Speaking at the UN Commission on Human Rights during...

Speaking at the UN Commission on Human Rights during the vote on the resolution on the death penalty, a representative of Algeria said the draft resolution created a problem. The text tried for universality, but that was not compatible with the sovereign rights of States to promote their own domestic legislation. What should be looked at were the deaths of children and adults by sanctions. These situations were a death penalty handed down by the international community. There were several different notions of the death penalty. A problem like this would never be solved by strong-armed tactics. Algeria, which found itself in a special situation because it dealt with terrorism, decided to have a moratorium on the death penalty. That was the path that should be encouraged. Algeria did not want to enter into confrontation when everyone was concerned with preserving life.Algeria voted against the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 25, 2001 (2001/68).