Press Release: INCB encourages States to consider the abolition of the death penalty for drug-related offences, United Nations Information Service (2014)

INCB Death penalty press release March 2014 (PDF, 83 KB) Open in new tab

In a progressive public statement for the INCB, the President calls on member States to 'consider abolishing the death penalty for drug-related offences'.

The statement, however, falls short of condemning such penalties as violations of international law.

Citation: INCB encourages States to consider the abolition of the death penalty for drug-related offences, INCB (5 March 2014) UNIS/NAR/1199

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