A/HRC/36/L.62
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: Limited
27 September 2017
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Thirty-sixth session
11–29 September 2017
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Azerbaijan,* Bahrain,* Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam,* China, Egypt, Iran (Islamic
Republic of),* Kuwait,* Malaysia,* Maldives,* Morocco,* Nigeria, Oman,* Pakistan,*
Saudi Arabia, Singapore,* United Arab Emirates: amendment to draft resolution
A/HRC/36/L.6
36/… The question of the death penalty
After paragraph 1, insert a new paragraph reading
1 bis. Reaffirms the sovereign right of all States to develop their own legal systems,
including determining appropriate legal penalties, in accordance with their international law
obligations;
*
State not a member of the Human Rights Council.
GE.17-16888(E)
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