LONDON – International Justice Chambers strongly reacts over Pakistaniformer President Pervaiz Musharraf death penalty verdict.
The decision of the court ruling that the body of former President PervezMusharraf be dragged through the streets and hung for three days in publichas demonstrated a total disregard for the rule of law and any standard ofcommon decency.
In a press release on Friday, Guernica 37 International Justice Chamberssaid that a court does not, nor should it ever, have the power to order thedesecration of a body.
On December 17, the former president Pervez Musharraf was convicted oftreason and sentenced to death.
The former president is currently undergoing medical treatment in Dubai,and was therefore tried, convicted, and sentenced in absence.
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It is of initial concern that the order makes clear that the formerpresident is to be returned to Pakistan for the sentence to be carried outi.e. so as to allow him to be executed; no mention is made of there being are-trial, a requirement as per international law, and therefore anobligation for Pakistan.
The court, in its ruling, declares that the former president “…has beenafforded more than his due share of fair trial”. It is quite clear in thisregard that there has been a total abandonment of those principlesenshrined in the Constitution and the Criminal Laws of Pakistan. That is ofsome concern.
