In December 2024, the UN resolution on death penalty moratorium was adopted for the first time with a two-thirds majority of all UN states voting in favour
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- Omissions
- The resolution was the 10th in a series of UN resolutions on death penalty moratorium, not the first resolution ever adopted on this topic. The claim appears to correctly identify this as the first time a two-thirds majority was achieved, but the phrasing 'the resolution was adopted for the first time' could be misleading without specifying 'with a two-thirds majority' as the novel aspect.
- Sources
- PrimaryUnited Nations Digital LibraryResolution A/RES/79/179 on moratorium on the use of the death penalty adopted on 18 December 2024
- SecondaryAmnesty International130 UN member states, more than two-thirds of the UN membership, voted to adopt the tenth resolution on a moratorium on the use of the death penalty in December 2024
- SecondaryWorld Coalition Against the Death PenaltyTwo thirds of the United Nations General Assembly vote in favor of the 10th resolution for a moratorium on the death penalty in December 2024