The death penalty: list of abolitionist and retentionist countries

Following the establishment of the South West Africa Peoples' Organization (SWAPO) as the majority party of government in Namibia, a draft constitution was drawn up for discussion by the Constituent Assembly in which the death penalty was abolished. [...] In Ireland the parliament voted to abolish the death penalty for the three crimes for which it was still retained. [...] A spokesperson of the Nepalese Law and Justice Ministry announced in July that the death penalty had been abolished in Nepal for murder. [...] In Hungary the Constitutional Court abolished the death penalty, ruling that its provision under the penal code violated the country's constitution. [...] The court found that the death penalty violates the "inherent right to life and human dignity" as provided under Article 54 of the constitution.