Summary:

On 28 September, the Human Rights Council passed a resolution regarding the report by the Secretary-General on the question of the death penalty.

http://www.crin.org/docs/deathpenalty_resolution.doc

In a resolution regarding the report by the Secretary-General on the question of the death penalty, the Council requested the Secretary-General to continue to submit to the Human Rights Council a yearly supplement to his quinquennial report on capital punishment and the implementation of the safeguards guaranteeing protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty.

Special attention to children

The Secretary-General was urged to pay special attention to the imposition of the death penalty on persons younger than 18 years of age at the time of the offence, on pregnant women and on persons with mental or intellectual disabilities.

Further Information

• Read the Special Rapporteur's annual report
• Read about CRIN's inhuman sentencing campaign
• Read about the UN Resolution on:
  'Administration of Justice, in particular Juvenile Justice'

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Organisation Contact Details:

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Civil Society Section
Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
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Geneva, Switzerland


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Last updated 30/09/2011 03:28:27

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