Table No.4 Homicide rate in El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala From 1995 to 2011 year Elsalvador Country Honduras Guatemala Source : www.unodc.org According to Amnesty International, out of those countries, El Salvador is a country in which capital punishment is decreed for specific crimes not for ordinary crimes . Honduras is a country in which capital punishment is abolished. In Guatemala capital punishment is being continued. However, in these three countries a higher rate of homicide is reported. Special attention has been paid by these three countries on homicide rates using three forms of methodologies. However, it is precise that the progress achieved by these countries is not satisfactory. The countries in the world are categorized and ranked on human development by UNDP. Accordingly the aforesaid countries have been categorized as countries which have a middle level human development. 9