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Kyrgyzstan: Proposal to Reinstate the Death Penalty Violates Human Rights Obligations and Fails to Protect Women - Civil Rights Defenders
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In Kyrgyzstan, a draft law on the return of the death penalty has been put forward for public discussion; the authorities wish to introduce into article 25 of the Constitution a provision on the possibility of depriving criminals of their lives for rape of children and women and murder related to rape; the introduction of this rule requires a referendum; at the same time, some politicians have proposed to vote on other points; for example, to ch…
Kyrgyzstan: Proposal to reinstate the death penalty violates human rights obligations and fails to protect women - Civil Rights Defenders
Kyrgyzstan has taken a controversial step towards reinstating the death penalty. President Sadyr Japarov has instructed his administration to prepare amendments that would reintroduce capital punishment for crimes against women and children, despite this penalty having been abolished in 2007. The proposed legislation has been published on the portal for public discussion of draft regulatory legal acts of the Kyrgyz Republic. On 27 September 2025…
The Kyrgyz Presidency has revived the death penalty. It has opened a draft constitutional amendment to public consultation, which would reinstate the death penalty.
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