The United Nations held a vote on the death penalty. This is how countries voted
9 months ago by Vanayo to c/mildlyinteresting
This now makes more sense. The headline did a shitty job
Omg thank you for the explanation I was real worried there for a second
I was wondering how we are somehow in favour when we don't even have it.
(op is a cunt Aussie Aussie Aussie oi oi oi)
Yes I checked my own country (Denmark) and that is green, and for Denmark it is decidedly illegal to vote for death penalty.
So the vote was probably about making death penalty illegal.
PS:
AFAIK it would be against the Eu treaty to vote for death penalty for ALL EU countries.
The headline in the image clears up the confusion
Thought the same looking up Canada.
The only people who were confused are the ones who didn't actually read the diagram.
yeah you could delete the labels altogether and I'd still tell you which color is which vote based on who voted.
for future reference, if you see the US voting with the wartorn, economically devastated, despot-ruled or otherwise suffering nations, or if you see the US voting alone or with Israel, then you can bet that they voted for the worst option.
That's no excuse for a misleading headline.
It's not misleading at all...
Seems like the dudes in favor of the death penalty seem to be the usual suspects... And then there's Japan, who straight up went
for no discernible fuckin reason LOL
You'd think it would involve katanas and beheading or something like you'd see in the movies. Nope, hanging. The Japanese death penalty is typically hanging. Wild, I know. No swords involved. Sorry if this ruins your Monday. I know I was disappointed. Sometimes movies lie, though.
I'd think that a country that is extremely safe wouldn't need it anyways...
Death Note would have a gash plot if Japan didn't like a bit of punishment that wasn't compatible with life.
Admittedly, I'd be much more likely to write in the Inconvenient Note so arseholes would find themselves wearing wet socks every day; encounter people who never finish their sentences; have to find a towel lying about the house before showering; or have every underfoot surface feel like a box of Lego.
the Japanese state doesn't want to ban the death penalty for the same reason why it celebrates the genocides it committed against its neighbors. it's a very useful tool to keep people passive against its abuses
That is a few people not the entire nation. There are also 25% supporting fashists and nazis in germany, brits that support their empire, russians that also want stalin back, that is different than state supported things like that like in all of china enjoying propaganda against japan, america and south korea from childhood, or in USA where they teach slavery being a good thing and not killing the natives
Tiny states use pointless votes like this as a chance to curry favour. Sure, china or the us, we'll vote however you want on this purely symbolic question that will have zero real world impact. Now about that loan...
insane that Israel voted against... just after it made a law to provide automatic death sentence to any Palestinian. they detain and claim are "Hamas"
Note that this vote took place in 2022, i.e. was not recent. For reference: this vote precedes the October 7 attacks (which happened in 2023).
EDIT: the vote also took place two weeks before Netanyahu assumed the office of prime minister again.
Nevermind then.
Still surprisingly close to vote against the death penalty then in 3 years vote to make it a minimum sentence.
What would be interesting is whether there are any countries that voted differently from what they currently do (ie countries that have the death penalty but voted for a moratorium, or the other way round).
Israel does not count Palestinians as humans.
they just made a law that makes being a terrorist a crime with a minimum sentence of death... they call every palestinian a terrorist... then they vote against death penalty in the UN.
they really don't consider them as people
what?!? you dont create reports thst show results A then title the report as being the opposite of what results A show? Hate to break it to ya but youve been doing reports all wong
OP, why? Why this title. Are you dumb?
This would be easier to follow if it included information on whether each country currently practiced the death penalty. If it’s simply every country voting based on what they already do then it’s not very interesting.
Almost a third of the no votes come from the Caribbean and surrounding land. Figured they'd be more chill for some reason.
In the U.S. the death penalty is simply unaffordable healthcare.
Map of this vote. Via Reddit.
I did not check this for accuracy.
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This is for strictly mildly interesting material. If it's too interesting, it doesn't belong. If it's not interesting, it doesn't belong.
This is obviously an objective criteria, so the mods are always right. Or maybe mildly right? Ahh.. what do we know?
Just post some stuff and don't spam.
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@lemmy.world
This is for strictly mildly interesting material. If it's too interesting, it doesn't belong. If it's not interesting, it doesn't belong.
This is obviously an objective criteria, so the mods are always right. Or maybe mildly right? Ahh.. what do we know?
Just post some stuff and don't spam.
go to feed...
The headline makes it sound like the "in favour" votes were for death penalty, which is not correct. This was a vote for a moratorium - a temporary suspension - of death penalty.
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