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© 2020, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co. KG, Göttingen ISBN Print: 9783847111658 – ISBN E-Lib: 9783737011655 dignityandconstitutestheonlyuniversallyacceptedvaluesystemofourtime.81 AllStatesare legallyboundbyuniversalhumanrightsstandards,whichare laid downinamultitudeof internationalhumanrights treatiesaswellascustomary internationallaw.Someofthecorestandardsdirectlyrelatedtoinfringementsof human dignity, such as the prohibition of slavery and torture as well as dis- criminationbasedonraceorgender,haveevengained the statusof ius cogens bindingonall States.82 All forms of corporal and capital punishment amount to torture, cruel, in- humanordegradingpunishmentandare,therefore,absolutelyprohibitedunder international law. But even for those who do not yet accept this legal inter- pretation, there can be no doubt that most of the crimes and punishments introduced in the SPCOviolate Brunei’s legal international obligations, as ex- plainedindetailbyourlegalanalysis inlightof international jurisprudenceand practice. TheGovernment of Brunei, therefore, has the legal obligation to im- mediatelyrepealthiscruelreligiouslawbeforeitwillbeimplementedinpractice. 4. Sources AfricanCharteronHumanandPeople’sRightsof27 June1981. Alston,Philip,Reportof theSpecialRapporteuronExtrajudicial, SummaryorArbitrary Executionsto theUnitedNationsCommissiononHumanRightsof7January2006,E/ CN.4/2006/53/Add.4. AmericanConventiononHumanRightsof22November1969. Amnesty International, BruneiDarussalam, see: https://www.amnesty.org/en/countries/ asia-and-the-pacific/brunei-darussalam/ (accessedonMay20th2019). Amnesty International,DeathSentencesandExecutions2017, see:https://www.amnesty. org/download/documents/act5079552018english.pdf (accessedonMay20th2019). Amnesty International,DeathSentencesandExecutions2015, see:https://www.amnesty. org/download/documents/act5034872016english.pdf (accessedonMay20th2019). Association of Southeast Asian Nations, ASEANHuman Rights Declaration of 18 No- vember2012. Bielefeldt,Heiner,Menschenwürde–DerGrundderMenschenrechte,Berlin2008. Bowie,Nile,WesternboycottssoftenBrunei’ssharia law,see:https://www.asiatimes.com/ 2019/05/article/western-boycotts-soften-bruneis-sharia-law/,7May2019(accessedon May20th2019). CairoDeclarationonHumanRights in Islamof5August1990. Constitution of Brunei Darussalam, Revised Edition 2011, see: http://www.agc.gov.bn/ AGC%20Images/LOB/cons_doc/constitution_i.pdf (accessedonMay20th2019). 81 See, e.g.,ManfredNowak, Introductionto the InternationalHumanRightsSystem,Leiden 2003,p. 1. 82 SeeNowak,MenschenwürdeundMenschenrechte,p. 55ff. The impactof religiononuniversalhumanrights inBrunei’sSyariahPenalCode 375 Open-Access-Publikation im Sinne der CC-Lizenz BY 4.0