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Resolution 63/168 – Moratorium on the use of the death penalty

By United Nations General Assembly, on 8 September 2020


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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [on the report of the Third Committee (A/63/430/Add.2)] 63/168. Moratorium on the use of the death penalty




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