Maldives - Human Rights Committee - Death Penalty - June 2024
This report addresses the Maldives’ compliance with its international human rights obligations
regarding the death penalty. The Maldives retains the death penalty and has not ratified the
Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).
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.
