Abolition of the death penalty at the 58th meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Council

The United Nations' Human Rights Council met from February 24 to April 4, 2025 for its 58th regular session. If you missed it, the abolition of the death penalty has happened here!

During the debates

During its global update, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights people Turk asked the Iranian authorities to place an immediate moratorium for the use of the death penalty, which was deeply worried with over 900 reported cases reported by the significant increase in directions last year. Look at it here.

During an interactive dialogue, the results of The independent international fact mission in the Islamic Republic of Iran (FFMI) were addressed and heard by the new ones appointed special rapporteurs on the situation of human rights in IranDr. May Sato.

In a common interactive dialogue, Dr. Sato your first report (A/HRC/58/62), which insists that “The gender -specific dimensions of the death penalty deserve special attention and comprehensive analysisWhile the FFMI delivered the conclusions of his mandate report (A/HRC/58/63), in addition to a comprehensive conference room paper (A/HRC/58/CRP.1), published the same morning. The FFMI confirmed serious violations of human rights, including nuisance, in the presence, the presence, the presence and injustice, the injustice, the inadmissible deaths, the inadmissible deaths, the inadmissible deaths, the inadmissible deaths, the inadmissible deaths, the inadmissible, the inadmissible Deaths, the inadmissible deaths, the inadmissible deaths, the inadmissible deaths. it here.

Parallel, More than 40 NGOsincluding The world coalition against the death penalty And many of its member organizationssubmitted a joint declaration on the Human Rights Council in order to extend the mandate of the special rapporteur and examine independently of one another to examine the serious human rights violations.

The Council marked an important step forward and passed a resolution (A/HRC/58/L.20/Rev.1), which not only renewed the mandate of the special rapporteur, but also expanded the scope of the work of the FFMI. The extended mandate enables UN investigators to examine ongoing and future human rights violations and continue to collect evidence in order to support future legal proceedings against responsible persons and institutions.

Civil society oral explanations on the death penalty

On the occasion of this 58th session, several members of the world coalition presented oral declarations on the death penalty against the death penalty.

Like that Two -year -old high -ranking committee for the death penalty The discussion participants from various legal and state backgrounds brought their insights into the way in which the judiciary could continue to contribute to the abolition of the death penalty, also the opportunity to make valuable contribution. Look at it here.

Harm reduction international (Hri)The Fiacat And Responsible business initiative for justice (Rbij)Together with two other organizations, drug violations are increasing the executions worldwide and that the reform of drug policy is decisive in order to achieve the complete abolition of the death penalty. Ensemble Contre la Peine de Mort (ECPM) emphasized how the death penalty is aimed at all marginalized and vulnerable categories of the population as well as minorities and people with psychosocial or intellectual disabilities. The supporters of human rights (Tahr) It remembered the crucial role that the judiciary plays in combating discrimination on the basis of gender by recognizing mitigating circumstances such as domestic violence and emphasizing the importance of recognition of gender distortions in the condemnation of women. pardon has emphasized the importance of judges in Kenya as an inadequate consideration of gender -specific violence (GBV) and the inequality created by the judiciary in limiting the statement of unconstitutionality on the murder of prison terms.

Member organizations also provided oral statements while accepting the General regular review results from Brunei Darussalam, Equatorial Guinea And North Korea.

During the acceptance of the universal regular review result of Brunei Darussalam (A/HRC/58/12), The Proponents of human rights (Tahr) and the World coalition The oral declaration that was concerned about the use of the death penalty by Brunei. According to the country's criminal proceedings, the death penalty remains mandatory in certain cases, and the Sharia Criminal Code stipulates the death sentence by stoning crimes that do not fulfill the threshold for the heaviest crimes such as adultery, blasphemy and a consensus of same-sex behavior. Brunei Darussalam noticed all recommendations related to the death penalty. Watch the intervention here.

During the acceptance of the universal regular review result of Equatorial guinea (A/HRC/58/14), Amnesty International (Ai) welcomed the acceptance of over 160 recommendations, including those who demand the removal of all provisions in connection with the death penalty of the military law. Amnesty International calls on the government to fully implement the accepted recommendations, including the enactment of the necessary laws. In addition, Amnesty International encourages the government to continue to work with civil society organizations in order to ensure the effective implementation of these recommendations. Watch the intervention here.

During the acceptance of the universal regular review result of North Korea ((A/HRC/58/11)))The Proponents of human rights (Tahr)The World coalition and the Working group of the transition justice (TJWG) North Korea decorated that he took two recommendations on the death penalty for the first time in UPR history. In particular, Chile recommended that to reduce the number of death -friendly crimes, while Belgium recommended that the death penalty to limit the death of the threshold of the most serious crimes under international law. Tahr, the World Coalition and TJWG emphasized the need for a quick implementation of these recommendations. However, they also expressed concern about the recommendations found by North Korea, including all remaining recommendations in connection with the death penalty. Watch the intervention here.

Resolutions accepted

The Human Rights Council passed 32 resolutions and 13 decisions.

Supporting events

Three secondary events were organized by members of the world coalition against the death penalty.

A secondary event was organized by theDeath penalty project (DPP) and theDeath sentence research Unit (DPRU) on the Permanent type of death penalty within the framework of the Abolitionist DE Facto status.

A secondary event was organized by the Proponents of human rights (Tahr) over The universal periodic review with a focus on Gender issues and death penalty in the states that were checked in 2025.

A secondary event was organized by organized by Ensemble Contre la Peine de Mort (ECPM) on the Universal periodic review and situation of the death penalty.

The 59th regular meeting of the Human Rights Council is scheduled to take place from June 16 to July 11, 2025 in Geneva.