كان عمرنسيم 17 عاما لدى اعتقاله في 2011. وكانت المحكمة العليا ألغت في البداية حكما بالإعدام صادر من محكمة أدنى في أغسطس/آب 2012، مشيرة إلى أنه كان تحت 18 عاما وقت اعتقاله ولكنها عادت وأكدت في نهاية المطاف حكم الإعدام.
The imminent execution of Saman Nasim, who was arrested in 2011 at the age of 17 for armed activities, has been scheduled for 19 February 2015. Despite a ban on the execution of child offenders in international law, Iran has executed 31 child offenders since 2010.
This report documents that 38 States, which include just under 40 per cent of the world’s children, have not fully prohibited the sentencing of children to corporal punishment by their courts and 67 States have not prohibited violent punishment of children in penal institutions.
Findings show that while indigenous women are significantly over-represented as victims, the police have failed to adequately prevent and protect indigenous women and girls from killings, disappearances and extreme forms of violence.