Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has signed amendments on the abolition of the death penalty in the country, the presidents press service said on Wednesday
Summary
- Kazakhstan ratified the protocol with one provision - the right to exercise the death penalty at a time of war for serious military crimes.
- The law amends the criminal, criminal procedural and penal codes, in addition to other laws.
- The article concerning the death penalty as an exceptional measure of punishment is completely excluded from the criminal code.
- Due to the complete abolition of the death penalty, the criminal procedure code and the law on the procedure and conditions of detention of persons in special institutions exclude the notion of “death penalty execution”.
- In 2003, former Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev signed a decree introducing a moratorium on the death penalty.