International Mechanism Submissions

This report addresses Kenya’s compliance with its international human rights obligations with respect to the death penalty; arbitrary and unlawful detentions; the prohibition against torture and cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment; conditions of detention; and administration of justice and fair trial.

Kenya has not abolished the death penalty or implemented a formal moratorium on executions, nor has it limited the application of the death penalty to the “most serious crimes.” People under sentence of death experience poor detention conditions and are subject to various forms of torture during interrogation and when in prison. Courts often issue death sentences arbitrarily, without due process, and without adherence to formal judicial procedures.