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USA - United Nations. U.S. Death Penalty Criticized by U.N. Human Rights Council.

USA - United Nations. U.S. Death Penalty Criticized by U.N. Human Rights Council.

A DAY AFTER NIRBHAYA CONVICTS' EXECUTION, UN ASKS STATES TO 'HALT USE OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT'

The United Nations on 21 March 2020 called on all nations to stop the use of capital punishment or put a moratorium on it, a day after four men convicted of gang-raping and murdering a 23-year-old woman were hanged in India.

UN: RECORD NUMBER OF COUNTRIES VOTE TO END EXECUTIONS

A record number of UN member states on 17 December 2018 supported at the final vote a key UN General Assembly resolution calling for a moratorium on executions with a view to abolishing the death penalty.

UN: THIRD COMMITTEE ADOPTS RESOLUTION ON THE MORATORIUM ON THE DEATH PENALTY

The Third Committee on 13 November 2018 approved the draft resolution on a moratorium on use of the death penalty.

'THE DEATH PENALTY HAS NO PLACE IN THE 21ST CENTURY' – UN CHIEF GUTERRES

The death penalty does little to deter crimes or serve victims, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said, calling on all countries which have not forbidden the extreme practice to urgently stop executions.

U.S. VOTES AGAINST U.N. BAN ON DEATH PENALTY FOR HOMOSEXUALITY

DEATH PENALTY: UNITED NATIONS CONFIRM THE REQUEST OF A UNIVERSAL MORATORIUM ON EXECUTIONS

The General Assembly of the United Nations confirmed the demand for an end to the death penalty by the vote of a new resolution calling on states to establish a moratorium on executions with a view to abolishing the practice. This is the sixth pro-morator

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT DOES NOT REDUCE TERRORISM, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS ON WORLD DAY AGAINST DEATH PENALTY

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the World Day against the Death Penalty,

UN: DRUGS AGENCY REPORT IGNORES GLOBAL DRUG EXECUTION CRISIS

A new report by the UN's Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) fails to mention the use of the death

UN: WORLD'S NATIONS URGED TO SHIFT FOCUS ON DRUG PROBLEM

World governments at a UN meeting on the global drug problem were urged to move away from repression, abolish the death penalty for drug offenses and step up treatment.

USING THE DEATH PENALTY TO FIGHT DRUG CRIMES VIOLATES INTERNATIONAL LAW, UN RIGHTS EXPERTS WARN

“Executions for drug crimes amount to a violation of international law and are unlawful killings,” the United

UN: ISLAMIC STATE COMMITTING ATROCITIES ON 'AN INDUSTRIAL SCALE'

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights in counter-terrorism, Ben Emmerson, says people