Milan, Nov. 14 (LaPresse) – The biennial resolution calling for a universal moratorium on the death penalty has been adopted by the UN General Assembly’s Third Committee. Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani expressed satisfaction with the outcome, which received 133 votes in favour, including Italy’s. This is two more votes than the previous resolution adopted by the Third Committee in 2024. According to Tajani, “this is a clear sign that the international community is moving increasingly towards ending this unjust and inhumane practice”. “Italy played a leading role during the negotiations, in line with our country’s longstanding commitment to the universal abolition of the death penalty, a cruel and inhumane practice that is incompatible with respect for fundamental human rights, starting with the right to life and human dignity. These are universal principles that should admit no exceptions,” said the Italian foreign minister. The adopted text was the result of the work of the Interregional Task Force (IRTF), a group of countries in which Italy actively participates within the UN, as well as close cooperation with leading civil society organisations, including Amnesty International Italy, the Community of Sant’Egidio and Nessuno Tocchi Caino. These organisations take part in national-level coordination through regular meetings of the Task Force on the Death Penalty.
UN, 11th resolution on death penalty moratorium approved. Tajani: “Italy is on the front line”
Milan, Nov. 14 (LaPresse) – The biennial resolution calling for a universal moratorium on the death penalty has been adopted by the UN General Assembly’s Third Committee. Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani expressed satisfaction with the outcome, which received 133 votes in favour, including Italy’s. This is two more votes than the previous resolution adopted by the Third Committee in 2024. According to Tajani, “this is a clear sign that the international community is moving increasingly towards ending this unjust and inhumane practice”. “Italy played a leading role during the negotiations, in line with our country’s longstanding commitment to the universal abolition of the death penalty, a cruel and inhumane practice that is incompatible with respect for fundamental human rights, starting with the right to life and human dignity. These are universal principles that should admit no exceptions,” said the Italian foreign minister. The adopted text was the result of the work of the Interregional Task Force (IRTF), a group of countries in which Italy actively participates within the UN, as well as close cooperation with leading civil society organisations, including Amnesty International Italy, the Community of Sant’Egidio and Nessuno Tocchi Caino. These organisations take part in national-level coordination through regular meetings of the Task Force on the Death Penalty.