42.73
Recommendation- Cycle
- Cycle 4 (2022 - 2027)
- Session
- 46 - May 2024
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- State under Review - Organisations
- ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations)
- OIF (Organisation internationale de la Francophonie)
- Recommendation
Formalize the de facto moratorium on the death penalty with a view to total abolition and ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Portugal); Establish an official moratorium on death penalty, with a view to ratifying the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty (Estonia); Apply an indefinite moratorium as a preliminary step towards the definitive abolition of the death penalty (Spain); Establish a moratorium on the death penalty (Luxembourg); Establish a moratorium on executions, working towards the repeal of the death penalty (Norway); Establish a moratorium on executions and modify the Penal Code in order to reduce the number of crimes punishable by the death penalty, with a view to abolishing it in its entirety (Paraguay); Establish a moratorium on capital executions and further reduce the number of offences for which the death penalty is imposed, with a view of ultimately abolishing it (Austria); Establish a moratorium on the death penalty, especially for non-violent crimes, with a view to abolishing it (Finland); Introduce the necessary measures to establish a moratorium on the application of the death penalty (Czechia); Take the necessary measures to establish a moratorium on executions of those sentenced to death, and to abolish the death penalty from its national legislation (Argentina); Consider declaring a moratorium on capital punishment and release data about death sentences, notifications and executions (Lithuania); Consider introducing a moratorium on the death penalty (Slovakia); Cease immediately all executions and institute a moratorium on the use of the death penalty with a view to its eventual abolition (Ireland)
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- WEOG (Western European & Other States Group) 7
- GRULAC (Group of Latin American & Caribbean States) 2
- EEG (Eastern European Group) 4
- Recommending State - Organisations
- EU (European Union) 10
- OIF (Organisation internationale de la Francophonie)
- OAS (Organisation of American States) 2
- OEI (Organisation of Ibero-American States) 4
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Not Supported
- Issues
- Death penalty
- International instruments
- Justice
- Right to life
- Related document
- paragraph_number
- 121
- paragraph_extracted
42.73 Formalize the de facto moratorium on the death penalty with a view to total abolition and ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Portugal); Establish an official moratorium on death penalty, with a view to ratifying the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty (Estonia); Apply an indefinite moratorium as a preliminary step towards the definitive abolition of the death penalty (Spain); Establish a moratorium on the death penalty (Luxembourg); Establish a moratorium on executions, working towards the repeal of the death penalty (Norway); Establish a moratorium on executions and modify the Penal Code in order to reduce the number of crimes punishable by the death penalty, with a view to abolishing it in its entirety (Paraguay); Establish a moratorium on capital executions and further reduce the number of offences for which the death penalty is imposed, with a view of ultimately abolishing it (Austria); Establish a moratorium on the death penalty, especially for non-violent crimes, with a view to abolishing it (Finland); Introduce the necessary measures to establish a moratorium on the application of the death penalty (Czechia); Take the necessary measures to establish a moratorium on executions of those sentenced to death, and to abolish the death penalty from its national legislation (Argentina); Consider declaring a moratorium on capital punishment and release data about death sentences, notifications and executions (Lithuania); Consider introducing a moratorium on the death penalty (Slovakia); Cease immediately all executions and institute a moratorium on the use of the death penalty with a view to its eventual abolition (Ireland);