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2.
Calls upon States that have not yet acceded to or ratified the Second Optional
Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights aiming at the abolition
of the death penalty to consider doing so;
3.
Calls upon States that have not yet abolished the death penalty to make
available relevant information, disaggregated by sex, age and other applicable criteria, with
regard to their use of the death penalty, inter alia, the number of persons sentenced to death,
the number of persons on death row, the number of executions carried out and the number
of death sentences reversed, commuted on appeal or in which amnesty or pardon has been
granted, which can contribute to possible informed and transparent national and
international debates, including on the obligations of States with regard to the use of the
death penalty;
4.
Calls upon States to ensure that children whose parents or parental caregivers
are on death row, the inmates themselves, their families and their legal representatives are
provided, in advance, with adequate information about a pending execution, its date, time
and location, to allow a last visit or communication with the convicted person, the return of
the body to the family for burial or to inform on where the body is located, unless this is not
in the best interests of the child;
5.
Requests the Secretary-General to dedicate the 2017 supplement to his
quinquennial report on capital punishment to the consequences arising at various stages of
the imposition and application of the death penalty on the enjoyment of the human rights of
the persons facing the death penalty and other affected persons, paying specific attention to
the right to equality and non-discrimination, including on foreign nationals, and to present it
to the Human Rights Council at its thirty-sixth session;
6.
Decides that the upcoming biennial high-level panel discussion to be held at
the thirty-fourth session of the Human Rights Council will address the human rights
violations related to the use of the death penalty, in particular with respect to the prohibition
of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment;
7.
Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights to organize the panel discussion and to liaise with States, relevant United Nations
bodies, agencies, treaty bodies, special procedures and regional human rights mechanisms,
as well as with parliamentarians, civil society, including non-governmental organizations,
and national human rights institutions with a view to ensuring their participation in the
panel discussion;
8.
Also requests the Office of the High Commissioner to prepare a summary
report on the panel discussion and to submit it to the Human Rights Council at its thirtysixth session;
9.
Decides to continue its consideration of this issue in accordance with its
programme of work.
40th meeting
1 October 2015
[Adopted by a recorded vote of 26 to 13, with 8 abstentions. The voting was as follows:
In favour:
Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire,
El Salvador, Estonia, France, Gabon, Germany, Ireland, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Mexico,
Montenegro, Namibia, Netherlands, Paraguay, Portugal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, the
former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
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