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Jan 09, 2025

Worldwide Monthly Roundup: Abolition in Zimbabwe, Global Moratorium Gains Support; Known Executions Rise in Limited Number of Countries

Progress towards global abolition of the death penalty continues with Zimbabwe’s end-2024 decision to nearly eliminate the practice, only preserving the right to impose death when the country is under a declared public emergency. Zimbabwe’s last execution was in 2005. The biennial United Nations General Assembly Resolution on a Moratorium on the Death Penalty, passed with a record 130 votes on December 17, 2024. Nine countries that had either abstained, voted against, or not voted in 2022…