Micronesia, Federated States of - Universal Periodic Review - Death Penalty - July 2025
Country: Micronesia, Federated States of
Partners: World Coalition Against the Death Penalty
Issues: Death Penalty
Mechanism: UN Universal Periodic Review
Report Type: Stakeholder Report
Section 9 of the Declaration of Rights in the Constitution of the Federated States of Micronesia prohibits capital punishment.1 Despite assurances during its third-cycle Universal Periodic Review, the Federated States of Micronesia has neither signed nor ratified the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.