining some basic recommendations on how the Vietnamese can keep their promises to reduce, and ultimately abolish, impositions of the death penalty for drug-related crimes.
在东南亚的几个国家，非法进出口、交易或拥有毒品是死罪。与中国一样，亚洲另一个共产主义国家越南对毒品犯罪处以最严厉的法律惩罚，但许多国际反对者继续呼吁废除这些不人道的判决。本文利用灰色文献、国际观察报告和与同事的非正式访谈，探讨了越南党和国家在规范毒品犯罪死刑方面的政策和规定，将越南的判决做法置于立法审查、国际义务和人道主义观点的背景下。评估废除死刑者、保留死刑者和事实上废除死刑的支持者提出的论点，可以更全面地了解越南对《公民权利和政治权利国际公约第二项任择议定书》（ICCPR）的立场，该议定书旨在将来废除死刑。本文最后呼吁采取进一步行动，概述了越南人如何履行减少、最终废除与毒品有关的犯罪判处死刑的承诺的一些基本建议。
