United Nations
2026
STATUSAbolitionist
EXECUTIONS 20260
SENTENCES0
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APRIL 14, 2026United NationsDEATH PENALTYGLOBAL - The Death Penalty for Drug Offences: Global Overview 2025
Report from Harm Reduction International
JANUARY 24, 2026AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYUN EXPERTS PUSH FOR CODIFYING TALIBAN GENDER DISCRIMINATION AS CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY
A group of United Nations experts on January 19, 2026 called on member states to recognize “gender apartheid” as a crime against humanity in a proposed international treaty
JANUARY 21, 2026United NationsDEATH PENALTYUNITED NATIONS - UN advocates universal abolition of death penalty
JANUARY 16, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 46 NGOs urge UN Rights Council to hold emergency session
DECEMBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - UN Adopts Resolution Condemning Human Rights Violations in Iran
Document A/C.3/80/L.30
DECEMBER 4, 2025United NationsDEATH PENALTYUN - Abolition of the death penalty at the United Nations Human Rights Council 60th session
NOVEMBER 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 72nd UN Resolution Condemns Grave Human Rights Violations in Iran
JULY 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - UN says Iran executions surge ‘deeply disturbing’
JULY 4, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris transferred to an undisclosed location
The French couple at the centre of yet another kidnapping by Iran
JUNE 10, 2025North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREAN ESCAPEES SPEAK AT UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY, DRAWING ANGER FROM PYONGYANG
One North Korean woman described how her father died of starvation. Another said her friends were publicly executed for watching and sharing South Korean television dramas. North Korea’s ambassador appeared unmoved. When he got up to speak, he described i
MAY 22, 2025United NationsDEATH PENALTYUNITED NATIONS - Abolition of the death penalty at the United Nations Human Rights Council 58th session
DECEMBER 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - UN 71st Resolution Condemns Iran’s Human Rights Violations, Targeted Repression of Women