Zimbabwe is not a country known for its commitment to human rights. But after a ten year campaign by local NGO Veritas with support from the current President Emerson Mnangagwa, legislation has been passed banning the death penalty. Zimbabwe has become the 128th nation to abolish the death penalty, and advocates are hoping that the trend will continue.

Guest: Carolyn Hoyle is a Professor at the University of Oxford Centre for Criminology and director of the Death Penalty Research Unit