The Kirghiz parliament has ratified the UN Protocol on the abolition of the death penalty as demanded by the World Coalition and its partner States, months after several leaders called for its reinstatement. The parliament of Kirghizistan ratified the UN Protocol on the abolition of the death penalty on February 11, making the re-establishment of the death penalty illegal. The French ministry of foreign affairs made the decision public and said in a communiqué: "France welcomes the ratification by the Kirghizstan Parliament of the bill relating to the adoption by Kirghizstan of the second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights which aims to abolish the death penalty." World Coalition member organisation Penal Reform International confirmed the news. The president must now sign the ratification into law and have it deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations before Kirghizstan becomes the 73rd State party to the Protocol...
Striving for a World without Capital Punishment