CONTENTS
OVERVIEW...................................................................................................................2
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL’S WORLWIDE OPPOSITION TO THE DEATH PENALTY...........4
THE GLOBAL PICTURE.................................................................................................6
MOVING FORWARD ON THE LONG ROAD TO GLOBAL ABOLITION.................................10
REGIONAL DEVELOPMENTS.......................................................................................12
ASIA......................................................................................................................12
THE AMERICAS......................................................................................................15
EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA..................................................................................18
MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA.........................................................................18
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA...........................................................................................22
REPORTED DEATH SENTENCES AND EXECUTIONS 2009............................................24
ANNEX I-ABOLITIONIST AND RETENTIONIST COUNTRIES AS OF 31 DECEMBER 2009.28
ANNEX II-RATIFICATION OF INTERNATIONAL TREATIES AS OF 31 DECEMBER 2009....30
ENDNOTES.............................................................................................................32