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One more step towards universal abolition

One more step towards universal abolitionPublished by Thomas Hubert on 2008/11/20 The Third Committee of the United Nations' General Assembly has adopted a resolution calling for a moratorium on executions for the second time. More countries supported the text. This is the communique issued by the World Coalition to welcome this new step forward. The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty welcomes the adoption by the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly of a second resolution calling for a universal moratorium on the use of the capital punishment.Supported by an increasing number of co-sponsors countries (two more countries), it reaffirms resolution 62/149 of 18 December 2007, ?Moratorium on the use of the death penalty?, and recognizes ?the global trend towards the abolition of the death penalty?...continue to full post

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