The Maldives - Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women - Death Penalty - September 2021
Date: September 20, 2021
Country: Maldives, The
Issues: Death Penalty, Women's Rights
Mechanism: UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
Report Type: Shadow/Parallel Report
Country: Maldives, The
Issues: Death Penalty, Women's Rights
Mechanism: UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
Report Type: Shadow/Parallel Report
The Maldives' continued use of the
death penalty undermines government efforts and commitments to end gender-based
discrimination. The death penalty invites discriminatory sentences against
women for adultery and other crimes of sexual immorality, as well as for acting
as accomplices to murder committed by male counterparts. Capital punishment
promotes negative stereotypes about women and reinforces discriminatory gender
roles. The possibility of facing the death penalty also discourages human
rights defenders from civic engagement on a number of human rights issues,
including women's human rights.
