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05/10/2018

Malaysia must reject caning, an archaic, inhumane form of punishment

The proposal to implement caning on those found guilty of corruption would directly violate the absolute prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment under international law, said the ICJ today. (more…)

06/03/2015

Singapore: Court of Appeal judgment upholding caning flouts international law prohibiting ill-treatment

The ICJ today expressed its dismay that the Singapore Court of Appeal, in a judgment issued on 4 March 2015 declined to declare caning, a painful form of corporal punishment, to be unlawful. (more…)

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