Countries that retain the death penalty often argue that the public supports it. In Zimbabwe, research helped challenge this narrative.
- Director of the University of Oxford Death Penalty Research Unit, Centre for Criminology, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford
Death penalty experts Carolyn Hoyle and Parvais Jabbar explain the route to abolition in Zimbabwe for The Conversation Weekly podcast.
Ghana is a signatory to several international conventions that oblige it to guarantee the right to life.
Research finds that the threat of being sentenced to death has no bearing on how people contemplate violent crime.
New data mapping death sentences in the Gulf states once again highlights Qatar’s questionable human rights record.
Kenya has not carried out the death penalty since 1987, but executions could resume while the law remains on the books.
Dukungan masyarakat Indonesia terhadap hukuman mati semakin berkurang ketika mereka mengetahui lebih dalam tentang ruang lingkup dan administrasi hukuman mati.
Indonesian public support for the death penalty declines when they learn more about its scope and administration.
Joko Widodo argues that Indonesia needs to execute drug offenders like Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran to deter others, but he can produce no evidence to support this claim.
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