Response to the Call for inputs for the Secretary-General’s report on a moratorium on the use of the death penalty: Legal and policy changes, developments regarding moratoriums, and the death penalty for drug-related offenses
Date: April 10, 2026
Country: All
Partners: ACAT Liberia, Death Penalty Focus, Humans Remain, Kurdistan Without Genocide, The Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty, World Coalition Against the Death Penalty
Issues: Death Penalty
Mechanism: UN Secretary General
Report Type: Call for Inputs
Country: All
Partners: ACAT Liberia, Death Penalty Focus, Humans Remain, Kurdistan Without Genocide, The Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty, World Coalition Against the Death Penalty
Issues: Death Penalty
Mechanism: UN Secretary General
Report Type: Call for Inputs
This report responds to a call for inputs to assist the UN Office of the High Commissioner for
Human Rights in preparing the Secretary-General's report on a moratorium on the use of the
death penalty, focusing on legal and policy changes, developments regarding moratoriums,
changes to the scope or application of the death penalty, and the death penalty for drug-related
offenses. The report incorporates responses to an April 2026 survey of members of the World
Coalition Against the Death Penalty, focusing on developments since 17 December 2024.
Recent Coalition responses to other calls for input contain additional responsive information.
