THE WORLD SITUATION

Abolitionist: 72 Andorra, Angola, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Cape Verde, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guinea Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kiribati, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia (Former Yugoslav Republic of), Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia (Federated States of), Moldova, Monaco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Palau, Panama, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland*, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu*, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Vatican City*, Venezuela. Abolitionist for ordinary crimes: 13 Albania, Argentina, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Cook Island*, Cyprus, El Salvador, Fiji, Israel, Latvia, Malta, Mexico, Peru. Abolitionist de facto (countries which have not carried out any executions for 10 years): 29 Barbados, Belize, Bermuda*, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Central African Republic, Chile, Congo, Côte d´Ivoire, Dominica, Gabon, Gambia, Grenada, Guinea, Jamaica, Madagascar, Maldives, Mali, Nauru, Niger, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Swaziland, Togo, Tonga, Turkey. Countries committed to abolishing the death penalty as members of the Council of Europe: 3 Armenia, Russia, Ukraine. Retentionist countries that adopted a moratorium on executions: 2 Algeria, Kyrgyz Republic. Retentionist: 76 Afghanistan, Antigua-Barbuda, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, China, Comoros, Congo (Democratic Republic of the), Cuba, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guyana, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Korea (Democratic Republic of), Korea (Republic of), Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Malawi, Malaysia, Mauritania, Mongolia, Morocco, Myanmar, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Palestinian Authority*, Philippines, Qatar, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Taiwan*, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United States, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam, Yemen, Yugoslavia (Federal Republic of), Zambia, Zimbabwe. *Non Members States of the United Nations