After the September 2025 murder of a 17-year-old girl, President Sadyr Japarov proposed a constitutional amendment that would allow death sentences for child rape and for rape with murder. The Constitutional Court ruled on 10 December 2025 that the amendment could not go to a referendum because it contradicted the constitution and Kyrgyzstan's obligations under the Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR. The death penalty therefore remained abolished, and the current Criminal Code provides no death penalty for drug offences.[1][2][3]
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References
- Kloop.kg — «Конституционный суд отказался выносить вопрос о смертной казни на референдум» (10 декабря 2025)10 December ruling; child rape and rape-murder amendment; Second Optional Protocol; proposal not put to referendum.
- UN News — «Кыргызстан: от дискуссий о смертной казни – к предотвращению гендерного насилия» (24 марта 2026)Confirms the 10 December 2025 Constitutional Court ruling and that the death penalty remains abolished.
- Уголовный кодекс Кыргызской Республики (ред. 24 июля 2026 года)Article 60 lists the punishments and omits the death penalty; article 68 limits life imprisonment to listed offences that do not include articles 282, 283 or 288.archived
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