A/HRC/33/20 66. Lack of information on executed persons has profound consequences for individuals subjected to the death penalty and their close family and friends. Lack of annual data on executions also impedes the effectiveness and transparency of the debate on the abolition of the death penalty as well as efforts to safeguard the right to life. The Secretary-General therefore echoes the call of the Human Rights Council to States that have not yet abolished the death penalty to make available relevant, disaggregated information on the number of executions carried out, reversed or pardoned each year. 67. Concerns remain that those States continuing to implement the death penalty do so in ways that are incompatible with their obligations under international law. Those countries should take heed of recommendations from other States in the universal periodic review process and concluding observations, general comments and other jurisprudence from human rights treaty bodies, as well as recommendations from the special procedure mandate holders of the Human Rights Council, when implementing the death penalty in order to ensure conformity with international standards. 18