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penalty on the enjoyment of human rights, and to present it to the Human Rights Council at
its forty-eighth session;
8.
Decides that the upcoming biennial high-level panel discussion to be held at
the forty-sixth 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 whether the use of the
death penalty has a deterrent effect on crime rate;
9.
Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights to organize the high-level 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;
10.
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 forty-eighth
session;
11.
Decides to continue its consideration of this issue in accordance with its
programme of work.
40th meeting
27 September 2019
[Adopted by a recorded vote of 26 to 14, with 6 abstentions. The voting was as follows:
In favour:
Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Chile,
Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Fiji, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Mexico, Nepal, Peru,
Rwanda, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Togo, Ukraine, United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Uruguay
Against:
Afghanistan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Cameroon, China, Egypt, India,
Iraq, Japan, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia
Abstaining:
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Nigeria, Philippines, Senegal,
Tunisia]
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