MANILA, Philippines — United Nations special rapporteurs and the European Parliament appealed to the Philippine Congress to prevent the looming comeback of death penalty in the country. As a party to the Second Optional Protocol of the International Convention on Civil and Political Rights, the Philippines is committed to abolish death penalty. “By now, more than two-thirds of all countries in the world, that’s 141 States, have abolished the death penalty in law or in practice,” they explained. Headlines ( Article MRec ), pagematch: 1, sectionmatch: 1The Philippines was the first country in the region to abolish death penalty in 2007. “[T]he lack of any persuasive evidence that the death penalty contributes more than any other punishment to reducing criminality or drug-trafficking.

Source: Philippine Star March 17, 2017 03:30 UTC