United Nations
2026
STATUSAbolitionist
EXECUTIONS 20260
SENTENCES0
From the country
DECEMBER 18, 2022United NationsDEATH PENALTYUN 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).
DECEMBER 14, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN UN removes Iran from women's rights body
UNCSW, over protest crackdown
NOVEMBER 24, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Special meeting of the Human Rights Council on the deteriorating of human rights in Iran
NOVEMBER 13, 2022United NationsDEATH PENALTYDEATH PENALTY: UN SUPPORT TO A MORATORIUM GROWS TO 126 MEMBER STATES
International support grew at the United Nations for a moratorium on executions.
JULY 15, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - UNITED NATIONS - Sweden. Javaid Rehman lauded the conviction in Sweden against Hamid Noury
JUNE 21, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran slams UN for 'unjust, biased' human rights report
It is the iranian usual reaction to international criticism
MAY 17, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights for Djalali
MARCH 17, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 49th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva
Rehman’s Report Highlights Systemic Human Rights Violations in Iran
NOVEMBER 25, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - UN human rights experts condemned the execution of Arman Abdolali
Over 85 juvenile offenders on death row in Iran
NOVEMBER 17, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN -UN Third Committee resolution censures serious rights abuses in Iran
MARCH 23, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - UN adopted new resolution on the situation of human rights in Iran
UN Human Rights Council
FEBRUARY 24, 2021United NationsDEATH PENALTYU.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.