If at least 527 people were executed worldwide in 2010, the NGO Amnesty International notes that abolitionist countries that use the death penalty are "increasingly isolated" in its annual report on capital punishment. "At the end of 2010, the existence of a global trend towards abolishing the death penalty was no longer any doubt," the report notes.
According to figures available, the organization notes that if the mid-1990s averaged forty countries were carrying out executions each year, they were more than thirty in the new millennium. And in 2010, according to Amnesty, only twenty-three countries have carried out executions, a slight increase over 2009 (nineteen, the number of countries the lowest ever recorded by Amnesty).
"Over the past decade, twenty-two countries have completely abolished the [death penalty] in law and nine do not practice more. So we are now 139 countries do not practice, which is a very good step forward especially as the 96th state to have abolished is Gabon, which shows that it is also increasing in Africa, "noted Monday on France CultureGeneviève Garrigos, president of Amnesty International France.
108 countries were abolitionist (in law or in practice) in 2001. Thus, abolition was included in the Constitution of Angola and Djibouti, and bills to abolish capital punishment are "waiting in the parliaments of South Korea, Lebanon, Mali and Mongolia ". And advanced "significant" have been found in countries where capital punishment still enjoys strong support, according to Amnesty.
"The mandatory imposition of the death penalty without taking into account the personal circumstances of the accused or the circumstances of the offense was deemed unconstitutional in Bangladesh on March 20. In a historic decision, the Court of Appeal Kenya said July 30 that the mandatory imposition of the death penalty for murder was "inconsistent with the spirit and letter of the Constitution", including the report notes.
The number of executions is also down: after 714 executions in 2009, 527 people were executed in 2010, a minimum figure who "does not include the thousands of executions in China would have done." This figure is in fact classified as a "state secret" by the Chinese authorities. Other countries, like Iran or North Korea, are suspected not to announce the actual number of people executed.
But from the figures available to the NGO, excluding China, Iran (at least 252 executions), North Korea (at least 60 executions), Yemen (at least 53 executions), the United States ( 46 executions) and Saudi Arabia (at least 27 executions) remain the country claiming the largest number of executions worldwide.
But the abolitionists seem to be gaining ground in the United States, "Illinois became the 16th state to declare the abolition of the death penalty. So here again we see a progression, with an overall decline in the (...) number of executions and real debates on whether the appearance inhuman and degrading punishment or this (...) about economic reasons, and it is very important, "noted Jennifer Garrigos on France Culture.
And 2024 new death sentences were imposed in 2010 in 67 countries for a total of 17 833 people under sentence of death in 2010. - Read the report in French Amnesty International: Death Sentences and Executions in 2010 "- Amnesty International Chart on countries that have carried out the largest number of executions in 2010 - a dossier produced by the French documentation on abolition of the death penalty in France Le Monde.
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According to figures available, the organization notes that if the mid-1990s averaged forty countries were carrying out executions each year, they were more than thirty in the new millennium. And in 2010, according to Amnesty, only twenty-three countries have carried out executions, a slight increase over 2009 (nineteen, the number of countries the lowest ever recorded by Amnesty).
"Over the past decade, twenty-two countries have completely abolished the [death penalty] in law and nine do not practice more. So we are now 139 countries do not practice, which is a very good step forward especially as the 96th state to have abolished is Gabon, which shows that it is also increasing in Africa, "noted Monday on France CultureGeneviève Garrigos, president of Amnesty International France.
108 countries were abolitionist (in law or in practice) in 2001. Thus, abolition was included in the Constitution of Angola and Djibouti, and bills to abolish capital punishment are "waiting in the parliaments of South Korea, Lebanon, Mali and Mongolia ". And advanced "significant" have been found in countries where capital punishment still enjoys strong support, according to Amnesty.
"The mandatory imposition of the death penalty without taking into account the personal circumstances of the accused or the circumstances of the offense was deemed unconstitutional in Bangladesh on March 20. In a historic decision, the Court of Appeal Kenya said July 30 that the mandatory imposition of the death penalty for murder was "inconsistent with the spirit and letter of the Constitution", including the report notes.
The number of executions is also down: after 714 executions in 2009, 527 people were executed in 2010, a minimum figure who "does not include the thousands of executions in China would have done." This figure is in fact classified as a "state secret" by the Chinese authorities. Other countries, like Iran or North Korea, are suspected not to announce the actual number of people executed.
But from the figures available to the NGO, excluding China, Iran (at least 252 executions), North Korea (at least 60 executions), Yemen (at least 53 executions), the United States ( 46 executions) and Saudi Arabia (at least 27 executions) remain the country claiming the largest number of executions worldwide.
But the abolitionists seem to be gaining ground in the United States, "Illinois became the 16th state to declare the abolition of the death penalty. So here again we see a progression, with an overall decline in the (...) number of executions and real debates on whether the appearance inhuman and degrading punishment or this (...) about economic reasons, and it is very important, "noted Jennifer Garrigos on France Culture.
And 2024 new death sentences were imposed in 2010 in 67 countries for a total of 17 833 people under sentence of death in 2010. - Read the report in French Amnesty International: Death Sentences and Executions in 2010 "- Amnesty International Chart on countries that have carried out the largest number of executions in 2010 - a dossier produced by the French documentation on abolition of the death penalty in France Le Monde.
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