Response to the Call for inputs for the Secretary-General’s report on a moratorium on the use of the death penalty: Safeguards for persons facing the death penalty and death row detention conditions
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 for the 81st Session of the UN General Assembly, following up on resolution
79/179 calling for a global moratorium on the death penalty, adopted on 17 December 2024.
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. This report
focuses on safeguards guaranteeing the rights of persons facing the death penalty and
conditions of detention for people under sentence of death.
