KUALA LUMPUR, April 12 — Human rights experts in the United Nations (UN) have praised Malaysia's decision to revoke the mandatory death penalty in the Dewan Rakyat recently,...
KUALA LUMPUR, April 12 — Human rights experts in the United Nations have praised Malaysia's decision to revoke the mandatory death penalty in the Dewan Rakyat recently, saying it has bolstered the global trend towards universal abolition.
“It denies judges the possibility to consider the defendant’s personal circumstances or the circumstances of the particular offence and individualise the sentence. The mandatory death penalty is not compatible with the limitation of capital punishment to the 'most serious crimes.'" The experts include: Morris Tidball-Binz, Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions; Tlaleng Mofokeng, Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health; Priya Gopalan, Matthew Gillett , Ganna Yudkivska, Miriam Estrada-Castillo and Mumba Malila from the Working Group on arbitrary detention; Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and...
Human Rights Watch Asia director Elaine Pearson also urged Malaysian lawmakers to build on this momentum by taking further steps toward the total abolition of the punishment.
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