A/HRC/42/L.41 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: Limited 25 September 2019 Original: English Human Rights Council Forty-second session 9–27 September 2019 Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Bahrain, Bangladesh, Botswana,* Brunei Darussalam,* China, Egypt, Indonesia,* Iran (Islamic Republic of),* Jamaica,* Jordan,* Kuwait,* Lao People’s Democratic Republic,* Myanmar,* Nigeria, Oman,* Pakistan, Saint Kitts and Nevis,* Saudi Arabia, Singapore,* Sudan,* United Arab Emirates,* Viet Nam* and Yemen:* amendment to draft resolution A/HRC/42/L.37 42/… 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.19-16433(E) 