Policy Statement - The Death Penalty
7 October 2021
The Law Council of Australia:
- Opposes the imposition or execution of the death penalty in all circumstances for all people.
- Opposes all forms of torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
The purpose of this policy statement is to explain in further detail:
- the nature of the Law Council’s opposition to the death penalty;
- the basis for the Law Council’s opposition to the death penalty;
- other grounds for opposing the death penalty; and
- the policy and advocacy implications of the Law Council’s opposition to the death penalty.
The Law Council also opposes all forms of extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary killings.