Rights of the child: Omnibus resolution 2012, para. 67f
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[Calls upon States:] To ensure that children whose parents or parental caregivers are on death row, the inmates themselves, their families and their legal representatives are provided, in advance, with adequate information about a pending execution, its date, time and location, to allow a last visit or communication with the convicted person, the return of the body to the family for burial or to inform on where the body is located, unless this is not in the best interests of the child;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations Human Rights Council
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Civil & Political Rights
Person(s) affected
Children
Families
Year
2012
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
HRC resolution, Rights of the child: Omnibus resolution (2012), A/HRC/RES/19/37, OP 67f.