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Resolution 75/183 – Moratorium on the use of the death penalty

By United Nations General Assembly, on 12 January 2021

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United Nations General Assembly Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 16 December 2020 [on the report of the Third Committee (A/75/478/Add.2, para. 89) 75/183. Moratorium on the use of the death penalty.




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