A/HRC/36/27 Executioners told delegates how the pain and suffering they had endured while executing prisoners had led them to become strong advocates against the death penalty. Some representatives called for those who ordered the death penalty, in particular judges and prosecutors, to witness executions, in the same way as families and executioners did, so that they might fully understand the wider impact of the death penalty on families and other individuals concerned. V. Conclusions 47. In their concluding remarks, the panellists emphasized that the international community was moving towards the universal abolition of the death penalty and recommended that the death penalty be abolished by those States that still continued to use it. They expressed concern about the reintroduction of the death penalty in some States and the breaking of moratoriums in others. In that regard, the panellists recommended that every effort be made to reverse the trend to reintroduce the death penalty and to maintain moratoriums. 48. The panellists considered that the use of the death penalty posed fundamental questions about human dignity and the moral authority of human society as a whole. The emerging international consensus that the death penalty was a form of torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment was highlighted, as was the fact that a significant number of States already held that to be the case. The panellists recommended that the Human Rights Council request a comprehensive legal study on the emergence of a customary norm prohibiting the use of the death penalty under all circumstances. 49. The panellists acknowledged that abolition required political and public support, as well as technical assistance. They urged all stakeholders, including States, to cooperate and share knowledge so as to enable well-informed and inclusive discussions about the abolition of the death penalty in all States. They suggested reaching out to young people to explain the arguments in favour of abolishing the death penalty, with a view to building consensus. The panellists also called for the collection of disaggregated data on the number of executions, the number of prisoners on death row and the time lapse from sentencing to execution. In compiling such data, a wide range of socioeconomic factors should be considered. 50. Pending abolition, the panellists recommended that all prisoners be treated in accordance with international standards, including the right not to be subject to torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, that race and other grounds of discrimination that contribute to unfair trials and unsafe convictions be addressed and that transparency be ensured in death penalty cases. 51. The panellists underlined the role played by United Nations human rights mechanisms, in particular the human rights treaty bodies and the Human Rights Council, including the universal periodic review process and the work of the special procedure mandate holders, to advance discussions on the universal abolition of the death penalty. 13