The Continental Conference on the Abolition of the Death Penalty in Africa in 2014 recognised the trend towards abolition and asked African countries to support the abolition of the death penalty in Africa. Mozambique, Kenya and South Africa have, all three, signed and ratified it. He was also India’s High Commissioner to South Africa and Lesotho. Death penalty? One of the main justifications advanced for retaining the death penalty is that it acts as a deterrence against terror.

Source: The Hindu July 07, 2016 20:03 UTC