Report of the Special Rapporteaur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

In Part (c) Corporal punishment, point 40, the document states with regards to stoning: “Between 2004 and 2007 the Special Rapporteur sent 13 joint communicationsconcerning 21 women sentenced to death by stoning and 2 sentenced to flogging under sharialaw. Stoning is a method of capital punishment primarily used for crimes of adultery and otherrelated offences, of which women are disproportionately found guilty, which is inconsistent withthe prohibition of discrimination on the basis of sex enshrined in all major human rightsinstruments, including the Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination againstWomen (CEDAW).The Special Rapporteur on torture, the Human Rights Committee, theCommittee against Torture and the Commission on Human Rights have reiterated that any formof corporal punishment is contrary to the prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman ordegrading treatment or punishment.”