121 countries voted for a universal moratorium
19 December 2018
ECPM welcomes the adoption of this resolution by a record number of states: on December 17, at the vote of the UN General Assembly, 121 countries voted for a universal moratorium, confirming the global trend in favor of the abolition of the death penalty. Download the press release Since 2007, a resolution for a universal moratorium on the use of the death penalty has been put to the vote of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) every two years. The 2018 resolution introduced new elements to strengthen the text, recalling in particular the discriminatory and arbitrary nature of the death penalty, and encouraging the States concerned to abolish the mandatory death penalty, with a view to its definitive abolition.

