A/RES/67/176
United Nations
Distr.: General
20 March 2013
General Assembly
Sixty-seventh session
Agenda item 69 (b)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 20 December 2012
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/67/457/Add.2 and Corr.1)]
67/176. Moratorium on the use of the death penalty
The General Assembly,
Guided by the purposes and principles contained in the Charter of the United
Nations,
Reaffirming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1 the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 2 and the Convention on the Rights of the
Child, 3
Reaffirming its resolutions 62/149 of 18 December 2007, 63/168 of
18 December 2008 and 65/206 of 21 December 2010 on the question of a
moratorium on the use of the death penalty, in which the General Assembly called
upon States that still maintain the death penalty to establish a moratorium on
executions with a view to abolishing it,
Welcoming Human Rights Council decision 18/117 of 28 September 2011, 4
Mindful that any miscarriage or failure of justice in the implementation of the
death penalty is irreversible and irreparable,
Convinced that a moratorium on the use of the death penalty contributes to
respect for human dignity and to the enhancement and progressive development of
human rights, and considering that there is no conclusive evidence of the deterrent
value of the death penalty,
Noting ongoing local and national debates and regional initiatives on the death
penalty, as well as the readiness of an increasing number of Member States to make
available to the public information on the use of the death penalty,
Noting also the technical cooperation among Member States in relation to
moratoriums on the death penalty,
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Resolution 217 A (III).
See resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.
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United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1577, No. 27531.
4
See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 53A and corrigendum
(A/66/53/Add.1 and Corr.1), chap. III.
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