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The Global Gender Equality Constitutional Database is a repository of gender equality related provisions in 194 constitutions from around the world. The Database was updated in partnership with the International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) and with support from the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) and the Government of Japan. Experience its wealth and depth of information by starting your search now.
Death Penalty
Guatemala, English
The death penalty may not be imposed in the following cases:
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b. On women;
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Guatemala, Spanish
La pena de muerte no podrá imponerse en los siguientes casos:
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b) A las mujeres;
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Death Penalty
Sudan, Arabic
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4. لا يجوز تنفيذ عقوبة الإعدام علي الحوامل او المرضعات إلا بعد عامين من الرضاعة (الماده 54)
Sudan, English
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(4) The death penalty may only be inflicted on pregnant women and nursing mothers two years after [they have finished] breastfeeding. (Art. 53)
Death Penalty
South Sudan, English
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3. No death penalty shall be executed upon a pregnant or lactating woman, save after two years of lactation. (Art. 21)
Death Penalty
Zimbabwe, English
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(2) A law may permit the death penalty to be imposed only on a person convicted of murder committed in aggravating circumstances, and—
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(d) the penalty must not be imposed or carried out on a woman;
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