28. 委员会强调，死刑与充分尊重生命权是无法调和的，废除死刑对于增强人的尊严和人权的逐步发展而言既是可取的，也是必要的。鉴于上述并适当考虑到缔约国《宪法》所载的死刑的暂时性，缔约国应考虑暂停执行死刑，作为从法律上废除死刑和批准《公约第二项任择议定书》的第一步，将所有未执行的死刑减刑为徒刑，并加大努力改变公众对维持死刑必要性的看法。在废除死刑之前，缔约国应：
28. The Committee underscores that the death penalty cannot be reconciled with full respect for the right to life, and abolition of the death penalty is both desirable and necessary for the enhancement of human dignity and the progressive development of human rights. In the light of the foregoing, and taking due account of the temporary nature of the use of the death penalty as enshrined in the State party’s Constitution, the State party should consider establishing a moratorium on executions as an initial step towards legal abolition of the death penalty and ratification of the Second Optional Protocol to the Covenant, commute all pending death sentences to imprisonment and increase efforts to change public perception about the necessity of maintaining the death penalty. Pending the abolition of the death penalty, the State party should: