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DECEMBER 18, 2014United NationsDEATH PENALTYUN: FREEZE FUNDING OF IRAN COUNTER-NARCOTICS EFFORTS
The United Nations agency charged with combating illicit drug trafficking should withdraw its support for
- NOVEMBER 21, 2014United NationsDEATH PENALTY
UNITED NATIONS: GENERAL ASSEMBLY’S VOTE PRO-MORATORIUM A FURTHER STEP TOWARDS ABOLITION
The Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly approved the fifth resolution for the Universal moratorium on executions with a record number of 114 votes in favour and the lowest of the votes against, 36, while 34 abstained and 9 were absent a
- JULY 2, 2014United NationsDEATH PENALTY
'DEATH PENALTY HAS NO PLACE IN 21ST CENTURY,' DECLARES UN CHIEF
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon declared that the death penalty has no place in the 21st
JUNE 16, 2014United NationsDEATH PENALTYUN: NAVY PILLAY CRITICIZES THE DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUG CRIMES
Navy Pillay, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, speaking on the impact of the international drug
FEBRUARY 25, 2013United NationsDEATH PENALTYUN: BAN KI-MOON REAFFIRMS CALL FOR MORATORIUM ON DEATH PENALTY
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today reiterated his call for a global moratorium on applying
- NOVEMBER 20, 2012United NationsDEATH PENALTY
UN PASSES HISTORIC RESOLUTION CONDEMNING EXECUTIONS OF GAY AND TRANS PEOPLE
the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly passed a resolution acknowledging
OCTOBER 23, 2012United NationsDEATH PENALTYUN: REPORT SAYS DEATH PENALTY SHOULD BE BANNED UNDER TORTURE CONVENTIONS
Countries around the world are increasingly viewing capital punishment as a form of torture
- JULY 3, 2012United NationsDEATH PENALTY
UN: SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON STATES TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on Member States which use the death penalty to abolish this practice, stressing that the right to life lies at the heart of international human rights law.
- DECEMBER 21, 2010United NationsDEATH PENALTY
NEW RESOLUTION APPROVED BY THE UN. THE PRO MORATORIUM FRONT GROWS
The United Nations General Assembly approved a new resolution in favour of a universal moratorium on the death penalty. It is the third time after the historic resolution approved in December 2007 and then again in December 2008.
- NOVEMBER 11, 2010United NationsDEATH PENALTY
UNITED NATIONS: THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY’S HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE ADOPTS A RESOLUTION ON A MORATORIUM ON EXECUTIONS
The UN General Assembly would, for the third time in four years, renew its call for a moratorium on the use of the death penalty under the terms of a draft resolution approved today in the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) by a recorded
- NOVEMBER 22, 2008United NationsDEATH PENALTY
VOTE SHOWS SHIFT IN ATTITUDE TOWARD DEATH PENALTY
campaigners against the death penalty are celebrating a vote in the United Nations that indicates a shift in the position of Arab governments towards state executions
- NOVEMBER 20, 2008United NationsDEATH PENALTY
UN. THIRD COMMISSION APPROVES NEW PRO-MORATORIUM RESOLUTION
the Third Commission of the United Nations’ General Assembly approved, for the second consecutive year, the draft resolution on the 'Moratorium on the use of the death penalty.' 105 countries voted in favour, 48 against, with 31 abstentions.