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GENEVA (11 April 2023) – UN human rights experts* today hailed a decision by the Malaysian parliament to revoke the country’s mandatory death penalty for many serious crimes, a decision that could potentially spare the lives of 1300 prisoners on death ...
During South Korea’s fourth cycle Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on January 26, 2023, 31 countries made recommendations concerning the abolition of the death penalty and/or the ratification of the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty.
The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) commends Zambia and President Hakainde Hichilema for passing Penal Code (Amendment) Bill Number 25 of 2022 ('the Bill'), which formally eradicated the death penalty in the country...
UN member states complete review of Islamabad’s fourth periodic report on human rights
UN member states complete review of Islamabad’s fourth periodic report on human rights.