KABUL and its member state Norway have reiterated their principled opposition to the death penalty as a cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment, according to an opinion piece on Wednesday.
Seventy years after the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, worldwide abolition of the death penalty is closer than ever to becoming a reality.
Three quarters (142 countries) of the world, representing 74% of the UN member states, have abolished the death penalty in law or practice . . .
