HRCSL recommends President to abolish death penalty

HRCSL recommends President to abolish death penalty

January 4, 2016   03:20 pm

The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) today (04) recommended the President to abolish the death penalty in Sri Lanka in keeping with Sri Lanka’s commitment to a more humane society consonant with human rights principles and values.


The HRCSL in a letter to the President said, “the Human Rights Commission wishes to bring to Your Excellency’s and the Government’s attention its recommendations regarding the abolition of the death penalty, which the Commission views is imperative for Sri Lanka in recognition of the growing global recognition that the death penalty seriously violates several human rights including the right to life and freedom from cruel and inhuman punishmen| is an extreme and irreversible punishmenU and is ineffective as a deterrent to crime. Sri Lanka should demonstrate its commitment to the sanctity of life and fundamental human rights principles by joining the more than 100 nations in the world that have abolished the death penalty thus far. Another 60 countries do not carry out death sentences in practice.”

 

Read the full letter below - 

 

RECOMMENDATION TO ABOLISH THE DEATH PENALTY IN SRI LANKA -E.pdf by deranapics

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