While in recent years the UWSA has reached a détente with the Myanmar central authority, the Myanmar legal system does not apply in practice within Wa State. [21][22][23], Capital punishment has been completely abolished in all European countries except for Belarus and Russia, the latter of which has a moratorium and has not conducted an execution since 1999. 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights, abolishing the death penalty in all circumstances. Although many African countries have not officially abolished the death penalty, many have carried out no executions in the past 10 years or so. In 2017, Mongolia repealed the death penalty. International Actors, Democratization and the Rule of Law: Anchoring Democracy? Amnesty Internationalâs 2019 annual Global Report on Death Sentences and Executions reported that, as of December 31, 2019, more than two-thirds of the worldâs countries had abolished the death penalty in law or practice. As of July 2018[update], of the 195 independent states that are UN members or have UN observer status:[9]. Hanging. Today, over two thirds of the worldâs countries have abolished the death penalty in law or in practice. [25] Nearly all countries in this region have abolished the death penalty as a form of punishment, and the two countries that still have it in law (Papua New Guinea and Tonga) have not used it in many decades. Countries that have recently abolished the death penalty: As of the end of 2006, 86 countries no longer have the death penalty. Kazakhstan also announced measures to start the process of joining the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which commits states to abolishing the death penalty. After 1876, Emperor Pedro II adopted in practice an abolitionist policy through his prerrogative of Mercy as Head of State, by directing that all death sentences be submitted by the Courts to the Imperial Government for examination regarding commutation (even without a request for pardon or commutation from the person condemned), and by granting commutations for all death sentences that were passed. For more information see Capital punishment in Brazil. Defunct countries such as the GDR (East Germany), which abolished capital punishment in 1987 but was dissolved in 1990, are also not included. Prohibited by the. Firing squad. 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In 2001 Bosnia-Herzegovina ratified the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, abolishing the death penalty for all crimes.8. Philippines, Switzerland, Portugal, Italy) only the later abolition date is included. Hanging, firing squad. Extrajudicial executions are still commonplace. ⢠36 countries have abolished the death penalty in practice; ⢠8 countries have abolished the death penalty for ordinary crimes. In countries which have not abolished the death penalty, capital punishment may be imposed only for the most serious crimes, it being understood that their scope should not go beyond intentional crimes with lethal or other extremely grave consequences. There have been three major amnesties (1989, 1993, 1997) in which the government commuted death sentences to life sentences or less, and simultaneously reduced life sentences to 10 years. However, in reality, the Wa State is controlled entirely by the United Wa State Army (UWSA) - an ethnic armed organisation (EAO) previously in open rebellion against the Myanmar government and military. Executions in the Americas in 2019: United States (22).[128]. This trend away from capital punishment can be seen in the United States as well. This is a increase from 16 in 1977. The absolute ban on the death penalty is enshrined in both the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (EU) and two widely adopted protocols of the European Convention on Human Rights of the Council of Europe, and is thus considered a central value. Japan has the highest inequality-adjusted HDI (Human Development Index, of the United Nations Development Programme) of any country to use the death penalty; Singapore has the highest unadjusted HDI. It was in the Kingdom of Tahiti (when the island was independent), in 1824, that for the first time in the world a legislative assembly abolished the death penalty, commuted into banishment. Despite this it was reinstated on several occasions: On 26 August 2008, a new Code of Military Justice was promulgated that abolished death penalty. President. Other countries like Libya have conducted extrajudicial executions. 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Doc. All other countries in this category have abolished capital punishment. In 1997 Hong Kong was returned to Chinese rule as a special administrative region of China. Officially, only 16 countries (including Egypt, Nigeria, Somalia, Libya and Sudan) have and maintain the death penalty in both law and practice. Nearly all countries in this region have abolished the death penalty as a form of punishment, ⦠The last execution in the Caribbean, and the last in the Americas outside the United States, was in Saint Kitts and Nevis in 2008. Showing 1 to 51 of 51 entries China is the world's most active death penalty country; according to Amnesty International, China executes more people than the rest of the world combined per annum. The court has abolished the death penalty for mentally disabled offenders (Atkins v.Virginia, 2002), juvenile offenders (Roper v.Simmons, 2005), and for those convicted of raping a child where death was not the intended or actual result (Kennedy v. Hanging (in the past, for civil offences), firing squad (military offences). Executions by firing squad. 4 countries abolished capital punishment in the 1960s (a record up to that time for any decade), 11 in the 1970s, and a further 10 in the 1980s. Wa state (officially the Wa Self-Administered Division) is nominally a semi-autonomous division located in two disconnected regions within Shan State. 1 (1%) has announced a moratorium and plans to abolish capital punishment, but has used it within the last ten years. The U.S., supported by Syria, Iran, China and other dictatorships, opposed the resolution. Hanging. Abolished 2016 for ordinary crimes, 2017 for all crimes. Abolishing the Death Penalty: As of July, 2018, according to Amnesty International, the capital punishment has been retained by the 56 countries of the 198 United Nations states. It shows that in the past decade, an average of over three countries a year have abolished the death penalty in law or, having done so for ordinary offences, have gone on to abolish it … More than two-thirds are abolitionist in law or practice. Northern (majority Muslim) states also apply Sharia law. Currently, the large majority of countries have either abolished or discontinued the practice. Belarus is the only European country not to have abolished the death penalty. 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Doc. 4) Does any European country have the death penalty? Of the other former Soviet republics, only Belarus and Tajikistan have not formally abolished capital punishment, and only Belarus uses it in practice. Of the 14 independent countries in Oceania that are UN member or observer states: Only Papua New Guinea and Tonga have not formally abolished capital punishment despite not using the practice since 1954 and 1982 respectively. 7 (13%) maintain the death penalty in both law and practice. At least two executions were recorded in Belarus in 2019, compared to at least four in 2018. Death penalty for murder, treason, terrorism, armed robbery, espionage, piracy, war crimes, some military offences and crimes against humanity. 2009 and 2015 were the first two years in recorded history when Europe was completely free of executions. In Israel and Chile, it is restricted to crimes committed in wartime. As per current data, there are 58 ⦠The State of New Jersey abolished the death penalty, also on DEC-18. In the hundred years following the abolition of capital punishment by Venezuela in 1863 only 11 more countries followed, not counting temporary abolitions which were later reversed. To wit, death sentences are handed down and carried out regularly, most recently in 2020. Of the 12 countries with a "very high" Human Development Index which practice executions, 10 are in Asia: Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. 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Abolishing the Death Penalty: As of July, 2018, according to Amnesty International, the capital punishment has been retained by the 56 countries of the 198 United Nations states. Abolished March 1990 by Constitution. "Portuguese Constitution of 1933 - Part I, Title II, Article 8º, Nº11: [Translation]: "Article 3 of Law 635 - Amendment to the Portuguese Constitution of 1911 - The exception on the article of the death penalty: [Translation], "Ley Orgánica 11/1995, de 27 de noviembre, de abolición de la pena de muerte en tiempo de guerra", "Turkey's parliament 'to consider reintroducing death penalty. 13 (37%) permit its use for ordinary crimes, but have not used it for at least 10 years. Death penalty for murder; terrorism; participating in a mutiny; treason and espionage. At least one execution may have been carried out between 1999 and 2008, but this remains unconfirmed. Nowadays, more than two-thirds of countries in the world have abolished capital punishment. Of all modern European countries, San Marino, Portugal and the Netherlands were the first to abolish capital punishment, whereas only Belarus still practices capital punishment in some form or another. The following is a summary of the use of capital punishment by country. Just over half the countries in the world â 106 â no longer had the death penalty by 2018, according to Amnesty International. Hanging. The last execution on Russian territory was in Chechnya in 1999. 2 (14%) permit its use for ordinary crimes, but have not used it for at least 10 years, This page was last edited on 5 January 2021, at 04:49. Note: Where a country has abolished, re-instated, and abolished again (e.g. Since 1999, Belarus has been the only recognized country in Europe to carry out executions. Today, that number has risen to 106 - more than half the world's countries. The death penalty is legal in Belize and Guyana. In 1990 the German Democratic Republic became unified with the Federal Republic of Germany, where the death penalty had been abolished in 1949.2. Death penalty for murder, treason, rape, and military offenses such as mutiny. 2. Note: The tables can be sorted alphabetically or chronologically using the icon. Last execution when part of Ethiopia was 1989. The last time another country in the region carried out executions was in 2005. Abolished by constitution 2002. More than two-thirds of the worldâs countries, including virtually all of Europe, have abolished the death penalty. No additional countries banned the death penalty in 2019 for the second year in a row, but Amnesty says that 142 countries have either abolished the death penalty in law or in practice. For 40 years, we have been working to end executions. Botswana, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Libya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, and Nigeria are examples of countries that execute people. Last execution when occupied by South Africa was in 1988. Guatemala abolished the death penalty for civil cases in 2017. In 2019, Asia had the world's 5 leading practitioners of capital punishment – China, Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, and Vietnam. 24 (44%) permit its use for ordinary crimes, but have not used it for at least 10 years. Montenegro had already abolished the death penalty in 2002 when it was part of a state union with Serbia. In these countries, death penalty can only be given for exceptional crimes such as crime committed under military law or ⦠It became an independent member state of the United Nations on 28 June 2006. Its existence can be traced to the beginning of the American colonies. The tendency to execute criminals is decreasing. In Brazil, Chile, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Peru, capital punishment is only legal in special circumstances, such as war crimes. 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights, abolishing the death penalty in all circumstances, came into effect on 6 June 2006. In the Caribbean countries, the death penalty exists at least de jure, except in the Dominican Republic and Haiti, which abolished it in 1969 and 1987, respectively. Of the 54 independent states in Africa that are UN members: Many African countries have carried out no executions for over 10 years, but are not believed to have an abolitionist policy or established practice. Death penalty for aggravated murder; terrorism; violent robbery, armed robbery or gang-robbery; arson; kidnapping; treason; espionage; certain military offenses; crimes against humanity; genocide; assaulting on-duty state employees with the intention of causing death; poisoning or mass poisoning of water supplies; committing torture or barbarous acts in the course of a serious offense and attempting a death-eligible crime. "Almost 80% of African countries have abolished the death penalty in law or practice. 24 (56%) maintain the death penalty in both law and practice. 6 to the European Convention on Human Rights, abolishing the death penalty for peacetime offences.7. Death penalty suspended following UN administration in 1999 when still a province of Indonesia. Seven countries, including Brazil, Chile and Kazakhstan have abolished it for ordinary crimes. Executions by firing squad. Russia retains the death penalty in law, but there is a moratorium. In 2000 it had ratified Protocol No. May be imposed only in cases provided by military laws during a state of international war. The death penalty is cruel, inhuman and degrading. Of the 49 independent states in Europe that are UN members or have UN Observer status: Abolition of death penalty is a pre-condition for entry into the European Union, which considers capital punishment a "cruel and inhuman" practice and "not been shown in any way to act as a deterrent to crime".[300]. [104] Each of the 36 states has its own laws. Between 9 June 1956 by martial law imposing. Number of African countries abolished death penalty in past decade. 8 (18%) permit its use for ordinary crimes, but have not used it for at least 10 years. In 2016, there were approximately 30 new death sentencesâdown from a record high of 315 in 1996. When Amnesty started its work in 1977, only 16 countries had totally abolished the death penalty. In 1993 the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic divided into two states, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.4. The two republics became independent in 1991.3. Since 1985, there have been only 8 years when no country has abolished the death penalty: 1988, 2001, 2003, 2011, 2013, 2014, and 2018. 16 (46%) have abolished capital punishment. Only one civilian was sentenced to death in the republican period, in 1969, but the sentence was commuted and was not carried out. Belarus is the only European country not to have abolished the death penalty. The self-proclaimed state of Transnistria, which is claimed by Moldova, still retains the death penalty but has observed a moratorium on executions since 1999. Death penalty allowed for aggravated murder; castration resulting in death; kidnapping a minor resulting in death; terrorism; robbery; treason; espionage; genocide; crimes against humanity; attempt or conspiracy to commit genocide, crimes against humanity and certain war crimes; torture; human trafficking; poisoning; harboring criminals; perjury leading to a person being sentenced to death; attempting to commit a death-eligible offense and redicivism in case of most serious offenses. According to Amnesty International, 21 countries recorded executions in 2011, compared to 31 countries 10 years ago. This is a significant decrease from 20 years ago in 1995, when there were executions in 42 countries, highlighting the clear global trend of states moving away from the death penalty. Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation and Tajikistancontinued to observe official moratoriums on executions. Hanging is used. Executions were recorded in 22 countries in 2014, the same number as 2013. When we began that work in 1977, only 16 countries had totally abolished the death penalty. 1998 (for all crimes in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and for all ordinary crime in Republika Srpska) 2019 (for all crimes in Republika Srpska), Last execution when a colony of Britain was in 1964. Only three industrialized democracies still execute people: Japan, South Korea, and most states in the U.S. At least 607 executions were carried out worldwide in 2014, a decrease of almost 22% compared to the figures recorded for 2013. This, however, is far more than half the number of murders amongst the five countries with the penalty still in force. It is believed Britain influenced America's use of the death penalty more than any other country, with the first recorded execution of Captain George Kendall in the Jamestown colony of Virginia in 1608. 1 (2%) retain it for crimes committed in exceptional circumstances (such as in time of war). In Central and South America, the death penalty exists in Belize and Guyana, though it has not been used in years. At a glance, many countries have effectively stopped practicing the death penalty despite it not being officially abolished. Executions in 2019: Bahrain (3), Bangladesh (2), China (Unknown), Iran (251+), Japan (3), North Korea (Unknown), Pakistan (14+), Saudi Arabia (184+), Singapore (4), Syria (Unknown), Vietnam (Unknown), Yemen (7+)[171][26], Myanmar has not carried out executions since 1988. In 2018, The Gambia announced a moratorium as a first step toward abolition.[29]. In South Korea, Russia, the Bahamas, Barbados, and Brunei, a moratorium is in practice. 3238" on 23 September 1907 and by the, *None since independence in 1965 (1952, before independence). Executions in Europe in 2019: Belarus (2+)[171][301]. NUR-SULTAN – The government of Kazakhstan has abolished the capital punishment, after a nearly 20-year freeze on death penalty in the Central Asian country, a … Death penalty for treason; terrorism; espionage; genocide; mutiny; desertion in times of war. Death penalty for aggravated murder, murder, public comments, rape (if it results in the death of the victim), barbaric actions including torture, and aggravated rape. The countries where these still occur are North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Somalia according to research carried out by Amnesty International in 2012. The last known executions in this region took place in Tonga in 1982. Death penalty for murder, armed robbery, espionage, treason, economic crimes, military offenses, war crimes and genocide. [2][3][4][5][6][7][8] The use of capital punishment is usually divided into the four categories set out below. The most recent countries to abolish capital punishment in Oceania are Samoa (2004), Fiji (2015), and Nauru (2016). Death penalty for murder; treason, Abolished by the "Law No. Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the United States, currently used by 28 states, American Samoa, the federal government, and the military. More than two thirds of countries have struck capital punishment from their statutes, or at least for all practical purposes. Firing squad. Death Penalty Information Center | 1701 K Street NW Suite 205 Washington, DC 20006, Phone: 202-289-2275 | Email: [email protected], Privacy Policy | ©2021 Death Penalty Information Center, Countries That Have Abolished the Death Penalty Since 1976. Most recently, Washington, Delaware, Maryland, Connecticut, and Illinois have all abolished capital punishment. They were the first U.S. state to do so in 40 years. As such it is in principle subject to the laws, enforcement, and judicial system of Myanmar. Death penalty for murder; aggravated robbery; high treason. Most executions worldwide take place in Asia. Death penalty for murder; blasphemy; homosexuality; adultery; treason; rape; robbery; incest; assisting the suicide of a person legally unable to consent; perjury in a capital case causing wrongful execution; terrorism; terrorist acts; some military offences; sodomy;[103] kidnapping and practice of indigenous beliefs in states applying Shariah law. Meanwhile the five such countries who have abolished the death penalty for all crimes are Honduras, Venezuela, Colombia, South Africa and Ecuador, with average homicides of 41.3 per 100,000 people. Death penalty for murder, terrorism, participating in a gang robbery if one of the robbers commits murder, abetting a successful mutiny, assault by a person under a life sentence which causing harm, assault with the intention to murder which causing only harm, perjury causing wrongful execution, Death penalty for murder, drug trafficking, arson, piracy, terrorism, kidnapping, recividism of aggravated offenses punishable by life imprisonment, leading an armed group that engages in spreading disorder (such as by sabotage, pillage or killing), espionage, treason and perjury causing wrongful execution. Countries which have abolished and since reinstated (e.g. [147][148][149][150] Death penalty for murder, robbery resulting in death or permanent disability of the victim, armed robbery, terrorism, some economic crimes, espionage, treason, certain military offences. In 2005 Liberia ratified the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, abolishing the death penalty for all crimes.9. Nismo imali izbora, morali smo ga osuditi na strijeljanje", "The Constitution of the Republic of Croatia", http://expresso.sapo.pt/sociedade/2017-06-30-Ha-100-anos-a-espera-de-um-perdao-do-Estado-portugues#gs._cRmMTE. 5 (14%) retain it for crimes committed in exceptional circumstances (such as in time of war). Amnesty opposes the death penalty at all times â regardless of who is accused, the crime, guilt or innocence or method of execution. Abolition is also a pre-condition for entry into the European Union. Death penalty for murder and treason. The fourteen countries that have legalized and retained the right to execute criminals for their crimes include: Bangladesh; China; Egypt; Ethiopia; India; Indonesia; Iran; Japan; Nigeria; Saudi Arabia Which countries have abolished the death penalty? 6 to the European Convention on Human Rights, abolishing the death penalty for peacetime offenses.6. 30 executions have taken place in India since 1991. Since 1976, more than 75 nations have abolished the death penalty for all crimes, while others have abolished it for ordinary crimes. Death penalty for treason, murder and terrorism. 4) ⦠New death sentences and executions in the U.S. continue to decline. Countries That Still Have The Death Penalty. Last year, a man who killed two women using a hammer and knives was executed with a … Opinion polls state sentiment for governments to return to capital punishment remains high in many Caribbean countries and pressure on politicians to retain it factors high. 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