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             MONGOLIA: NEW CRIMINAL CODE ABOLISHES THE DEATH PENALTY FOR ALL CRIMES
                           July 4, 2017:  Anti-Death Penalty Network (ADPAN) welcomes the new Criminal Code, which abolishes the death penalty for all crimes, entry into force on 1 July 2017 in Mongolia after it was adopted by the State Ikh Khural of Mongolia on 3 December 2015. Now Mongolia becomes 18th abolitionist for all crimes country in the Asia Pacific region.  (Source: ADPAN, July 4, 2017)
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