Oct 20, 2025 · The use of the death penalty is not consistent with the right to life and the right to live free from torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. There is growing consensus for …

Although Article 6 of the ICCPR permits the use of the death penalty in limited circumstances, it also provides that “nothing in this article shall be invoked to delay or to prevent the abolition of capital …

Mar 10, 2025 · The country formally outlawed capital punishment in 2024 with the enactment of the Death Penalty Abolition Act. This landmark legislation follows years of judicial decisions that …

Capital punishment may only be carried out pursuant to a final judgement rendered by a competent court after legal process which gives all possible safeguards to ensure a fair trial, at least equal to …

Oct 10, 2024 · The death penalty is contrary to human dignity, is incompatible with the right to life, and does not lead to justice. Thus is the sentiment of UN Human Rights and human rights defenders …

Jan 31, 2024 · The infliction of the death penalty is profoundly difficult to reconcile with human dignity, the fundamental right to life, and the right to live free from torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading …

Introduction The provision of the death penalty remains in force in various criminal laws of Bangladesh. The penal laws of Bangladesh provide capital punishment for 33 offences.1 Once an accused is …

Apr 3, 2023 · In short, the death penalty is, in our common experience, an atavistic relic from the past that should be shed in the 21st century.

Oct 9, 2023 · In effect, a number of States continue to impose the death penalty in violation of their human rights obligations, including for crimes that do not result directly and intentionally in death, …

01 March 2022 The Committee on Human Rights today concluded its review of the initial periodic report of Qatar on measures taken to implement the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and …