Capital punishment in Yemen

Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Yemen. Per capita, Yemen has one of the highest execution rates in the world.^[1]^[2] Capital punishment is typically carried out by shooting,^[3] and executions occasionally take place in public. In addition to being the only individual in the country with the authority to grant clemency, the President of Yemen must ratify all executions handed down by any court before they are carried out.^[4] Since 2014, large parts of the north and north-west of the country are under the control of the extremist Houthi rebel group, who have presided over an expansion in the use of the death penalty.^[5]

^ Johnson, Richard (2012). "The Death Penalty" (PDF). National Post. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 November 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
^ "Death sentences and executions in 2010" (PDF). Amnesty International. 28 March 2011. pp. 26–27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 June 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
^ Cite error: The named reference HRW2012 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Inhuman sentencing of child offenders in Yemen" (PDF). Child Rights International Network. March 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
^ https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2024/country-chapters/yemen

[1] Johnson, Richard (2012). "The Death Penalty" (PDF). National Post. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 November 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2013.

[2] "Death sentences and executions in 2010" (PDF). Amnesty International. 28 March 2011. pp. 26–27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 June 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2013.

[HRW2012-3] Cite error: The named reference HRW2012 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[CRIN-4] "Inhuman sentencing of child offenders in Yemen" (PDF). Child Rights International Network. March 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2013.

[5] ttps://www.hrw.org/world-report/2024/country-chapters/yemen

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