- addition, Cook Islands, Niue, and
Kosovo are
abolitionist whereas Taiwan is
retentionist.
Since 1990, at
least 11
countries have
executed offenders who were minors...
-
Amnesty International as '
retentionist' (South
Korea is
classified as 'abolitionist in practice').
Nearly all
retentionist countries are
situated in Asia...
- to the
values of a free society,
authoritarian countries tend to be
retentionist, and liberal-democratic
societies generally abolitionist. Proponents...
-
states did not
permit the
execution of juveniles,
while the
remaining 19
retentionist states allowed juveniles as
young as 16 or 17 at the time of
their crime...
- such as apostasy, the
formal renunciation of one's religion. In many
retentionist countries, drug
trafficking is also a
capital offense. In China, human...
-
policy against carrying out executions,"
Guyana is
classified as a "
retentionist" state.
Guyana is the only
country in
South America that
retains capital...
-
penalty for
numerous offences in Syria. The
Syrian government holds a
retentionist view of
capital punishment.
Current laws
allow the
death penalty for...
-
punishment in
Myanmar is a
legal penalty.
Myanmar is
classified as a "
retentionist" state.
Before 25 July 2022,
Myanmar was
considered "abolitionist in...
-
Philippines for
eventual independence.
Except for a
small group of "
retentionists", the
issue was not
whether the
Philippines would be
granted self-rule...
- for
murder on 28 July 1999. However, the
country is
still considered "
retentionist' due to lack of "an
established practice or
policy against carrying out...
