The Death Penalty in the OSCE Area–Background Paper 2018 stages of the imposition and application of the death penalty on the enjoyment of the human rights of those facing the death penalty and other affected persons, and to present it to the Human Rights Council at its thirtieth session; […] United Nations Human Rights Council Resolution 30/59: The question of the death penalty (2015) […] Taking note of the reports of the Secretary-General on the question of the death penalty, in the latest of which1 the Secretary-General concluded that the imposition of the death penalty was incompatible with human dignity, the right to life and the prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, and highlighted the consequences of the lack of transparency in the imposition and application of the death penalty and the consequences arising at various stages of the imposition and application of the death penalty for the enjoyment of the human rights of other affected persons, Mindful of the work of special procedure mandate holders who have addressed human rights issues related to the death penalty, including the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, […] Strongly deploring the fact that the use of the death penalty leads to violations of the human rights of the persons facing the death penalty and of other affected persons, Recalling the calls to consider whether the use of the death penalty violates the prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, including because of the death row phenomenon or the methods of execution, Emphasizing the need to ensure that persons facing the death penalty are treated with humanity and with respect for their inherent dignity, and to improve 9  See also Human Rights Council decision 18/117 of 28 September 2011 on reporting by the Secretary-General on the question of the death penalty, Council resolution 22/11 of 21 March 2013 on a panel on the human rights of children of parents sentenced to the death penalty or executed, Council decision 22/117 of 21 March 2013 on a high-level panel discussion on the question of the death penalty and Council resolution 26/2 of 26 June 2014 on the question of the death penalty. 69