Capital punishment in the Republic of Macedonia

Capital punishment in the Republic of Macedonia is prohibited by its Constitution.

The 1991 (amended in 2001) Constitution of the Republic of Macedonia at Art. 10 states:^[1]

"The human right to life is irrevocable. The death penalty shall not be imposed on any grounds whatsoever in the Republic of Macedonia."

Macedonia is a member of the Council of Europe. It has also signed and ratified Protocol no.13.

References

↑ http://www.handsoffcain.info/bancadati/schedastato.php?idstato=17000169

Capital punishment

Issues	Religion and capital punishment Use by country Wrongful execution Capital punishment for drug trafficking

Current use	Note: Italics indicate countries where capital punishment has not been used in the last ten years or that have a moratorium in effect. Antigua and Barbuda Afghanistan Bahamas Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belize Botswana China Cuba Dominica Egypt Grenada Guatemala Guyana India Indonesia Iran Iraq Jamaica Japan Jordan Kenya North Korea South Korea Laos Lebanon Malaysia Nigeria Pakistan Russia Saudi Arabia Singapore Somalia Sri Lanka St Kitts and Nevis St Lucia St Vincent and the Grenadines Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Thailand Tonga Trinidad and Tobago United Arab Emirates United States Vietnam Yemen

Past use	Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Belgium Bhutan Brazil Bulgaria Canada Croatia Cyprus Denmark Ecuador Estonia Finland France Germany Gibraltar Greece Hong Kong Hungary Ireland Israel Italy Luxembourg Liechtenstein Macau Macedonia Mexico Mongolia Netherlands New Zealand Norway Philippines Poland Portugal Romania San Marino Serbia South Africa Spain Suriname Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom Uzbekistan Venezuela

Methods still in use	Crucifixion Decapitation Electrocution Firing squad Forced suicide Gas chamber Hanging Lethal injection Shooting Stoning

Methods no longer in use	Beasts Bestiarii Damnatio ad bestias Elephant Blood eagle Blowing from a gun Brazen bull Boiling Breaking wheel Burial Burning Crushing Disembowelment Dismemberment Drowning Republican marriage Falling Flaying Garrote Hanged, drawn and quartered Immurement Impalement Ishikozume Mazzatello Sawing Scaphism Slow slicing Suffocation in ash Upright jerker Waist chop

Related punishments	Civil death Outlaw Extrajudicial killing

Related topics	Crime Death row Last meal Penology Qiṣāṣ

Capital punishment in Europe

Sovereign states	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Kazakhstan Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom Vatican City

States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Kosovo Nagorno-Karabakh Northern Cyprus South Ossetia Transnistria

Dependencies and other territories	Åland Faroe Islands Gibraltar Guernsey Jersey Isle of Man Svalbard

Former	Czechoslovakia East Germany Soviet Union Yugoslavia

Other entities	European Union

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