36/L.41 The question of the death penalty
Document Type: Amendment Resolution
Date: 2017 Sep
Session: 36th Regular Session (2017 Sep)
Agenda Item: Item3: Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development
- Main sponsors1
- Co-sponsors7
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- In Favour
Bangladesh
Botswana
Burundi
China
Cuba
Egypt
Ethiopia
India
Indonesia
Iraq
Japan
Kenya
Kyrgyzstan
Nigeria
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
United States
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
GE.17-16872(E)
Human Rights Council Thirty-sixth session
11–29 September 2017
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Bangladesh, China, Egypt, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates: amendment
to draft resolution A/HRC/36/L.6
36/… The question of the death penalty
Before paragraph 1, insert a new paragraph reading
1. Recognizes that the application of a moratorium on the death penalty, abolishing the
death penalty or retaining it should be a decision based on domestic debates at the national
level;