The UN’s Right Chief brings a significant increase from the execution of death

“Although more countries claim to lie in their national sovereignty, from my perspective, it is incompatible with human dignity and the right to life “,” The High Commissioner told Member States, during the discussion on the Contribution of Justice to improve human rights due to problems.

The punishment had “none of a place” in 21. century, Mr. Turk, continued, noting that “the best execution of the countries in recent years” include Iran, Saudi Arabia, Somalia and the United States.

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The latest UN data indicates that 2023 was taken from 2023 executions in 16 countries, which represents 31 percent increase from 2022. years and the largest number in the last eight years.

“This followed 53 percent in execution between 2021. and 2022, said the High Commissioner, adding that the figures were not taken into account,” where transparent information and death penalty and statistics. I invite the Chinese authorities to change this policy and joins the trend of the abolition. “

Global South leading abolition

Although drug-related crimes do not meet the justification of “most serious crimes” for executions under the international human rights law, they make for More than 40 percent of the death penalty report – the largest number of 2016.

“This share also increased sharply in the last two years, and almost all of you were executed in the Islamic Republic Iran,” Mr. Türk explained.

In more positive movements and despite the global increase in executions, The growth of the number of countries revokes the practice – stimulated by the global south.

Today, 113 countries have completely abolished the death penalty. This includes Zimbabwe – where President Emmerson Mnangagwa approved the law ending in the end of 2024. years – together with 26 other countries in Africa.

The key to the abolition are judicial reforms and discretion in execution in smaller penalties, the High Commissioner insisted. Malawi and Malaysia have implemented such reforms, which led to less death penalty, Mr. Türk continued, as he called for greater global efforts to ensure the fair trial and avoiding wrong convictions.

He called the nations to move towards the full abolition of the death penalty, advocates moratoriums and ensure that the death penalty is used only for the most serious crimes.

Zimbabwe Focus

They also address the Council, Gimbabwe Prosecutorial Virginia Mabiza explained that the death penalty introduced colonial rulers in 18^th century, supports country independence in 1980. years.

She said more than 56 percent of the population wanted the death penalty to stay in the Statute, in 1999. years, while they were between 1980. and 2005. 105 convicted violations.

“Since then, no other executions in Zimbabwe has been made, and this can be attributed to policy-making inquiry together with the court discretion against the death penalty,” said the General Lawyer.

Mrs. Mabiza mentioned that a wide range of misdemeanors, including a conspiracy and attempted robbery, but by 2013. Only murder could lead to the death of the convicted perpetrator, in accordance with Resolution of the UN General Assembly on reducing the number of criminal offenses that attract the death penalty.

And indicate several cases in which the Supreme Court in Harare determined that the death penalty was a violation of the human rights of prisoners, Ms. Mabiza said that penalties were “often full of prison sentences.”