U.S. and Int'l Law Prohibit Public Executions

Guess what? State-sponsored public executions are a violation of int'l law and the U.S. Uniform Code of Military Justice.

The ONLY WAY a U.S. military execution by firing squad can take place is when a U.S. President authorizes a private military execution.

The U.S. President cannot lawfully authorize a PUBLIC EXECUTION as the U.S. Uniform Code of Military Justice prohibits public executions.

US military executions aren't public or livestreamed.

U.S. Army regulations (AR 190-55) limit witnesses to officials, select victim family members, the prisoner's counsel/family if requested, and a minimum of two media reps.

No filming or broadcast is allowed.

Media will report afterward from the pool.

el Presidente Donaldo Trumpino violated the U.S. Uniform Code of Military Justice when Trump authorized a public execution of a military soldier.

The UN human rights office (OHCHR) on Friday warned that livestreaming a planned execution by firing squad in the United States would amount to a public execution and breach the absolute prohibition on torture.

The UN human rights office noted that the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, in response to public executions in Afghanistan and Iran had previously stressed that such executions “constitute a form of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment."

“Failure to respect this prohibition would inevitably render the execution arbitrary in nature, and result in a violation of the right to life and the absolute prohibition of torture,” the spokesperson added.

UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said during Friday’s press briefing in New York that the “possibility of…a government executing someone in public or in front of live cameras, frankly, is abhorrent."

Call To Halt Tennessee Execution

Earlier this month, OHCHR also called on the authorities in the State of Tennessee not to pursue any further attempts to execute Christa Pike, saying her case highlights why the death penalty should be abolished.

“The death penalty has no place in any society, and Christa Pike’s case lays bare the multiple reasons why capital punishment should be abolished,” said UN Human Rights Office spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani.

“Her prolonged suffering is abhorrent, and cruel. Key fair trial concerns remain unresolved,” she said.

Ms. Pike survived a botched execution attempt and regained consciousness on 6 October.

Responding to the botched execution, Tennessee Department of Correction Commissioner Frank Strada has said he will be stepping down at the end of this month.

Executions On The Rise

In a report to the Human Rights Council on the question of the death penalty, published in August 2025, UN Secretary-General António Guterres welcomed steady progress towards abolition worldwide, but expressed concern that a diminishing number of countries were substantially increasing the number of executions.

The report, which cites figures from Amnesty International, noted that 1,518 executions were recorded in 15 countries in 2024, a 32 per cent increase from 2023.

In the United States, the report noted that the President signed an executive order on 20 January 2025 lifting the federal moratorium on the death penalty, and that South Carolina had carried out an execution by firing squad in March that year – the first in the US in 15 years.

“Pending abolition, States must not violate article 7 of the Covenant by carrying out executions that are cruel, unnecessarily painful or humiliating,” the report states, referring to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/10/1168565

Trump has authorized an illegal public execution -a direct violation of the U.S. Code of Military Justice.

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