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Capital Punishment

A/RES/36/59No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 87International Covenants on Human Rights, published in 1982.

What other versions does this mandate have?

8 versions · 1964–1983
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/37/192
  • 1983A/RES/37/192Capital punishmentLatestCompare with previous version
  • 1982A/RES/36/59Capital punishmentCompare with previous version
  • 1978A/RES/32/61Capital punishmentCompare with previous version
  • 1973A/RES/3011(XXVII)Capital punishmentCompare with previous version
  • 1972A/RES/2857(XXVI)Capital punishmentCompare with previous version

iVersions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

What subjects does this mandate have?

3 topics
Capital PunishmentCivil and Political RightsTreaties

What does this mandate say?

2 operative paragraphs
Invites Member States to submit further comments and observations on the draft resolution entitled "Measures
aiming at the ultimate abolition of capital punishment (draft Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights)" ,69 submitted at the thrity-fifth session of the General Assembly, and requests the Secretary- General to submit to the Assembly at its thirty-seventh session a report containing the views expressed by Governments;
2
Decides to consider at its thirty-seventh session, under the item entitled ·'International Covenants on Human Rights", the idea of elaborating a draft of a second optional protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 70 aiming at the abolition of the death penalty.

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