{"id":9279,"date":"2010-11-17T07:37:35","date_gmt":"2010-11-17T07:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/issues\/human-rights\/9279-un-body-passes-resolution-to-end-executions"},"modified":"2023-01-13T17:43:36","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T16:43:36","slug":"un-body-passes-resolution-to-end-executions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/un-body-passes-resolution-to-end-executions\/","title":{"rendered":"UN body passes resolution to end executions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"un11\" class=\" size-full wp-image-36202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/11\/un11.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"400\" height=\"69\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/un11.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/un11-300x52.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>NCRI \u2013 The UN General Assembly\u2019s Human Rights Committee passed a resolution on November 11 to end executions in the world. It marks the third such resolution since 2007 by the UN.<\/p>\n<p>107 countries voted in favor of the resolution, with 38 voting against and 36 abstaining. The voting took place at the UN General Assembly\u2019s Third Committee in New York.<\/p>\n<p>The call for a moratorium on executions gained more support at the UN compared to 2008, signaling a growing international trend to end the death penalty.<\/p>\n<p>A UN representative of the prominent rights group Amnesty International, Jos\u00e9 Luis D\u00edaz, said, \u201cThis third resolution by the UN General Assembly in favor of a moratorium on executions is yet another milestone in the campaign to end premeditated killing by the state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The General Assembly is expected to endorse the resolution in its plenary session in December, Amnesty said.<\/p>\n<p>According to rights group, \u201cWhen the UN was founded in 1945 only eight states had abolished the death penalty for all crimes. 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