{"id":2434763,"date":"2007-12-18T21:31:04","date_gmt":"2007-12-18T14:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stopchildexecutions.com\/scenewsarchive\/?p=2434763"},"modified":"2023-04-13T05:20:10","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T05:20:10","slug":"united-nations-voted-to-halt-all-executions-worldwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stopchildexecutions.com\/scenewsarchive\/2007\/12\/18\/united-nations-voted-to-halt-all-executions-worldwide\/","title":{"rendered":"United Nations voted to halt all executions worldwide"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/news-and-updates\/news\/un-calls-halt-executions-20071218\" rel=\"noopener\">Amnesty International, December 18, 2007<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" align=\"left\" width=\"188\" src=\"http:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/sites\/impact.amnesty.org\/files\/imagecache\/story\/sites\/impact.amnesty.org\/files\/PUBLIC\/General\/dp-unga-205X145.jpg\" height=\"130\" \/>The global campaign against the death penalty secured a landmark victory on Tuesday when the United Nations General Assembly endorsed the call for a worldwide moratorium (suspension) on executions. In a landslide result, 104 UN member states voted in favour of the ground-breaking resolution. 54 countries voted against, while there were 25 abstentions.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Amnesty International welcomes this timely resolution, passed at the UN headquarters in New York City, as a clear recognition of the international trend towards worldwide abolition of the death penalty.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\nA total of 133 countries, from all regions of the world, have abolished the death penalty in law or practice and only 25 countries carried out executions in 2006. 91% of all known executions took place in six countries: China, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Sudan and the USA. Recorded executions worldwide fell by more than 25% in 2006, with a drop from at least 2,148 in 2005 to at least 1,591.<\/p>\n<div class=\"content\">\n<p>\nAlthough not legally binding, the UN moratorium on executions carries considerable moral and political weight. The resolution is a reminder of member states&#8217; commitment to work towards abolition of the death penalty. It is also an important tool to encourage retentionist countries to review their use of the death penalty.&#160;<\/p>\n<p>Amnesty International calls on countries which still use the death penalty to establish an immediate moratorium on executions as a first step towards abolishing capital punishment. The UN Secretary-General will report to the General Assembly in October 2008 on states&#8217; implementation of the resolution.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This landmark resolution is a major step towards ending this cruel and inhuman punishment and an important contribution to protecting human rights,&#8221; said Yvonne Terlingen, Amnesty International&#8217;s Head of Office at the UN. &#8220;The death penalty is inhuman, inherently arbitrary and innocent people are invariably executed&#8221;.&#160;&#160;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/news-and-updates\/news\/un-calls-halt-executions-20071218\" rel=\"noopener\">Amnesty International, December 18, 2007<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" align=\"left\" width=\"188\" src=\"http:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/sites\/impact.amnesty.org\/files\/imagecache\/story\/sites\/impact.amnesty.org\/files\/PUBLIC\/General\/dp-unga-205X145.jpg\" height=\"130\" \/>The global campaign against the death penalty secured a landmark victory on Tuesday when the United Nations General Assembly endorsed the call for a worldwide moratorium (suspension) on executions. In a landslide result, 104 UN member states voted in favour of the ground-breaking resolution. 54 countries voted against, while there were 25 abstentions.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Amnesty International welcomes this timely resolution, passed at the UN headquarters in New York City, as a clear recognition of the international trend towards worldwide abolition of the death penalty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[20],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stopchildexecutions.com\/scenewsarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2434763"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stopchildexecutions.com\/scenewsarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stopchildexecutions.com\/scenewsarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stopchildexecutions.com\/scenewsarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stopchildexecutions.com\/scenewsarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2434763"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.stopchildexecutions.com\/scenewsarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2434763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5196070,"href":"https:\/\/www.stopchildexecutions.com\/scenewsarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2434763\/revisions\/5196070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stopchildexecutions.com\/scenewsarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2434763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stopchildexecutions.com\/scenewsarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2434763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stopchildexecutions.com\/scenewsarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2434763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}