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Committee: Legal Topic: Capital punishment Country: Denmark

Many people, cultures, and country throughout the ages have engaged in capital punishment for grave offences, ranging from theft to murders. The methods of execution and the crimes subject to the penalty vary by jurisdiction and have varied widely throughout time. Only a few jurisdictions have banned it, others have suspended its use, but others are trying to expand its applicability. It was reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976. Capital punishment is a controversial issue, with many prominent organizations and individuals participating in the debate. Arguments for and against capital punishment are based on moral, practical, religious, and emotional grounds. Advocates of the death penalty argue that it deters crime, improves the community by making sure that convicted criminals do not offend again. provides closure to surviving victims or loved ones, is a just penalty for their crime and that no prison has been able to prevent murderers from killing again. Opponents argue that the death penalty does not deter, does not save money, and that capital punishment cheapens human life and puts government who take guilty lives on the same low moral level as criminals who have taken innocent life.
 * __A Brief Background of the Topic__**

The UN has been involved with the topic of Capital punishment since it was first formed in 1945. Only 78 countries and territories kept the death penalty. In 2003 the amnesty stated to the UN’s Commission on Human Rights, that 28 of the states executed, 1,146 prisoners and some 2,756 people were sentences to death 64 countries, and the numbers were likely higher. The union has done a lot to protect human rights when dealing with death penalty. But it also respects each nation’s sovereignty. There have been 50 resolution made in order to get rid of Capital punishment such as; resolution 1984/85 condemned’s capital punishment for petty crimes, resolution 2002/77 was passed to encourage all nations to decrease it, but we are mostly involved in trying to abolished it.
 * __United nations Involvement__**

Denmark understands that people may think death penalty will provide closure to surviving victims or loved ones. Also that death penalty is just penalty for their crime and that imprisonment doesn’t prevent murderers from killing again. Even though others believe this Denmark doesn’t agree with capital punishment.Denmark thinks that capital punishment cheapens human life and puts government who take guilty lives on the same low moral level as criminals who have taken innocent lives. Through our voting in the UN we show are belief that capital punishment is wrong and that a life is valuable and even if someone takes a life we have not right to take theirs. On January 1, 1933, we abolished all capital punishment under the civil penalty law.
 * __Country policy__**

One way Denmark thinks we can help abolish the death penalty is by having country, states ,or any place pay affine of 25000 dollars to the UN if they employ capital punishment. If anyone doesn’t pay the fine there will be grave punishments of either imprisonment or a bigger fine. If this doesn’t work we fill that a position should be drawn up to abolish the death penalty. At the time this all that Denmark can think of to help the Un destroy the Capital punishment.
 * __Solutions__**