Transcript Global momentum towards abolishing death penalty

Global momentum towards
abolishing death penalty
•Point of view : Andrew Beswick
•20 governments executed people last year
(compared to 9 abolitionists in 1961,
example of Japan)
•Improvement since the last decade
•Global trend
The number of executions
• China : - Exact number of executions unknown
- Thousands of people possibly executed
according to Amnesty International, number
decreasing according to the Chinese Government
• Comparison : - Very high compared to other countries
- High but not so much compared to the
population of China which is the largest in the world :
reported to the population, 10 times more than in Iran
Secrecy and executions
• China does not reveal the exact number of
executions and has to be more transparent as
Amnesty International asks.
• China is not the only one to hide information,
so does North Korea where a large number of
people disappeared and are supposedly dead
Reasons why death penalty is used
• Drug trafficking can lead to being condemn to
capital punishment (Indonesia)
• Problem of fair trials : conclusion
• When troops leave, the situation is back to
« normal » (same as before the troops were
present): not clear!