Capital punishment in Turkmenistan was originally allowed under Article 20 of the 1992 Constitution, where it was described as "an exceptional punishment for the heaviest of crimes". [1] In December 1999, a presidential decree abolished capital punishment "forever". [2]
In the 2003 Constitution, Article 20 reads: "The death penalty in Turkmenistan is completely abolished and banned forever by the first President of Turkmenistan Great Saparmurat Türkmenbaşy". [3]
Turkmenistan is a member of the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty. [4] The death penalty was replaced with life imprisonment.
References
- ^ 1992 Constitution of Turkmenistan Archived 2015-04-14 at the Wayback Machine, unofficial English translation, University of Texas at Arlington, URL accessed 27 December 2006
- ^ Abolition of capital punishment in Turkmenistan Archived 2016-11-26 at the Wayback Machine, Presidential Decree 3003, 28 December 1999 (in Russian)
- ^ "Госсимволика - «Туркменистан: золотой век»". www.turkmenistan.gov.tm. Archived from the original on 20 October 2007. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ^ Ratification of Second Optional Protocol on abolition of death penalty
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