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“The death penalty has no place in the 21st century.” UN Secretary-General António Guterres' remark reflects the global trend away from capital punishment. Turnonmoreaccessiblemode Turnoffmoreaccessiblemode OHCHR>English>YourHumanRights>DeathPenalty HTMLCountry1Russian| Spanish​​​​​DeathPenalty HTMLCountry3 “Thedeathpenaltyhasnoplaceinthe21stcentury.”UNSecretary-GeneralAntónioGuterres’remarkreflectstheglobaltrendawayfromcapitalpunishment.MoreandmoreMemberStatesfromallregionsacknowledgethatthedeathpenaltyundermineshumandignity,andthatitsabolition,oratleastamoratoriumonitsuse,contributestotheenhancementandprogressivedevelopmentofhumanrights.Some170MembersStatesoftheUnitedNationswithavarietyoflegalsystems,traditions,culturesandreligiousbackgrounds,haveeitherabolishedthedeathpenaltyordonotpracticeit.Yet,prisonersinanumberofcountriescontinuetofaceexecution. TheOfficeoftheHighCommissionerforHumanRights,withitsmandatetopromoteandprotectallhumanrights,advocatesfortheuniversalabolitionofthedeathpenalty.TheUNHumanRightsOfficearguesthispositionnotablyinlightof thefundamentalnatureoftherighttolife;theunacceptableriskofexecutinginnocentpeople;andtheabsenceofproofthatthedeathpenaltyservesasadeterrenttocrime.InlinewithGeneralAssemblyresolutions,theUNHumanRightsOfficesupportsMemberStates,civilsocietyandotherstakeholderscampaigningfora moratoriumonthedeathpenaltyandultimately itsabolition worldwide. TheinternationalframeworkFromtheearly1960s,althoughamajorityofcountriesstillusedthedeathpenalty,thedrafteesoftheInternationalCovenantonCivilandPoliticalRights(ICCPR)hadalreadybegunmovesforitsabolitionininternationallaw.Although Article6oftheICCPRpermitstheuseofthedeathpenaltyinlimitedcircumstances,italsoprovidesthat“nothinginthisarticleshallbeinvokedtodelayortopreventtheabolitionofcapitalpunishmentbyanyStatePartytothepresentCovenant.” SafeguardsguaranteeingprotectionoftherightsofthosefacingthedeathpenaltyIn1984,theUNEconomicandSocialCounciladopted Safeguardsguaranteeingprotectionoftherightsofthosefacingthedeathpenalty. SecondOptionalProtocoltoICCPR,aimingattheabolitionofthedeathpenaltyIn1989,33yearsaftertheadoptionoftheCovenantitself,theUNGeneralAssemblyadoptedthe SecondOptionalProtocoltotheICCPRthatgaveabolitiondecisivenewmomentum.MemberStateswhichbecamepartiestotheProtocolagreednottoexecuteanyonewithintheirjurisdictions. UNGeneralAssemblyresolutionsInaseriesof resolutionsadoptedin 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016and 2018,theGeneralAssemblyurgedStatestorespectinternationalstandardsthatprotecttherightsofthosefacingthedeathpenalty,toprogressivelyrestrictitsuseandreducethenumberofoffenceswhicharepunishablebydeath. HTMLCountry4Latestpressreleases,statementsandbriefingnotes BacheletcondemnsexecutionofchildoffendersinIran22April2020UNexperturgeseffortsfromFranceforthereturnof7nationalsawaitingexecutioninIraq12August2019 HTMLCountry5 MoreNews... Callsforinput Callforinputs–Secretary-General’sreportonthequestionofthedeathpenalty(HRC51)Deadline:21 March2022 Callforinputs–Secretary-General’sreportonthequestionofthedeathpenalty(HRC45) Deadline:Closed Featurestories CivilsocietyorganizationspavetheroadtoendcapitalpunishmentinChad9October2020Deathrow‘reservedforthepoor’16October2018Deathpenaltyandtransparency–what'stohide?26October2017 HTMLCountry6Morestories... Statements,eventsandpanels 7thWorldCongressagainsttheDeathPenalty,2019Secretary-GeneralmessageHighCommissionerforHumanRightsvideostatement HumanRightsCouncil,Biennialhigh-levelpaneldiscussiononthequestionofthedeathpenalty-Theme:Humanrightsviolationsrelatedtotheuseofthedeathpenalty,inparticularwithrespecttotherightstonon-discriminationandequality,26February2019ConceptNoteWebcast Panelon“DeathPenalty:Povertyandtherighttolegalrepresentation”,25September2018StatementbyUNHighCommissionerforHumanRights“Povertymakespeopleespeciallyvulnerabletoinjustice”Webcast Archiveofstatements,eventsandpanels HTMLCountry7 HTMLCountry2Inthissection Overview Featurestories Latestnews Videos Reports PublicationsRelatedlinks MorefromUN.org SpecialRapporteurontortureandothercruel,inhumanordegradingtreatmentorpunishment SpecialRapporteuronextrajudicial,summaryorarbitraryexecutions

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