A/RES/57/214

Extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 57
Date: 2002-12-18
Committee report: A/57/556/Add.2
Meeting record: A/57/PV.77
Draft: A/C.3/57/L.56/Rev.1
Agenda item(s): Human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms.

Tally

Yes 130Abstain 49Did not vote 12

Roll call

'Did not vote' combines members that were absent and members present that did not participate; the source does not distinguish them.

Roll call – A/RES/57/214
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Albania	Yes
Andorra	Yes
Angola	Yes
Antigua and Barbuda	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Armenia	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Azerbaijan	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belarus	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Belize	Yes
Benin	Yes
Bhutan	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Burkina Faso	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Yes
Cambodia	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Canada	Yes
Chad	Yes
Chile	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Congo	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire	Yes
Croatia	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechia (as “CZECH REPUBLIC”)	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Dominica	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Equatorial Guinea	Yes
Eritrea	Yes
Estonia	Yes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Yes
Fiji	Yes
Finland	Yes
France	Yes
Georgia	Yes
Germany	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Greece	Yes
Grenada	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Hungary	Yes
Iceland	Yes
India	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Italy	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Japan	Yes
Kyrgyzstan	Yes
Latvia	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Liechtenstein	Yes
Lithuania	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malawi	Yes
Malta	Yes
Marshall Islands	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Micronesia (Federated States of)	Yes
Monaco	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Namibia	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
North Macedonia (as “THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA”)	Yes
Norway	Yes
Palau	Yes
Panama	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Poland	Yes
Portugal	Yes
Republic of Korea	Yes
Republic of Moldova	Yes
Romania	Yes
Russian Federation	Yes
Saint Lucia	Yes
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Yes
Samoa	Yes
San Marino	Yes
Sao Tome and Principe	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Seychelles	Yes
Slovakia	Yes
Slovenia	Yes
South Africa	Yes
Spain	Yes
Suriname	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Switzerland	Yes
Tajikistan	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Timor-Leste	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
Ukraine	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	Yes
United States	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Zimbabwe	Yes
Algeria	Abstain
Bahrain	Abstain
Bangladesh	Abstain
Brunei Darussalam	Abstain
China	Abstain
Comoros	Abstain
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Abstain
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Abstain
Djibouti	Abstain
Egypt	Abstain
Ethiopia	Abstain
Gambia	Abstain
Indonesia	Abstain
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Abstain
Israel	Abstain
Jordan	Abstain
Kazakhstan	Abstain
Kenya	Abstain
Kuwait	Abstain
Lebanon	Abstain
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Abstain
Malaysia	Abstain
Maldives	Abstain
Mali	Abstain
Mauritania	Abstain
Morocco	Abstain
Myanmar	Abstain
Naoero (as “NAURU”)	Abstain
Oman	Abstain
Pakistan	Abstain
Papua New Guinea	Abstain
Qatar	Abstain
Saudi Arabia	Abstain
Sierra Leone	Abstain
Singapore	Abstain
Solomon Islands	Abstain
Sri Lanka	Abstain
Sudan	Abstain
Syrian Arab Republic	Abstain
Togo	Abstain
Tonga	Abstain
Tunisia	Abstain
Tuvalu	Abstain
Uganda	Abstain
United Arab Emirates	Abstain
Uzbekistan	Abstain
Vanuatu	Abstain
Viet Nam	Abstain
Yemen	Abstain
Central African Republic	Did not vote
Gabon	Did not vote
Guinea-Bissau	Did not vote
Iraq	Did not vote
Kiribati	Did not vote
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Did not vote
Liberia	Did not vote
Niger	Did not vote
Rwanda	Did not vote
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Did not vote
Somalia	Did not vote
Turkmenistan	Did not vote

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UN subject headings (verbatim)

HUMAN RIGHTS ADVANCEMENT
SUMMARY EXECUTIONS

Sources

Voting data: United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld Library, Security Council Voting Data (Version 7, October 2026), https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/4055387, and General Assembly Voting Data (Version 6, October 2026), https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/4060887. Vetoes: UN Peace & Security Data Hub, Security Council Data – Vetoes Since 1946 (DPPA-SCVETOES). © United Nations; used for non-commercial purposes with attribution.