Eun-Gee Lee

South Korea

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By expressing a person as little and light bird, this poster criticizes current death penalty that considers killing as unserious thing. Ironic situation of current death penalty that crimer should be punished to death. Above a bird whose head is beheaded, action a rope for execution is hung from the ceiling. And beside the beheaded bird, a figure of the bird is seen.
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Death is not justice


Our 2010 project asked for the universal abolition of the death penalty.
For us it’s simple. The death penalty is a violation of human rights. Article 5 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states: “No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.” How does that fit with beheading, stoning, hanging, lethally injecting or shooting someone?

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