The protest against the death of the death penalty near the US Supreme Court in Washington. Over the past two years, the number of deaths has increased sharply in the world Human rights ~ 60 > Speaking on Tuesday at a meeting of the Human Rights Council on the topic of eradication of the death penalty, the Supreme Commissioner of the UN Human Rights Folker Türk with anxiety noted a significant increase in the number of mortal executions in the world over the past two years. “a number of countries claim that this topic is purely in the zone of their national sovereignty, however, from my point of view, the death penalty is incompatible with a respectful attitude to human dignity and the right to life,” the Supreme Commissioner said. Turk added that this The punishment is “there is no place” in the 21st century. Among the countries that most often resort to the death penalty in recent years, he attributed to Iran, Saudi Arabia, Somalia and the United States of America. ~ 60 > lack of data on China ///h2 > according to the latest UN data, in 2023 In 16 countries, 1153 death sentences were executed, which is 31 percent more than a year earlier, and is the highest indicator over the past eight years. 60 > 62 > 62 > 62 > 62 > 62 > 62 > 62 > 62 ~ 62“The next jump followed the increase in the number of executions by at once by 53 percent from 2021 to 2022,” said the Supreme Commissioner, adding that these numbers do not take into account China, where, according to him, there are no transparent information and statistics on the death penalty. In this regard, Folker Türk called on the Chinese authorities to revise his policy in favor of the abolition of the death penalty. ~ 60 > global south leads in the abolition of the death penalty although crimes related to drugs do not belong to “the most serious crimes ”in accordance with international law, they account for more than 40 percent of the death penalty – the largest indicator since 2016. ~ 60 >“ This share has also increased sharply over the past two years , and almost all these executions were held in the Islamic Republic of Iran, ”Volker explained Turk. Despite the global increase in the number of deaths, an increasing number of countries, mainly in the global south, cancel this practice. To date, 113 states completely abandoned the death penalty. These include Zimbabwe, where President Emmerson Mnngagva at the end of 2024 approved the law on the termination of the execution of death sentences, as well as 26 other countries of Africa. 60 > Folker Turk urged countries to move in the direction of complete abolition of the death penalty, introduce a moratorium and make sure that the death penalty It was applied only for the most serious crimes. example Zimbabwe ~ 60 > speaking to the Human Rights Council, General Prosecutor Zimbabwe Virginia Mabiza explained that the death penalty in her country was Introduced by colonial rulers in the 18th century and was preserved after the independence country gained in 1980. ~ ~ 60 > according to her, in 1999, more than 56 percent of the Zimbabwe population spoke to maintain the death penalty. In the period from 1980 to 2005, 105 convicted criminals were executed in the country. ~ 60 > “Since then, no death sentence was fulfilled in Zimbabwe,” the general said the general Prosecutor. virginia mabisa She noted that earlier the death penalty was punishable by a wide circle of crimes, including conspiracy and attempts to rob. Since 2013, to the highest degree of punishment in Zimbabwe, they were sentenced only for committing the murder.