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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 ...
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]
2010: Death penalty and democracy; 2011: Death penalty and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatments and punishments; 2012: 10th anniversary of the World Day Against the Death Penalty; 2013: High violent crime rates – Focus on the Caribbean; 2014: Death penalty and mental illness; 2015: Death penalty and drug trafficking; 2016: Death penalty ...
As the Death Penalty Information Center observes, America’s death penalty is now “defined by two competing forces: the continuing long-term erosion of capital punishment across most of the ...
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.
Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa has approved a law that abolishes the death penalty in the southern African state with immediate effect. Rights group Amnesty hailed the decision as a ...
(The Center Square) – An Arizona Democratic lawmaker is seeking to let voters decide if the death penalty could be legal in 2026. Rep. Patty Contreras, D-Phoenix, filed House Concurrent ...
It was adopted by United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2200A (XXI) on 16 December 1966 and entered into force on 23 March 1976 after its thirty-fifth ratification or accession. [ A ] As of June 2024 [update] , the Covenant has 174 parties and six more signatories without ratification, most notably the People's Republic of China and Cuba ...