UN – World Day Against the Death Penalty (10 October 2024)

On this 22nd World Day Against the Death Penalty, France reiterates its opposition to this cruel, unjust and inhumane punishment everywhere and in all circumstances.

The abolition of the death penalty is steadily making headway around the world. But 51 nations continue to apply it.

At the last UN General Assembly, France and its partner countries presented their biennial resolution calling for a moratorium on executions with the ultimate aim of abolishing the death penalty.

On December 10, 2023, the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, President Macron announced that France would host the 9th World Congress Against the Death Penalty in 2026.

France calls on all nations to sign and ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aimed at abolishing the death penalty.

On this symbolic day, France honors the memory of Robert Badinter, who passed away on February 9.