10 October 2014 marked the 12th anniversary of the World Day Against the Death Penalty. This year, the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty paid special attention to the problems faced by respondents and convicts with mental health problems. See details here.
Similarly, according to the Coalition, this day is an opportunity to speak out publicly against the use of this inhuman punishment, and to support those fighting for its abolition worldwide. See a calendar of activities here.
In this context, Promo-LEX recalls that the Transnistrian region is only region from Europe, except Belarus, where the so-called criminal law provides for the death penalty.
This penalty also may be applied at any time, although there is a moratorium imposed by the “Supreme Soviet”. Thus, the local “Criminal Code” provides that capital punishment as an exceptional type of criminal punishment. The death penalty can be imposed for murder; interference in life or violence against a state official or a person fulfilling their civic duty; armed rebellion; use of prohibited methods of war, and genocide. Death penalty does not apply to minors or women. It is executed by firing squad, and is not public. A person sentenced to death, is held in a solitary cell and kept and isolation. The body is not transmitted to the relatives for burial, and the place of the burial is not disclosed. The administration of the incumbent prison where the execution took place must inform the relatives about the execution.
The Promo-LEX Association and the World Coalition Against Death Penalty are both members of the International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH).
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