A/HRC/39/19: High-level panel discussion on the question of the death penalty
Published
15 September 2018
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A/HRC/39/19
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Death penalty
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Summary
Pursuant to Human Rights Council decision 18/117, the present report is submitted to update previous reports on the question of the death penalty. In his report the Secretary-General confirms that the trend towards the universal abolition of the death penalty is continuing. During the reporting period, initiatives limiting the use of the death penalty and implementing the safeguards guaranteeing protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty were also recorded in several States. A minority of States continued to use the death penalty, in contravention of international human rights law. As requested by the Council in its resolution 22/11, the report also includes information on the human rights of children of parents sentenced to the death penalty or executed.
Issued By:
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Delivered To:
the Human Rights Council’s 39th session (10–28 September 2018)