The Human Rights Committee this morning concluded its consideration of the seventh periodic report of Japan on how it implements the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political...

Excellencies, Distinguished panellists, Ladies and gentlemen, Allow me to begin by thanking the organizers of this high-level side event to mark the 15th anniversary of the adoption of the first...

I welcome the adoption of a new penal code in Equatorial Guinea abolishing the death penalty. The death penalty is incompatible with fundamental tenets of human rights and dignity. With the signing of...

We condemn the execution of five prisoners in Gaza and urge the de facto authorities in Gaza to establish a moratorium on all executions. We call on the State of Palestine to take robust measures to...

The Secretary General’s report provides information on the implementation of General Assembly resolution 75/183. It discusses developments towards the abolition of the death penalty and the establishment of moratoriums on executions and highlights trends in the use of the death penalty, including the application of international standards relating to the protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty.

Geneva (2 August 2022) - We deplore the hanging today of two men in Singapore and are deeply troubled by the planned execution of two others on 5 August. The two, a Malaysian and a Singaporean, were...

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 the report, the Secretary-General reaffirms the trend towards the universal abolition of the death penalty and highlights initiatives limiting its use and implementing the safeguards guaranteeing the protection of the rights of those facing this severe penalty.

GENEVA (8 July 2022) – UN human rights experts* today deplored the execution of Kalwant Singh a/l Jogindar Singh, a Malaysian national convicted of drug offences in Singapore. Singh’s death sentence...

GENEVA (20 June 2022) – UN human rights experts* today commended an announcement made by the Malaysian government that it will abolish the country’s mandatory death penalty and encouraged Parliament...