154. Similarly, as per its jurisprudence,55 this Court has held that a finding of
violation of the right to dignity owing to the use of hanging as a method of
execution of the death penalty warranted an order that the said method be
removed from the laws of the Respondent State. In light of its finding in this
Judgment, the Court orders the Respondent State to take all necessary
measures to remove “hanging” from its laws as the method of execution of
the death sentence, within six months of the notification of the present
Judgment.
iv. Publication of the Judgment
155. None of the parties made any submissions in respect of the publication of
this Judgement.
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156. The Court considers, however, that for reasons now firmly established in its
practice and in the peculiar circumstances of this case, publication of this
Judgment is necessary. Given the current state of law in the Respondent
State, threats to life associated with the mandatory death penalty persist.
157. The Court thus finds it appropriate to order publication of this Judgment
within a period of three months from the date of notification.
v. Implementation and reporting
158. Both parties, apart from making a generic prayer that the Court should grant
other reliefs as it deems fit, did not make specific prayers in respect of
implementation and reporting.
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Deogratius Nicholaus Jeshi v. United Republic of Tanzania, ACtHPR, Application No. 017/2016,
Judgment of 13 February 2024 (merits and reparations), §§ 111, 112, 118; Romward William v. United
Republic of Tanzania, ACtHPR, Application No. 030/2016, Judgment of 13 February 2024 (merits and
reparations), § 94.
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