The Death Penalty in the OSCE Area
(d) To establish a moratorium on executions with a view to abolishing the death
penalty;
4. Calls upon States which have abolished the death penalty not to reintroduce it, and
encourages them to share their experience in this regard;
5. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session on the implementation of the present resolution;
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United Nations General Assembly Resolution 67/176:
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty
(2012)
The General Assembly,
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Reaffirming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant
on Civil and Political Rights and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Reaffirming
its resolutions 62/149 of 18 December 2007, 63/168 of 18 December 2008 and 65/206
of 21 December 2010 on the question of a moratorium on the use of the death penalty,
in which the General Assembly called upon States that still maintain the death penalty
to establish a moratorium on executions with a view to abolishing it,
Welcoming Human Rights Council decision 18/117 of 28 September 2011,
Mindful that any miscarriage or failure of justice in the implementation of the death
penalty is irreversible and irreparable,
Convinced that a moratorium on the use of the death penalty contributes to respect
for human dignity and to the enhancement and progressive development of human
rights, and considering that there is no conclusive evidence of the deterrent value of
the death penalty,
Noting ongoing local and national debates and regional initiatives on the death penalty, as well as the readiness of an increasing number of Member States to make available to the public information on the use of the death penalty,
Noting also the technical cooperation among Member States in relation to moratoriums on the death penalty,
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