UN 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).
1 MIN READ
The United Nations General Assembly on 15 December 2022 approved the ninth resolution for the universal moratorium on capital punishment.
125 votes in favour (3 more than in 2020), 37 against (one less than in 2020) and 22 abstentions (there were 24 in 2020).
KEEP READING
ALL THE NEWS · DEATH PENALTY On the same front
DEATH PENALTYAUGUST 31, 2026
Pakistan: ASI sentenced to death for killing two brothers in Swabi
DEATH PENALTYAUGUST 31, 2026
Bangladesh: HC confirms death sentence of lone accused for rape, murder of 8-year-old Asiya
DEATH PENALTYAUGUST 30, 2026
Pakistan: Man sentenced to death, brother gets life term for double murder in 2021
DEATH PENALTYAUGUST 23, 2026
Eastern Libya executes 10 convicted on terrorism charges
DEATH PENALTYAUGUST 21, 2026
Japan: man executed over killing 5 people
DEATH PENALTYAUGUST 15, 2026