
The International Commission against the Death Penalty (ICDP) warmly welcomes recent developments related to Malaysia's Abolition of Mandatory Death Penalty Act 2023 and the Revision of Sentence of Death and Imprisonment for Natural Life (Temporary Jurisdiction of The Federal Court) Act 2023, which took effect on 4 July after receiving Parliamentary approval in April, royal assent in June and being gazetted on 16 June.
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