130.20

Recommendation
Cycle
  • Cycle 3 (2017 - 2022)
Session
  • 37 - January 2021
State under Review
State under Review - Regional Group
  • Africa (African Group)
State under Review - Organisations
  • AL (League of Arab States)
  • AU (African Union)
  • OIC (Organisation of the Islamic Conference)
  • OIF (Organisation internationale de la Francophonie)
Recommendation

Take further steps towards the formal abolition of the death penalty, including through legislative changes to remove capital punishment from its penal code and ratification of the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty

Recommending State
Recommending State - Regional Group
  • WEOG (Western European & Other States Group)
Recommending State - Organisations
  • Commonwealth
  • PIF (Pacific Islands Forum)
Action Category
4 - General action
Response
Noted
Issues
  • Death penalty
  • International instruments
Related document
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130.20 Take further steps towards the formal abolition of the death penalty, including through legislative changes to remove capital punishment from its penal code and ratification of the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty (New Zealand);