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2026
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- APRIL 14, 2026United NationsDEATH PENALTY
GLOBAL - The Death Penalty for Drug Offences: Global Overview 2025
Report from Harm Reduction International
- JANUARY 21, 2026United NationsDEATH PENALTY
UNITED NATIONS - UN advocates universal abolition of death penalty
- DECEMBER 4, 2025United NationsDEATH PENALTY
UN - Abolition of the death penalty at the United Nations Human Rights Council 60th session
- MAY 22, 2025United NationsDEATH PENALTY
UNITED NATIONS - Abolition of the death penalty at the United Nations Human Rights Council 58th session
- DECEMBER 17, 2024United NationsDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY. HANDS OFF CAIN, ANOTHER STEP TOWARD WORLDWIDE ABOLITION
The United Nations General Assembly has just passed its 10th Resolution for a universal moratorium on executions.
- NOVEMBER 19, 2024United NationsDEATH PENALTY
UNITED NATIONS - Moratorium on Death Penalty - Draft resolution
- NOVEMBER 18, 2024United NationsDEATH PENALTY
UNITED NATIONS - Death Penalty Moratorium Draft Resolutions Approved by Third Committee
JANUARY 16, 2024AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. UN urge Alabama to halt first execution by nitrogen asphyxiation
- DECEMBER 18, 2022United NationsDEATH PENALTY
UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES ‘MORATORIUM ON THE USE OF THE DEATH PENALTY’ RESOLUTION
125 votes in favour (3 more than in 2020), 37 against (one less than in 2020) and 22 abstentions (there were 24 in 2020).
- NOVEMBER 13, 2022United NationsDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY: UN SUPPORT TO A MORATORIUM GROWS TO 126 MEMBER STATES
International support grew at the United Nations for a moratorium on executions.
- FEBRUARY 24, 2021United StatesDEATH PENALTY
U.N. RIGHTS BOSS WELCOMES BIDEN STANCE AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
The U.N. human rights chief on 23 February 2021 welcomed a pledge by U.S. President Joe Biden to work towards abolishing the death penalty in the United States.
- NOVEMBER 18, 2020United NationsDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY: MAJORITY OF STATES CONTINUE TO SUPPORT UN CALL FOR MORATORIUM ON EXECUTIONS AT COMMITTEE VOTE
An overwhelming majority of states continued to support a UN call to halt executions on 17 November 2020, when the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) considered a draft resolution on a moratorium on the use of the death penalty.