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Committee Passes Resolution on the Death Penalty (December 03, 2012) by Constance Johnson
On November 19, 2012, the United Nations Third Committee – the Social, Humanitarian Cultural Affairs Committee – voted in favor of ...
Topic: Capital punishment
Jurisdiction: United Nations
Seven Death Sentences Upheld (October 23, 2012) by Constance Johnson
On October 19, 2012, the Gambia Supreme Court upheld the treason convictions of seven men, including the former Chief of Defense ...
Topic: Capital punishment
Jurisdiction: Gambia
UN Calls for Halt of Executions (October 16, 2012) by Constance Johnson
On October 12, 2012, three U.N.Special Rapporteurs, Ahmed Shaheed, Christof Heyns, and Juan E. Méndez, whose focus is on Iran, extrajudicial ...
Topic: Capital punishment
Jurisdiction: Iran
Death Penalty Impositions Temporarily Halted (September 18, 2012) by Constance Johnson
On September 14, 2012, Yahya Jammeh, President of The Gambia, set a temporary moratorium on executions in the country. (
Topic: Capital punishment
Jurisdiction: Gambia
De Facto Moratorium on Capital Punishment (August 21, 2012) by Constance Johnson
Zimbabwe currently retains the death penalty, with 60 people facing death sentences. However, no one has been subjected to capital punishment ...
Topic: Capital punishment
Jurisdiction: Zimbabwe
167 Inmates on Death Row Get Breaks on Sentences (September 15, 2010) by Hanibal Goitom
It was reported on September 13, 2010, that 167 inmates who have been on death row in the Ugandan prison system ...
Topic: Capital punishment
Jurisdiction: Uganda
Concern Raised over Executions (September 01, 2010) by Constance Johnson
In August 2010, four men, including three former military officers, were executed in Equatorial Guinea, after having been charged with treason ...
Topic: Capital punishment
Jurisdiction: Equatorial Guinea / United Nations
New Guidelines on International Cooperation in Death Penalty Cases (December 24, 2009) by Kelly Buchanan
On December 18, 2009, the Australian government announced that new guidelines governing international law enforcement cooperation in possible death penalty cases ...
Topic: Capital punishment
Jurisdiction: Australia
Death Penalty Ruled Unconstitutional (December 01, 2009) by Peter Roudik
On January 1, 2010, a death penalty moratorium, which was introduced in Russia in 1999, was scheduled to expire because of ...
Topic: Capital punishment
Jurisdiction: Russian Federation
Criticism of Use of Death Penalty (November 24, 2009) by Gholam Vafai
An Iranian boy, Behnoud Shojaie, was executed in Iran on October 11, 2009, after being convicted of the murder of another ...
Topic: Capital punishment
Jurisdiction: Iran
Supreme Court Says Federal Courts Should Not Ignore Challenges to a Prisoner's Execution (October 26, 2009) by Luis Acosta
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that in a habeas corpus case challenging a prisoner's execution, a federal appellate court should ...
Topic: Capital punishment
Jurisdiction: United States
Humanitarian Appeal Against Death Penalty (February 23, 2009) by Theresa Papademetriou
On February 2, 2009, the Czech Presidency of the European Union, together with Sweden, which will assume the Presidency in June ...
Topic: Capital punishment
Jurisdiction: European Union
Highest Court Refuses to Outlaw Capital Punishment (January 29, 2009) by Hanibal Goitom
It was reported on January 21, 2009, that the Ugandan Supreme Court rejected a petition brought by 418 inmates on death ...
Topic: Capital punishment
Jurisdiction: Uganda
House of Representatives Votes to Retain Death Penalty (December 19, 2008) by Stephen Clarke
In 2007, Jamaica had more than 1,400 murders. (Neil Clark, Holiday Paradise Brings Back the Hangman, EXPRESS NEWSPAPERS, Nov. 29, 2008, ...
Topic: Capital punishment
Jurisdiction: Jamaica
Supreme Court Reaffirms Ruling on Unconstitutionality of Death Penalty for Child Rape (October 10, 2008) by Luis Acosta
On October 1, 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a motion for rehearing and affirmed its June 25, 2008, holding in ...
Topic: Capital punishment
Jurisdiction: United States
Supreme Court Rules Death Penalty for Child Rape Unconstitutional (July 02, 2008) by Luis Acosta
On June 25, the Supreme Court ruled that the ban on cruel and unusual punishment in the U.S. Constitution bars the ...
Topic: Capital punishment
Jurisdiction: United States
Proposal to Abolish Death Penalty (June 02, 2008) by Constance Johnson
On May 21, 2008, the Justice Minister of the Republic of China on Taiwan, Wang Ching-feng, announced plans to try to ...
Topic: Capital punishment
Jurisdiction: Taiwan
Supreme Court Rules Lethal Injection Cocktail is Constitutional (May 02, 2008) by Luis Acosta
On April 16, the Supreme Court ruled that a state's use of a three-drug lethal injection protocol for capital punishment does ...
Topic: Capital punishment
Jurisdiction: United States
Proposal to End Death Penalty Meets Opposition (May 02, 2008) by Constance Johnson
The government of Mali has proposed ending the use of capital punishment in the country, but opposition politicians have rallied to ...
Topic: Capital punishment
Jurisdiction: Mali
Last updated: December 03, 2012
