nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/3dbbedae67f1a616 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 251021s2025||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/3dbbedae67f1a616 doi eng 342 23 Patricheev, Iurie Author aut The Slow Death of Human Rights - Why Restoring the Death Penalty Would Put Kyrgyzstan in Breach of International Law Patricheev, Iurie Verfassungsblog 2025-10-21 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Following several egregious crimes against women and children, Kyrgyzstan’s President Sadyr Japarov publicly suggested that the death penalty might be restored. Politically, this statement can be considered a populist response to capitalise on the public outrage over gender-based violence. But beneath this political rhetoric lies a multi-faceted legal question: Kyrgyzstan abolished the death penalty almost twenty years ago, binding itself under international law to permanent abolition. In light of this, the Kyrgyz Republic can neither legally nor reputationally afford to reverse this course. CC BY-SA 4.0 Central Asia Human Rights ICCPR Kirgisien Kyrgyzstan Todesstrafe death penalty (DE-588)4030848-0 gnd Kirgisien (DE-588)4060306-4 gnd Todesstrafe Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/kyrgyzstan-death-penalty/ raw object