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- JANUARY 1, 1999South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
The Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or...
The Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions sent allegations to the Government regarding the violation of the right to life of Bong Hae Yi who reportedly died on December 9, 1997 as a result of torture (E/CN
- JANUARY 1, 1999South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is provided for in the Penal Code...
The death penalty is provided for in the Penal Code (1953) for political and ordinary crimes
- JANUARY 1, 1999KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is provided for by laws based on...
The death penalty is provided for by laws based on the Shari'a
- JANUARY 1, 1999KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
A new Penal Code entered into force in January 1998...
A new Penal Code entered into force in January 1998 and reduced the number of capital crimes, also replacing the death penalty with a maximum of 30 years
- JANUARY 1, 1999NauruDEATH PENALTY
There have been no executions since Independence (31...
There have been no executions since Independence (31 January 1968)
- JANUARY 1, 1999LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Laws in the Lebanese Penal Code are based on the first...
Laws in the Lebanese Penal Code are based on the first Ottoman Penal Code of 1840
- JANUARY 1, 1999KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
On December 5, 1998, President Askar Akayev adopted...
On December 5, 1998, President Askar Akayev adopted a decree of a two-year moratorium on the death sentence
- JANUARY 1, 1999KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
When a condemned prisoner's request for clemency is...
When a condemned prisoner's request for clemency is turned down, a group of special guards leads him in handcuffs to a bunker where an official from the Public Prosecutor's office, a representative of the prison administration, a doctor and an executioner
- JANUARY 1, 1999LebanonDEATH PENALTY
The 1994 law on the death penalty has become the subject...
The 1994 law on the death penalty has become the subject of public criticism from MPs, human rights activists and many courts that have pronounced death sentences because although not convinced of their verdict they had to abide by a law which denied them
- JANUARY 1, 1999LebanonDEATH PENALTY
On May 19, 1998, the first public execution in Lebanon...
On May 19, 1998, the first public execution in Lebanon since the introduction of the new death penalty law was carried out
- JANUARY 1, 1999MaldivesDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: premeditated murder, attempted...
Capital crimes are: premeditated murder, attempted assassination of the President, conspiracy against the sovereignty of the State, and acts of terrorism
- JANUARY 1, 1999MicronesiaDEATH PENALTY
Micronesia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the...
Micronesia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty presented by the European Union at the 54th UN General Assembly (A/C