According to the UN press service, the document was adopted at a meeting of the committee responsible for social, humanitarian, and human rights issues. The resolution is recommendatory and calls on states where the death penalty is still maintained to suspend executions and gradually reduce the list of crimes for which it is prescribed.
Voting details and Singapore's position
During the discussion, the Singapore delegation introduced an amendment that was subsequently approved. It concerns the sovereign right of states to independently determine their legal systems while taking international obligations into account. The next stage will be the consideration of the document at the UN General Assembly plenary session in December.
History of the issue in Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan consistently supports a global moratorium on the death penalty. This mechanism was introduced in the country as early as 1998, and in 2007, the death penalty was abolished at the legislative level. In 2010, the republic acceded to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Voting statistics are provided based on the results of a similar document dated December 17, 2024.
- 1998
moratorium on executions of death sentences introduced in Kyrgyzstan
- 2007
death penalty legislatively abolished
- 2010
Kyrgyzstan acceded to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant
