UN Secretary-General Calls on States to Abolish Death Penalty

by Gary Kopycinski on July 3, 2012

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NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–3 July 2012. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on Member States which use the death penalty to abolish this practice, stressing that the right to life lies at the heart of international human rights law.