The ICJ has submitted a briefing to the UN Secretary-General on capital punishment in connection with real or purported engagement in consensual sexual relations, in view of his forthcoming report on the question of the death penalty to the Human Rights Council.
The submission focuses on country developments regarding the retention, imposition and carrying out of capital punishment in connection with real or purported engagement in consensual sexual relations.
The ICJ opposes the death penalty under any circumstances and considers that laws criminalizing real or purported engagement by adults in consensual sexual relations contravene international human rights law and standards.
The UN Secretary-General will submit his report to the 27th session of the Human Rights Council (September 2014), covering developments between 1 April 2013 and 31 March 2014 on the question of the death penalty.
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