United Nations
2026
STATUSAbolitionist
EXECUTIONS 20260
SENTENCES0
From the country
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
DECEMBER 17, 2024United NationsDEATH PENALTYDEATH 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 PENALTYUNITED NATIONS - Moratorium on Death Penalty - Draft resolution
NOVEMBER 18, 2024United NationsDEATH PENALTYUNITED NATIONS - Death Penalty Moratorium Draft Resolutions Approved by Third Committee
- JUNE 20, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - UN Secretary-General’s report on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
(A/HRC/56/22)
MARCH 18, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 7 Public Executions in 2023
JANUARY 16, 2024AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. UN urge Alabama to halt first execution by nitrogen asphyxiation
MAY 9, 2023AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYUNITED NATIONS: TALIBAN'S USE OF CORPORAL PUNISHMENT VIOLATES HUMAN RIGHTS
The United Nations on May 9, 2023 called out the Taliban for their widespread use of corporal punishment, including public lashings and amputations, and execution in violation of international rights.