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For over 45 years, Amnesty International has been campaigning to abolish the death penalty around the world. Amnesty International monitors its use by all states to expose and hold to account governments that continue to use the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment.
May 29, 2024 · Amnesty International’s monitoring of the global use of the death penalty recorded 1,153 known executions in 2023, an increase by 31% from 883 in 2022. However, there was a significant decrease in executing countries, from 20 in 2022 to 16 in 2023.
May 24, 2022 · Amnesty International recorded seven exonerations of people under sentence of death in four countries: Bahrain (1), Kenya (1), USA (2) and Zambia (3). Amnesty International recorded 2,052 death sentences imposed in 56 countries, up 39% from at least 1,477 in 54 countries in 2020.
Jul 29, 2024 · When Amnesty International started its work in 1977, only 16 countries had totally abolished the death penalty. Today, that number has risen to 108 – more than half the world’s countries. We have helped save the lives of countless death row prisoners – and there’s much more work ahead.
May 28, 2024 · Amnesty International opposes the death penalty in all cases without exception regardless of the nature or circumstances of the crime; guilt, innocence or other characteristics of the individual; or the method used by the state to carry out the execution.
Amnesty International recorded at least 28 exonerations of prisoners who had been sentenced to death in four countries: Kenya (20), Morocco/Western Sahara (1), the USA (2), and Zimbabwe (5). Globally, at least 28,282 people were under sentence of death at the end of 2022.
Why does Amnesty International oppose the death penalty? The death penalty violates the most fundamental human right – the right to life. It is the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment. The death penalty is discriminatory.
May 16, 2023 · Amnesty International recorded at least 28 exonerations of prisoners sentenced to death. Exonerations took place in four countries: Kenya ( 20 ), Morocco/Western Sahara ( 1 ), the USA ( 2 ), and Zimbabwe ( 5 ). Globally, at least 28,282 people were under sentence of death at the end of 2022.
Amnesty International reports only on executions, death sentences and other aspects of the use of the death penalty, such as commutations and exonerations, where there is reasonable confirmation. In many countries governments do not publish information on their use of the death penalty.
May 29, 2024 · Amnesty International recorded at least 9 exonerations of prisoners who had been sentenced to death in three countries: Kenya ( 5 ), the USA ( 3 ), and Zimbabwe ( 1 ). Globally, at least 27,687 people were under sentence of death at the end of 2022.
