Article said the death penalty for military offences was abolished "when the European Union's Amsterdam Treaty came into force in May 1999". That is incorrect. The abolition was effected by s. 21(5), Human Rights Act 1998. (It is amazing how they hide such a significant provision in such an obscure place, under a heading of "Supplemental" and a subhead of "Interpretation, etc."!) AFAIK, the Amsterdam Treaty had nothing to do with it. -- SamuelKatinsky