The Committee does not support the proposal as the Court in Makwanyane held that the death penalty was, inter alia, a violation of the right not to be subjected to cruel, inhuman or degrading forms of punishment the freedom, the right to dignity and the right to life. The Committee was also of the view that the reinstatement of the death penalty would in all probability require amendments to fundamental provisions of the Bill of Rights including sections 9, 10 and 12, dealing with equality, human dignity and freedom and security of the person respectively and that it would also conflict with South Africa's international law obligations.