52. odobrava, da je primerov smrtne kazni vse manj, saj je bila leta 2008 ukinjena za vse zločine v Ruandi in Uzbekistanu; odobrava okvirni kazenski zakonik v Iranu, ki prepoveduje kazni s kamenjanjem, in poziva iranski parlament, naj ga dokonča, da bo tako zagotovil dokončno prepoved te kazni; obsoja, da iranski režim še vedno izreka smrtno kazen obdolžencem, mlajšim od 18 let, in jo tudi izvršuje (zlasti pri osebah, katerih edini „zločin“ po šeriatskim pravu so bila homoseksualna dejanja); poudarja, da je Iran edina država, ki je leta 2008 izvršila usmrtitve mladoletnih storilcev kaznivih dejanj; je globoko zaskrbljen, ker v Iranu na usmrtitev čaka še vsaj 130 drugih mladoletnih storilcev kaznivih dejanj; ponovno obsoja, da se iranski režim vse pogosteje poslužuje smrtne kazni, zaradi česar je Iran na drugem mestu seznama držav z največjim številom usmrtitev takoj za Kitajsko; opaža, da v Gvatemali ni bila izrečena nobena smrtna kazen; vendar je zaskrbljen zaradi možnosti, da bi se smrtna kazen začela ponovno izvrševati; zato vlado Gvatemale poziva, naj se nasprotno zaveže vsesplošnemu moratoriju na smrtno kazen; vendar pozdravlja odločitev predsednika Coloma marca 2008, ki bi lahko privedla do prepovedi smrtne kazni v tej državi; je zaskrbljen, ker smrtna kazen še vedno obstaja v notranji zakonodaji Peruja; opaža, da od leta 2007 vse primere smrtne kazni na Kitajskem pregleda vrhovno sodišče; je pa zaskrbljen, ker Kitajska še vedno izvrši največje število usmrtitev na svetu; obsoja izvrševanje smrtne kazni v Belorusiji, ki je edina država v Evropi, ki še vedno izvaja smrtno kazen, kar je v nasprotju z evropskimi vrednotami;
Welcomes the fact that the death penalty is in retreat, having been abolished for all crimes in 2008 by Rwanda and Uzbekistan; welcomes the draft penal code in Iran, which prohibits stoning sentences, and urges the Iranian parliament to conclude the penal code so as to provide for the absolute prohibition of stoning; condemns the fact that the Iranian regime still sentences to death and executes defendants under the age of 18 (particularly those whose only ‘crime’ under sharia law is having committed acts of homosexuality); stresses that Iran is the only country to have executed juvenile offenders in 2008; is deeply concerned that at least 130 other juvenile offenders are on death row in Iran; once again condemns the Iranian regime’s increasing use of the death penalty, which places Iran in second position, just after China, in the league table of countries having highest number of executions; notes that there has not been any death sentence passed in Guatemala; however, expresses its disquiet at the possibility that the death penalty might once again start to be enforced; urges the Guatemalan Government, on the contrary, to genuinely commit itself to the universal moratorium on the death penalty; however, welcomes the decisions taken by President Colom in March 2008 which may lead to the abolition of the death penalty in Guatemala; expresses its concern at the retention of the death penalty in domestic legislation in Peru; notes that since 2007 all death penalty cases in China have been reviewed by the Supreme Court; however, remains concerned that China still carries out the greatest number of executions worldwide; condemns the practice of the death penalty in Belarus, which is the only country in Europe that continues to use the death penalty and therefore runs counter to European values;