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Recalling also the resolutions on the question of the death penalty adopted over the past decade by the Commission on Human Rights in all consecutive sessions, the last being its resolution 2005/59 of 20 April 2005, [d] in which the Commission called upon states that still maintain the death penalty to abolish it completely and, in the meantime ...
The Optional Protocol commits its members to the abolition of the death penalty within their borders, though Article 2.1 allows parties to make a reservation allowing execution "in time of war pursuant to a conviction for a most serious crime of a military nature committed during wartime" (Brazil, Chile, El Salvador). [2]
Capital punishment is retained in law by 55 UN member states or observer states, with 140 having abolished it in law or in practice.The most recent legal executions performed by nations and other entities with criminal law jurisdiction over the people present within its boundaries are listed below.
Capital punishment ballot measures in the United States ... 1990 Bermudian death penalty referendum; B. ... Resolutions concerning death penalty at the United Nations; N.
South Sudan became independent in 2011 and has consistently failed to ban executions despite voting in favor of two United Nations resolutions that would put in place a moratorium on the death penalty. [2] [3] In its first year of independence in 2011, South Sudan was reported to have carried out five executions while another 150 were on death ...
A United Nations resolution (UN resolution) is a formal text adopted by a United Nations (UN) body. Although any UN body can issue resolutions , in practice most resolutions are issued by the Security Council or the General Assembly , in the form of United Nations Security Council resolutions and United Nations General Assembly resolutions ...
The country carried out its last execution in 1978. [2] Prior to the death penalty's de jure abolition, Togo was classified as "Abolitionist in Practice." [3] Togo acceded to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on 14 Sep 2016. [4]
1 (2%) maintains the death penalty in both law and practice. 1 (2%) permits its use for ordinary crimes, [clarification needed] but has not used it for at least 10 years and is believed to have a policy or established practice of not carrying out executions. 47 (96%) have completely abolished it.