UN – World Day Against the Death Penalty (10 Oct. 2024)

On this 22nd World Day Against the Death Penalty, France reiterates its opposition to this cruel, unjust and inhumane punishment everywhere and in all circumstances. The abolition of the death penalty is steadily making headway around the world. But 51 nations continue to apply it. At the last UN General Assembly, France and its partner countries presented their biennial resolution calling for a moratorium on executions with the ultimate aim of abolishing the death penalty. On December (…)