A/RES/67/176
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty
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penalty;
Expresses its deep concern about the continued application of the death
Welcomes the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of
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resolution 65/206 5 and the recommendations contained therein;
Also welcomes the steps taken by some Member States to reduce the
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number of offences for which the death penalty may be imposed and the decisions
made by an increasing number of States, at all levels of government, to apply a
moratorium on executions, followed in many cases by the abolition of the death
penalty;
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Calls upon all States:
(a) 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;
(b) To make available relevant information with regard to their use of the
death penalty, inter alia, the number of persons sentenced to death, the number of
persons on death row and the number of executions carried out, which can
contribute to possible informed and transparent national and international debates,
including on the obligations of States pertaining to the use of the death penalty;
(c) To progressively restrict the use of the death penalty and not to impose
capital punishment for offences committed by persons below 18 years of age and on
pregnant women;
(d) To reduce the number of offences for which the death penalty may be
imposed;
(e) 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
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reintroduce it, and encourages them to share their experience in this regard;
Calls upon States that have not yet done so to consider acceding to or
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ratifying the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and
Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty; 6
Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its
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sixty-ninth session on the implementation of the present resolution;
Decides to continue consideration of the matter at its sixty-ninth session
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under the item entitled “Promotion and protection of human rights”.
60th plenary meeting
20 December 2012
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