Улаанбаатар
President Kh.Battulga seeks to restore capital punishment
Politics
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ President Kh.Battulga has set up a group of attorneys working on restoration of the capital punishment in Mongolia.
This update in the President’s website comes after devastating news concerning a 5-year-old rape case shocked the society this week.
The President sees that Mongolian society has not progressed to the level at which capital punishment could be abolished, and capital punishment abolition should only be on agenda when individuals are mature and the society is stable enough.
Mongolia put moratorium on the capital punishment in 2012, until when aggravated murder and child rape crimes were liable to death penalty. The Parliament of Mongolia adopted a revision to the Criminal Code in 2015, which came to effect on July 1, 2017. Capital punishment was formally removed in the revised Criminal Code.
This update in the President’s website comes after devastating news concerning a 5-year-old rape case shocked the society this week.
The President sees that Mongolian society has not progressed to the level at which capital punishment could be abolished, and capital punishment abolition should only be on agenda when individuals are mature and the society is stable enough.
Mongolia put moratorium on the capital punishment in 2012, until when aggravated murder and child rape crimes were liable to death penalty. The Parliament of Mongolia adopted a revision to the Criminal Code in 2015, which came to effect on July 1, 2017. Capital punishment was formally removed in the revised Criminal Code.
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