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ARTICLE-6     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 2. In countries which have not abolished the death penalty, sentence of death may be imposed only for the most serious crimes in accordance with the law in force at the time of the commission of the crime and not contrary to the provisions of the present Covenant and to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. This penalty can only be carried out pursuant to a final judgement rendered by a competent court. ...


ARTICLE-8     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (b) Paragraph 3 (a) shall not be held to preclude, in countries where imprisonment with hard labour may be imposed as a punishment for a crime, the performance of hard labour in pursuance of a sentence to such punishment by a competent court; ...
... (ii) Any service of a military character and, in countries where conscientious objection is recognized, any national service required by law of conscientious objectors; ...


ARTICLE-12     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 2. Everyone shall be free to leave any country, including his own. ...
... 4. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of the right to enter his own country. ...


ARTICLE-14     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 7. No one shall be liable to be tried or punished again for an offence for which he has already been finally convicted or acquitted in accordance with the law and penal procedure of each country. ...


ARTICLE-25     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (c) To have access, on general terms of equality, to public service in his country. ...