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A/RES/71/187

Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body
General Assembly, session 71
Date
2016-12-19
Committee report
A/71/484/Add.2
Meeting record
A/71/PV.65
Draft
A/C.3/71/L.27
Agenda item(s)
Human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms.

Tally

Yes 117No 40Abstain 31Did not vote 5

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'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/71/187
CountryPosition
AlbaniaYes
AlgeriaYes
AndorraYes
AngolaYes
ArgentinaYes
ArmeniaYes
AustraliaYes
AustriaYes
AzerbaijanYes
BelgiumYes
BeninYes
BhutanYes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)Yes
Bosnia and HerzegovinaYes
BrazilYes
BulgariaYes
Burkina FasoYes
Cabo VerdeYes
CambodiaYes
CanadaYes
Central African RepublicYes
ChadYes
ChileYes
ColombiaYes
CongoYes
Costa RicaYes
Côte d'IvoireYes
CroatiaYes
CyprusYes
CzechiaYes
DenmarkYes
Dominican RepublicYes
EcuadorYes
El SalvadorYes
EritreaYes
EstoniaYes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)Yes
FijiYes
FinlandYes
FranceYes
GabonYes
GeorgiaYes
GermanyYes
GreeceYes
GuatemalaYes
GuineaYes
Guinea-BissauYes
HaitiYes
HondurasYes
HungaryYes
IcelandYes
IrelandYes
IsraelYes
ItalyYes
KazakhstanYes
KiribatiYes
KyrgyzstanYes
LatviaYes
LiechtensteinYes
LithuaniaYes
LuxembourgYes
MadagascarYes
MalawiYes
MaliYes
MaltaYes
Marshall IslandsYes
MexicoYes
Micronesia (Federated States of)Yes
MonacoYes
MongoliaYes
MontenegroYes
MozambiqueYes
NamibiaYes
Naoero (as “NAURU”)Yes
NepalYes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)Yes
New ZealandYes
NicaraguaYes
North Macedonia (as “THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA”)Yes
NorwayYes
PalauYes
PanamaYes
ParaguayYes
PeruYes
PolandYes
PortugalYes
Republic of MoldovaYes
RomaniaYes
Russian FederationYes
SamoaYes
San MarinoYes
Sao Tome and PrincipeYes
SerbiaYes
Sierra LeoneYes
SlovakiaYes
SloveniaYes
Solomon IslandsYes
SomaliaYes
South AfricaYes
SpainYes
Sri LankaYes
SurinameYes
SwedenYes
SwitzerlandYes
TajikistanYes
Timor-LesteYes
TogoYes
TunisiaYes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)Yes
TurkmenistanYes
TuvaluYes
UkraineYes
United KingdomYes
UruguayYes
UzbekistanYes
VanuatuYes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)Yes
AfghanistanNo
Antigua and BarbudaNo
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)No
BangladeshNo
BarbadosNo
BelizeNo
BotswanaNo
Brunei DarussalamNo
BurundiNo
ChinaNo
Democratic People's Republic of KoreaNo
DominicaNo
EgyptNo
EthiopiaNo
GrenadaNo
GuyanaNo
IndiaNo
Iran (Islamic Republic of)No
IraqNo
JamaicaNo
JapanNo
KuwaitNo
LibyaNo
MalaysiaNo
MaldivesNo
OmanNo
PakistanNo
Papua New GuineaNo
QatarNo
Saint Kitts and NevisNo
Saint LuciaNo
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesNo
Saudi ArabiaNo
SingaporeNo
South SudanNo
SudanNo
Syrian Arab RepublicNo
Trinidad and TobagoNo
United StatesNo
YemenNo
BahrainAbstain
BelarusAbstain
CameroonAbstain
ComorosAbstain
CubaAbstain
DjiboutiAbstain
Equatorial GuineaAbstain
GhanaAbstain
IndonesiaAbstain
JordanAbstain
KenyaAbstain
Lao People's Democratic RepublicAbstain
LebanonAbstain
LesothoAbstain
LiberiaAbstain
MauritaniaAbstain
MoroccoAbstain
MyanmarAbstain
NigerAbstain
NigeriaAbstain
PhilippinesAbstain
Republic of KoreaAbstain
SeychellesAbstain
ThailandAbstain
TongaAbstain
UgandaAbstain
United Arab EmiratesAbstain
United Republic of TanzaniaAbstain
Viet NamAbstain
ZambiaAbstain
ZimbabweAbstain
Democratic Republic of the CongoDid not vote
GambiaDid not vote
MauritiusDid not vote
RwandaDid not vote
SenegalDid not vote

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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.