United Nations Association of Ghana (UNA-GH), an affiliate of World Federation of United Nations Associations equally deems it extremely important to join hands with the rest of the global fraternity in observing the UN Day against Death Penalty Celebration under the theme “Women and the death penalty, an invisible reality” for 10th October, 2021 Calendar year.
According to Amnesty International, 1,477 death sentences were imposed in 54 countries, down 36% from at least 2,307 in 2019.
At the end of 2020, at least 28,567 people were known to be under sentence of death. Of this figure, 483 executions were recorded in 18 countries in 2020, a decrease of 26% from 657 recorded in 2019.
This figure represents the lowest number of executions that Amnesty International has recorded in the past decade.
In Ghana, as of the end of 2020, 160 people – 155 men and five women – were under sentence of death. For 2020 alone, three (3) new death sentences were imposed in 2020; eight (
in 2019; and twelve (12) in 2018.
in 2019; and twelve (12) in 2018.Globally, the following methods of execution were used across the world in 2020: beheading, electrocution, hanging, lethal injection and shooting.
In line with the mission of UN Associations worldwide, and UN conventions on right to life and protection of life.
Furthermore, Death Penalty is within the confines of UN Sustainable Development Goals 10 and 16 that is Reduced Inequality within and among Countries, and Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions.
The UNA – Ghana wishes to call on Parliament and call for the support of the Attorney General to expedite action on the PMB to abolish death penalty.
As stated by UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, in a tweet on 25th July 2021, “the death penalty has no place in the 21st Century.”
Long live UN, WFUNA, UNA-GH AND REPUBLIC OF GHANA.!!!!
