Date: 29 January 2007
The Special Rapporteur brings to the States’ attention that the death penalty can be imposed only for ‘the most serious crimes’ and the drug-related offences fall outside its scope. He expresses concerns that certain countries, namely China, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and the United States of America maintain in their national legislation the option to impose the death penalty for economic and/or drug-related offences.
He also notes that mandatory imposition of the death penalty, without taking the circumstances of an individual accused person into account is prohibited under the international human rights law.
Citation: Philip Alston, 'Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions' (2007) A/HRC/4/20
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