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Capital punishment is retained in law by 55 UN member states or observer states, with 140 having abolished it in law or in practice.The most recent legal executions performed by nations and other entities with criminal law jurisdiction over the people present within its boundaries are listed below.
Days after the convictions and death sentences, the United Nations requested that the DRC continue their de facto moratorium on the death penalty, stating, "We reiterate the Secretary-General’s opposition to the use of the death penalty in all circumstances. . . . Noting that there is a de facto moratorium on the imposition of the death ...
A 1965 report on worldwide death penalty usage reported that Burkina Faso (then known as the Republic of Upper Volta) utilized beheading as their sole method of execution, had not carried out any executions between 1958 and 1962, mandated that all executions be carried out in private rather than in public, and only handed down death sentences to convicts over 18 years of age. [7]
Kigula's attorneys joined with anti-death penalty activists active in challenging the death penalty in Africa and the Caribbean region in using Kigula's case to challenge Uganda's mandatory death penalty laws. At the time Kigula was selected to be the lead applicant for an appeal challenging Uganda's mandatory death penalty, there were 417 ...
In 2018, Roland Achille Bangue-Betangai, the Chairman of the Legislation Committee of the Parliament of the Central African Republic, introduced a bill to abolish the death penalty in the country. [7] In March the following year, the Speaker of the National Assembly, Laurent Ngon-Baba, created a joint committee to examine the bill. [8]
In 2017 the Supreme Court abolished the mandatory death penalty, declaring it unconstitutional. [10] A widely circulated report in 2018-19 implied that the government had announced its intent to reintroduce the death penalty for wildlife poaching. However, the report was not adopted and no such plans are in consideration. [11]
(Top) 1 References. Toggle the table of contents. ... Angola voted in favor of the UN moratorium on the death penalty in 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, ...
As of 10 May 2023, 133 deaths were reported [10] including eight who were rescued but later died. [11] The majority of deaths were of children, with women being the next largest group, according to Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki. [12]