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DescriptionCapital punishment in the world.svg	English: World map of the use of capital punishment Español: Mapa mundial del uso de la pena capital English (en): Capital Punishment World Map Maintain the death penalty in both law and practice. Permit its use for ordinary crimes, but have abolished it de facto, namely, according to Amnesty International standards, they have not used it for at least 10 years and are believed to have a policy or established practice of not carrying out executions. Retain capital punishment only for exceptional crimes such as crimes under military law or crimes committed in exceptional circumstances. Have completely abolished it. español (es): Mapa mundial de la pena de muerte Forma legal activa de castigo por ciertos delitos Forma legal inactiva de pena. Sin ejecuciones en la última década; se cree que tiene una moratoria de facto o de jure. Abolido excepto en circunstancias excepcionales (como crímenes de guerra) Abolido para todo tipo de delitos 日本語 (ja): 死刑制度の状況を表した世界地図死刑存置国法律上は死刑制度を維持。ただし死刑を過去10年以上実施していない。もしくは、死刑を執行しないという公約をしている国戦時の逃走(敵前逃亡・軍事施設からの脱走など)、反逆罪などの犯罪は死刑あり。それ以外は死刑を廃止死刑廃止国 한국어 (ko): 세계 각국의 사형 사형집행을 하고 있는 국가 사형제도가 사문화된 국가. 근 10년동안 사형을 집행하지 않은 국가가 해당함. 특별한 상황(예 전쟁범죄)을 제외한 사형제 폐지 국가. 완전한 사형제 폐지 국가. 中文（简体） (zh-hans): 世界各国对于死刑的实施情况对于特定犯罪行为保留且执行死刑保留死刑，但是近十年都没有执行过，可以认为事实上或者法律上已经冻结了死刑废除了死刑，但是特殊情况除外（例如战争罪）对所有犯罪行为均废除了死刑
Date	23 October 2016
Source	Own work, derived from File:BlankMap-World6.svg, File:Blank Map World Secondary Political Divisions.svg, and File:Capital punishment world.png https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/ACT5066652017ENGLISH.pdf
Author	Kamalthebest
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current	17:48, 2 April 2026	863 × 443 (1.64 MB)	Jeanambr	It is incorrect to say that "Israel has reintroduced the death penalty." In fact, Israel has always retained capital punishment for exceptional crimes, such as those committed during the Nazi era or under the military code of war. This legal situation has not been changed by the recent passage of the law for the death penalty against terrorists, although it is likely contrary to international law because it is intended to apply only to Palestinians. Israel should therefore continue to be clas...
	06:44, 2 April 2026	863 × 443 (1.64 MB)	Aydoh8	Uploaded the incorrect version
	11:08, 1 April 2026	863 × 443 (1.64 MB)	Aydoh8	Israel has reimposed the death penalty for certain individuals convicted of terrorism offences.
	22:57, 26 October 2025	863 × 443 (1.64 MB)	Robsalerno	zimbabwe and zambia were mislabeled
	06:19, 13 October 2025	863 × 443 (1.64 MB)	R Dcruz13	Reverted to version as of 23:04, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
	12:45, 11 October 2025	400 × 205 (947 KB)	R Dcruz13	Reverted to version as of 16:05, 25 October 2022 (UTC)
	23:04, 2 January 2025	863 × 443 (1.64 MB)	Robsalerno	zimbabwe abolished
	00:38, 31 July 2023	863 × 443 (1.64 MB)	Aydoh8	Zambia, Equatorial Guinea and Ghana are abolitionist for ordinary crimes except for under exceptional circumstances, per Amnesty International (https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/ACT5065912023ENGLISH.pdf) and France24 (https://amp.france24.com/en/africa/20230726-ghana-s-parliament-votes-to-outlaw-the-death-penalty). A fix of the previous edit that I reverted temporarily.
	00:35, 31 July 2023	863 × 443 (1.64 MB)	Aydoh8	Reverted to version as of 03:39, 26 July 2023 (UTC)
	00:33, 31 July 2023	863 × 443 (1.64 MB)	Aydoh8	Zambia & Equatorial Guinea - abolitionist in practice<br />Ghana: Abolished for all crimes, except in exceptional circumstances