Talk:Extrajudicial punishment

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[edit] definition

The first sentence of this article describes Extrajudicial Punishment as just "physical punishment," and I thought it mean torture or something, but a few sentences later on, it sounds like Extrajudicial Punishment consists of killing. It's confusing. Will someone who knows what this is clarify whether Extrajudicial Punishment is eliminating someone, or torturing someone, or what?

As this article correctly defines, Extrajudicial Punishment is "punishment without the permission of a court or legal authority". This can be anything, not necessarily the murder. Thus, no merging. I do not see any reply about the merging proposal during last six months (the previous message was posted June 2006). It is probably safe to remove it. Biophys 20:29, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

"Nguyễn Văn Lém (referred to as Captain Bay Lop) (died 1 February 1968 in Saigon ) was a member of the Viet Cong who was summarily executed in Saigon during the Tet Offensive. The picture of his death would became one of may an anti- Vietnam War icons in the Western World. [30]" <- I'm not sure if this is extrajudicial punishment, Captain Bay Lop which was shot, was in civilian clothes and not carrying arms openly and performing military operations -> he is a spy (and not prisoner of war) and geneve convention does not offer any legal protection to him, so he could be shot legally when he was caught. I'm not saying its OK to do so, but i'm not sure if this case fits in extrajudicial punishment category. Muhvi 17:27 (UTC+2), 17. July 2007

[edit] Working on it

There is a bit of a overlap issue with this article and assassination. While this is not going to go away, I have done some changes now, pointing to the discussion of extrajudicial execution in assassination. Eventually (may take some time) I will work over this article again (especially references - not good at all without!) and then maybe take the direct linking to assassination out again (except for see also). MadMaxDog 22:24, 20 April 2007 (UTC)


Yes there seems to be confusion of extra judicial killing, extra judicial punishment/torture and summary execution throughout this page. I think they should be separated out into their definitions and linked to each other.

I'd like to see the inclusion of non-lethal weapons (tasers/mace/etc)as extra judicial torture. And swat teams/armed response units as extra judicial killing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.111.167.232 (talk) 23:58, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Merger

A merger with Extrajudicial killing has been put forward.--86.25.55.166 07:18, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

It was carryed out, but the merger with death squad was never done.--86.29.255.64 01:21, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sources

It has been added along with it's sources.--86.29.245.48 00:58, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

They have arived!--86.29.253.67 00:07, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

I've added some more links to--86.29.244.175 15:54, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Better opener, anyone?

The opening sentence seems doubly flawed to me.

  • The phrase 'basic human rights' is inherently POV, in my view. Since when does such a phrase not carry with it a wiki-raging debate? The POV, which, I hasten to add I heartily agree with, is just not that nearly universal to qualify as neutral.
  • The idea that a normative slogan, like "no extrajudicial punishment" is ever an actual fact, seems especially strange. When one considers the many governments who do speak that way, such as the US, the variouse extraordinary-rendition supporters in Europe, the PRC, or most of the former USSR, not to mention a bewildering number of non-governmental oddities around the world, they seem to hold extrajudicial punishment to be a violation of basic human rights in the same way they hold, say, the belief that "war is bad". That is, "war is bad except for the one I am waging". I haven't checked the War page, but I'm betting it doesn't define war as "blah-blah, which constitutes a violation of every value any human has ever held." -- User:GPa Hill (Why won't wikipedia keep me logged in?)

Some one has already removed the lies and I cut the pov.--86.29.254.87 (talk) 10:02, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wrong merger and massive deletions of sourced text

I think the merger of two articles discussed above was done without proper discussion. Extrajudicial punishment by state includes Extrajudicial killing, illegal torture and other human rights abuses committed beyond the law. Now Mikkalai left only materials about "extrajudicial killings" and removed the rest. I suggest to have two aricles: Extrajudicial punishment and Extrajudicial killing (which is a more narrow subject). What do you think?Biophys (talk) 23:49, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Whatever happened here, merger, etc., torture is usually not punishment. In the cases when it is indeed a punishment, it must be clearly stated so in original sources. Also, please keep in mind that the term "extrajudicial punishment" is applied only to punishments by bodies which do have a regular legal system. Otherwise the article will be turned into a huge mess about killings by various guerillas, rebels, mafias, husbands killing unfaithful wives, etc. IMO the article must be completely rewritten starting from really reliable sources which speak specifically about this term. Google is your best friend. And I agree, extrajudicial execution may be a separate topic. `'Míkka>t 18:08, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
P.S.: there was no merge. Extra-judicial killing is alive and separate. `'Míkka>t 18:14, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
P.P.S. Extrajudicial violence is a better umbrella term which will embrace both killings and torture. `'Míkka>t 18:16, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
Sounds reasonable to me. Thank you for pointing at Extra-judicial killing which is different from Extrajudicial killing.Biophys (talk) 18:20, 27 March 2008 (UTC) You just fixed this. Good.Biophys (talk) 18:21, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Scope of this article

Since we have a separate article Extra-judicial killing, this article should be about extrajudicial punishment in general, which may include torture and other types of abuse. Is not it?Biophys (talk) 20:07, 10 April 2008 (UTC)