The headline makes it sound like the "in favour" votes were for death penalty, which is not correct. This was a vote for a moratorium - a temporary suspension - of death penalty.
this post was submitted on 23 Nov 2025
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This now makes more sense. The headline did a shitty job
Yes I checked my own country (Denmark) and that is green, and for Denmark it is decidedly illegal to vote for death penalty.
So the vote was probably about making death penalty illegal.
PS:
AFAIK it would be against the Eu treaty to vote for death penalty for ALL EU countries.
The headline in the image clears up the confusion
Thank you I was very confused seeing many of these countries "against"
Seems like the dudes in favor of the death penalty seem to be the usual suspects... And then there's Japan, who straight up went
for no discernible fuckin reason LOL
Japan is a country that frequently practices the death penalty.
I'd think that a country that is extremely safe wouldn't need it anyways...
Death Note would have a gash plot if Japan didn't like a bit of punishment that wasn't compatible with life.
Admittedly, I'd be much more likely to write in the Inconvenient Note so arseholes would find themselves wearing wet socks every day; encounter people who never finish their sentences; have to find a towel lying about the house before showering; or have every underfoot surface feel like a box of Lego.
The title is highly misleading OP, please correct.
Belize? Maledives? Trinidad? Wtf?
Tiny states use pointless votes like this as a chance to curry favour. Sure, china or the us, we'll vote however you want on this purely symbolic question that will have zero real world impact. Now about that loan...
What would be interesting is whether there are any countries that voted differently from what they currently do (ie countries that have the death penalty but voted for a moratorium, or the other way round).