Death Sentence. At the outset it declares the fact that we can be the
shareholders to increase the progressive enhancement of human dignity
and human rights along with the abolition of the Death Penalty.
Accordingly in these party countries no person should be sentenced to
death .All the party countries should take action in view of abolishing the
Death Penalty within their state boundaries.
But out of the 193 member states of UNO, only 81 states have become
partners of this optional protocol. And the majority of the said states have
become partners with this optional protocol taking one optional
advantage into consideration. That is the clause to the effect that the
members of the security forces who are subjected to allegations on war
crimes are not covered by the abolition of the Death penalty in an instance
where issues related to war crimes arise.
However, as declared by the Amnesty International Organization that
provides information on 198 countries of the world,
Number of countries that have abolished the Death Penalty
related to all the offences
-98
Number of countries that have abolished the Death Penalty
related to general offences
-7
Number of countries that do not enforce the Death Sentence
although it exists in the legislature
-35
Number of countries that exercise the Death Penalty
- 58
The countries that have abolished the Death Penalty in relation to all the
offences can be identified in all the regions of the world. Not only western
European countries with highly sophisticated economies but also the
countries of the African region which are considered as the poorest
countries of the world are available here. .
Countries like Brazil, Chili, El Salvador, fuji, Israel , Kazakhstan , and Peru have
abolished the Death Penalty related to general offences.
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