Moratorium on the Use of the Death Penalty

A/RES/65/206View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 68b Human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms, published in 2011.

What other versions does this mandate have?

10 versions · 2008–2024

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/79/179

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2024	A/RES/79/179	Moratorium on the use of the death penalty	1,830	90%Compare
2023	A/RES/77/222	Moratorium on the use of the death penalty	1,708	72%Compare
2020	A/RES/75/183	Moratorium on the use of the death penalty	1,319	85%Compare
2019	A/RES/73/175	Moratorium on the use of the death penalty	1,137	89%Compare
2017	A/RES/71/187	Moratorium on the use of the death penalty	1,018	70%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

9 reports · 2008–2024

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2024	A/79/276	Moratorium on the use of the death penalty report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/77/222
2022	A/77/274	Moratorium on the use of the death penalty report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/75/183
2020	A/75/309	Moratorium on the use of the death penalty report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/73/175
2018	A/73/260	Moratorium on the use of the death penalty report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/71/187
2016	A/71/332	Moratorium on the use of the death penalty report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/69/186

What subjects does this mandate have?

3 subjects

Capital Punishment Human Rights Information Exchange

What’s in this document?

10 operative paragraphs

Welcomes the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of resolution 63/168⁵ and the recommendations contained therein;

⁵A/65/280 and Corr.1.

Also welcomes the steps taken by some countries to reduce the number of offences for which the death penalty may be imposed and the decisions made by an increasing number of States to apply a moratorium on executions, followed in many cases by the abolition of the death penalty;

Calls upon all States:

To respect international standards that provide safeguards guaranteeing protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty, in particular the minimum standards, as set out in the annex to Economic and Social Council resolution 1984/50 of 25 May 1984, as well as to provide the Secretary-General with information in this regard;

To make available relevant information with regard to their use of the death penalty, which can contribute to possible informed and transparent national debates;

To progressively restrict the use of the death penalty and to reduce the number of offences for which it may be imposed;

To establish a moratorium on executions with a view to abolishing the death penalty;

Calls upon States which have abolished the death penalty not to reintroduce it, and encourages them to share their experience in this regard;

Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session on the implementation of the present resolution;

Decides to continue its consideration of the matter at its sixty-seventh session under the item entitled “Promotion and protection of human rights”.

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