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South Korea did not execute anyone since 1997 but is yet to completely abolish the death penalty

Responding to an announcement by Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema on Friday 23 December 2022, that he had assented to a law banning the death penalty and the offence of criminal defamation of the president, Tigere Chagutah Amnesty International’s Regional Director for East and Southern Africa said: “Amnesty International welcomes the announcement by President Hichilema that […]

December 29, 2022 Yoon Suk-yeol President of the Republic of Korea 22, Itaewon-ro, Yongsan-gu, Seoul 04383 Republic of Korea E-mail: (...)

ASTANA. KAZINFORM The constitutional referendum on June 5 was among Kazakhstans key highlights of this year. Amendments to one-third of the country’s basic document were voted in favor by the population. More about the reasons behind the referendum and what happened next is in the latest article of Kazinform.

Zambias President Hakainde Hichilema Friday assented to Penal Code (Amendment) Bill 2022, abolishing the law of the death penalty in Zambia. Earlier, on May 24, President Hichilema took a pledge to a...

With this, Zambia becomes the 25th country in sub-Saharan Africa to abolish the death penalty for all crimes.

With the support of a record 125 nations, the United Nations General Assembly has overwhelmingly adopted a resolution calling for a global moratorium on…

Deadline: 27-Feb-23 The European Commission is seeking applications for the Thematic Framework Partnerships for Human Rights and Democracy. The thematic

France applauds the UN General Assemblys adoption of the “Moratorium on the use of the death penalty” resolution yesterday, which we and our (…)

Today is both International Tea Day and Lemon Cupcake Day...