thsdenmarkhumanrights08

Period 0 Human Rights Capital Punishment Denmark**
 * Navraj Kaler

=**Background-**= Capital Punishment is also called a death penalty, or execution. It means to kill a person in the judicial process, which means to kill a person by the law of court. The origanal punishment of this is by cutting off the head of the person. Other punishments included shooting the victim, hanging, or the electric chair. Capital Punishment used to be considerd by all societies of every generations since the dawn of time, and it was most common in the areas of the middle east and Europe. It was also used in religious terms, stated in the Bible. In the modern world that we live in, over some 91 countries have abolished death penalties, and over 100 countries have some relation to a death penalty.

=**UN Involvement-**= The UN has been involved in this issue of human rights since 1945. Capital punishment was officially established in 1945 also. In December 2007, the UN G.A. made a resolution, and it passed, with more countries approving it than against it. . For the first time, the UN General Assembly approved a moratorium on the issue of capital punishment. In December 18, 2007, 104 votes were for the resolution for the moratorium, 54 against, and 29 abstentions. In the meeting, Barbados said that capital punishment was not prohibited by the international law. The UN is so far doing a great job for eliminating Capital Punishment. The UN knows that it can't do that much on this topic, since this question really depends on the country and what choice they make.

=**Country Involvement -**= Capital Punishment has already abolished. It has been abolished since January 1, 1994. Since Denmark is part of the European Union, it followed the "styles" of other Eurpoean nations. For the issues of human rights, the last man to be killed in Denmark was in 1892. Denmark is also looking forward to organize a committee called the Getting Rid of Capital Punishment( GRCP). Denmark wants to abolish Capital Punishment around the world. Denmark thinks that no man should be killed under the judicial process. If killing people and murdering is a crime, then isn't killing a person under a judicial process also a crime? Denmark believes that it is wrong.

=**Solutions -**= Since Denmark is almost a perfect country for Capital Punishment, Denmark is looking forward to helping other countries. Denmark wants to organize a convention for this issue, and getting to know other countries and there views on Capital Punishment. Getting Rid of Capital Punishment ( GRCP) is the organization's name. This organization will help talk out ideas for death penalties, but we need everyone's cooperation for this to work out. Every country will be given a annual report on what the country is doing with punishments, and there will be meetings every six months on how to deal with these issues, and with talking to each other, we will be able to help each other. The main idea that will be discussed in this convention is to abolish capital punishment, because taking a person's life is already wrong, and also wrong even if it's under the law.

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