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Capital punishment is a legal penalty in North Korea.It is used for many offences, such as grand theft, murder, rape, drug smuggling, treason, espionage, political dissent, defection, piracy, consumption of media not approved by the government and proselytizing religious beliefs that contradict the practiced Juche ideology. [1]
North Korea: August 2024 [136] 20-30 party officials Corruption and dereliction of duty unknown method D Oman: 22 April 2024 [137] 3 unnamed men murder: firing squad: D Pakistan: 24 November 2019 [138] Brigadier Raja Rizwan: espionage and high treason: hanging: D Palestine: 20 July 2024 [139] July 2005 (Palestinian Authority) [140] 2 unnamed ...
As the supreme court of North Korea, [1] the Central Court it is the highest organ of the judiciary of the country. [2] The Supreme Court is one of the two main components of the post-1945 judicial system, along with the Supreme Procurator's Office of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea . It does not exercise the power of judicial review ...
The Korea Institute for National Unification's 2014 White Paper on Human Rights in North Korea lists twelve public executions between 2004 and 2010 for the crime of murder. Murder victims included lovers, a spouse, a creditor, and a hospital administrator. [2]
[140] [141] In 2009, the Supreme Court upheld a 2005 Constitutional Court ruling that although the death penalty was constitutional, its use as a mandatory punishment for certain crimes was not. [142] In 2019 mandatory death penalty was abolished by law. [143] Zambia: 1997 2022 (civil crimes)
In North Korea, political crimes are greatly varied, from border crossing to any disturbance of the political order, and they are rigorously punished. [37] Due to the dire prison conditions with hunger and torture, [ 38 ] a large percentage of prisoners do not survive their sentence terms.
Articles relating to capital punishment in North Korea, the government-sanctioned practice whereby a person is killed by the state as a punishment for a crime. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
The Ministry of State Security is tasked with investigating political and economic crimes in North Korea, especially crimes against the Kim family. [7] It's also tasked with conducting VIP protection duties for North Korean diplomats and employees who work in various North Korean embassies, consulates and other foreign missions abroad. [7]