As Sudan reviews its constitution, it is imperative that the authorities respect their international commitments, and address the issue of corporalpunishments and the death penalty as a matter of priority.
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Such cases reflect only one part of sharia: the system of corporal and capital punishments such as stoning for adultery, death for murder or apostasy (abandoning Islam), whipping for consuming intoxicants or the cutting off of a hand for theft.