Death penalty

KUWAIT: Inhuman sentencing of children
14/Feb/2017 Publication
In March 2017, Kuwait abolished the death penalty and life imprisonment for offences committed while under the age of 18.
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PHILIPPINES: Open letter to the Minister of Justice on the death penalty
12/Dec/2016 Publication
An open letter from CRIN to the Philippines' Department of Justice about draft legislation proposing criminalisation and execution of children.
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NIGERIA : une enfant victime de mariage forcé libérée du couloir de la mort
14/Sep/2016 News
Après trois ans dans le couloir de la mort, une enfant victime de mariage forcé, accusée d'aoir tué son mari, a été libérée.
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NIGERIA: Child bride released from death row
9/Sep/2016 News
After three years on death row, a child bride accused of murder has been released from prison.
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IRAN : pendaison d'un mineur délinquant au mépris du droit international
4/Aug/2016 News
Un adolescent a été exécuté en Iran après avoir été reconnu du viol d'un autre adolescent, première exécution confirmée d'un mineur délinquant dans le pays depuis le début de l’année. La Cour suprême a au départ annulé sa condamnation à mort, estimant que l’enquête était incomplète, mais l'a finalement confirmée en mars 2016.
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PAKISTAN: Submission to the ICCPR on inhuman sentencing of children in Pakistan
4/Aug/2016 Publication
This report was submitted ahead of the the 118th session of the Human Rights Committee, for the adoption of the list of...
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DEATH PENALTY: Submission for the Secretary-General's report on the death penalty 2016
14/Apr/2016 Publication
CRIN is campaigning for the abolition of inhuman sentencing of children, defined to include the death penalty, corporal...
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QATAR: CRC alternative report on Inhuman sentencing of children
21/Mar/2016 Publication
In Qatar, life imprisonment is a lawful penalty for offences committed by children aged 16 or older. The death penalty and...
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ZIMBABWE: Inhuman Sentencing of Children
11/Mar/2016 Publication
The death penalty is explicitly prohibited for any offence committed by a person under the age of 18, but life...
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BANGLADESH: Mandatory death penalty declared void after 14-year legal battle
10/Mar/2016 Publication
Sentenced to death for a crime allegedly committed when he was just 14, a Bangladeshi boy’s case became the centre of a lengthy legal battle which ultimately led to mandatory executions being declared unconstitutional.
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