United Nations
2026
STATUSAbolitionist
EXECUTIONS 20260
SENTENCES0
From the country
- APRIL 14, 2026United NationsDEATH PENALTY
GLOBAL - The Death Penalty for Drug Offences: Global Overview 2025
Report from Harm Reduction International
- JANUARY 24, 2026AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
UN EXPERTS PUSH FOR CODIFYING TALIBAN GENDER DISCRIMINATION AS CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY
A group of United Nations experts on January 19, 2026 called on member states to recognize “gender apartheid” as a crime against humanity in a proposed international treaty
- JANUARY 21, 2026United NationsDEATH PENALTY
UNITED NATIONS - UN advocates universal abolition of death penalty
JANUARY 16, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 46 NGOs urge UN Rights Council to hold emergency session
DECEMBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - UN Adopts Resolution Condemning Human Rights Violations in Iran
Document A/C.3/80/L.30
- DECEMBER 4, 2025United NationsDEATH PENALTY
UN - Abolition of the death penalty at the United Nations Human Rights Council 60th session
- NOVEMBER 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 72nd UN Resolution Condemns Grave Human Rights Violations in Iran
JULY 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - UN says Iran executions surge ‘deeply disturbing’
JULY 4, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris transferred to an undisclosed location
The French couple at the centre of yet another kidnapping by Iran
- JUNE 10, 2025North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
NORTH KOREAN ESCAPEES SPEAK AT UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY, DRAWING ANGER FROM PYONGYANG
One North Korean woman described how her father died of starvation. Another said her friends were publicly executed for watching and sharing South Korean television dramas. North Korea’s ambassador appeared unmoved. When he got up to speak, he described i
- MAY 22, 2025United NationsDEATH PENALTY
UNITED NATIONS - Abolition of the death penalty at the United Nations Human Rights Council 58th session
- DECEMBER 17, 2024United NationsDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY. HANDS OFF CAIN, ANOTHER STEP TOWARD WORLDWIDE ABOLITION
The United Nations General Assembly has just passed its 10th Resolution for a universal moratorium on executions.