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SOUTH KOREA - Retentionist
Government: Presidential parliamentary democracy
State of civil and political rights: Free
Constitution: 25 February 1988
Legal System: Based on elements from European, Anglo-Saxon and Chinese codes
Legislative System: unicameral National Assembly (Kukhoe)
Judicial System: Supreme Court, justices are appointed by the president subject to the consent of the National Assembly
Religion: Christian 49%, Buddhist 47%, Confucianist 3%, Shamanist, Chondogyo, and other 1%
Method of execution: hanging
Date of last execution: 12-1997
Death sentences: 1
Prisoners on death row: 62 (Sources: Joins.com, 21/09/2006)
International Treaties on the Death Penalty and Human Rights:
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- 1st Optional Protocol to the Covenant
- Convention on the Rights of the Child
- Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Statute of the International Criminal Court (which excludes the death penalty)
FACTS
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
United Nations
NEWS
Death penalty for violent crimes
Commutation of death sentences
Legislation
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