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Recalling also the resolutions on the question of the death penalty adopted over the past decade by the Commission on Human Rights in all consecutive sessions, the last being its resolution 2005/59 of 20 April 2005, [d] in which the Commission called upon states that still maintain the death penalty to abolish it completely and, in the meantime ...
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.
The trials were referred to as "sham trials," with the three condemned men's attorneys receiving death threats, and the United Nations condemned the trials and death sentences. [13] On 13 May 2021, a police officer was killed in Kinshasa during a period of upheaval following the end of Ramadan. Forty-one people were brought to trial one day ...
Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi said the abolition of the death penalty was "more than a legal reform; it is a statement of our commitment to justice and humanity".
The Optional Protocol commits its members to the abolition of the death penalty within their borders, though Article 2.1 allows parties to make a reservation allowing execution "in time of war pursuant to a conviction for a most serious crime of a military nature committed during wartime" (Brazil, Chile, El Salvador). [2]
1 (2%) maintains the death penalty in both law and practice. 1 (2%) permits its use for ordinary crimes, [clarification needed] but has not used it for at least 10 years and is believed to have a policy or established practice of not carrying out executions. 47 (96%) have completely abolished it.
The United States is an outlier among developed nations when it comes to the ultimate punishment. One state has executed by far the most inmates, at 591. The US has executed 23 men this year.
South Sudan became independent in 2011 and has consistently failed to ban executions despite voting in favor of two United Nations resolutions that would put in place a moratorium on the death penalty. [2] [3] In its first year of independence in 2011, South Sudan was reported to have carried out five executions while another 150 were on death ...