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A/HRC/42/28: Report on safeguards guaranteeing protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty

Published

29 August 2019

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A/HRC/42/28

Focus

Capital punishment

Summary

The present report is submitted pursuant to resolution 36/17 of the Human Rights Council. The report examines the consequences arising at various stages of the imposition and application of the death penalty on the enjoyment of the human rights of persons facing the death penalty and other affected persons. It pays specific attention to the impact of the resumption of the use of the death penalty on human rights.

Issued By:

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Delivered To:

the Human Rights Council’s forty-second session (9–27 September 2019)