A/RES/63/182

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

Body: General Assembly, session 63
Date: 2008-12-18
Committee report: A/63/430/Add.2
Meeting record: A/63/PV.70
Draft: A/C.3/63/L.35/Rev.1
Agenda item(s): Human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms.

Tally

Yes 127Abstain 58Did not vote 7

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/63/182
Country	Position
Afghanistan	Yes
Albania	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Andorra	Yes
Angola	Yes
Antigua and Barbuda	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Armenia	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Azerbaijan	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belarus	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Belize	Yes
Bhutan	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Yes
Cambodia	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Canada	Yes
Chad	Yes
Chile	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Comoros	Yes
Congo	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Croatia	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechia (as “CZECH REPUBLIC”)	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Dominica	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Eritrea	Yes
Estonia	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Fiji	Yes
Finland	Yes
France	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Georgia	Yes
Germany	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Greece	Yes
Grenada	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	Yes
Guyana	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Hungary	Yes
Iceland	Yes
India	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Italy	Yes
Jamaica	Yes
Japan	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kazakhstan	Yes
Kyrgyzstan	Yes
Latvia	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Liechtenstein	Yes
Lithuania	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Mali	Yes
Malta	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Micronesia (Federated States of)	Yes
Monaco	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Montenegro	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
North Macedonia (as “THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA”)	Yes
Norway	Yes
Panama	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Poland	Yes
Portugal	Yes
Republic of Korea	Yes
Republic of Moldova	Yes
Romania	Yes
Samoa	Yes
San Marino	Yes
Sao Tome and Principe	Yes
Serbia	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Slovakia	Yes
Slovenia	Yes
Somalia	Yes
South Africa	Yes
Spain	Yes
Suriname	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Switzerland	Yes
Tajikistan	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Timor-Leste	Yes
Togo	Yes
Tonga	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Ukraine	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Uzbekistan	Yes
Vanuatu	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Abstain
Bahrain	Abstain
Bangladesh	Abstain
Benin	Abstain
Brunei Darussalam	Abstain
Burkina Faso	Abstain
Central African Republic	Abstain
China	Abstain
Côte d'Ivoire	Abstain
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Abstain
Djibouti	Abstain
Egypt	Abstain
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Abstain
Gambia	Abstain
Indonesia	Abstain
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Abstain
Iraq	Abstain
Israel	Abstain
Kenya	Abstain
Kuwait	Abstain
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Abstain
Lebanon	Abstain
Liberia	Abstain
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Abstain
Madagascar	Abstain
Malawi	Abstain
Malaysia	Abstain
Marshall Islands	Abstain
Myanmar	Abstain
Namibia	Abstain
Niger	Abstain
Nigeria	Abstain
Oman	Abstain
Pakistan	Abstain
Palau	Abstain
Qatar	Abstain
Russian Federation	Abstain
Rwanda	Abstain
Saint Lucia	Abstain
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Abstain
Saudi Arabia	Abstain
Senegal	Abstain
Sierra Leone	Abstain
Solomon Islands	Abstain
Sri Lanka	Abstain
Sudan	Abstain
Syrian Arab Republic	Abstain
Trinidad and Tobago	Abstain
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Abstain
Tuvalu	Abstain
Uganda	Abstain
United Arab Emirates	Abstain
United Republic of Tanzania	Abstain
United States	Abstain
Viet Nam	Abstain
Yemen	Abstain
Zambia	Abstain
Zimbabwe	Abstain
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Did not vote
Equatorial Guinea	Did not vote
Kiribati	Did not vote
Naoero (as “NAURU”)	Did not vote
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Did not vote
Seychelles	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.