Response to the Call for Inputs for the Secretary-General’s report on the question of the death penalty: The human rights of children of parents sentenced to death or executed
Date: March 13, 2026
Country: All
Partners: Anti Death Penalty Asia Network, Avocats Sans Frontières France, Center for Legal Support & Inmates’ Rehabilitation, Center for Prisoners’ Rights Japan, Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, Foundation for Human Rights Initiative (FHRI), Hope Behind Bars Africa, Lembaga Bantuan Hukum Masyarakat, The Coalition of Somali Human Rights Defenders, The Maldivian Democracy Network, The Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty, World Coalition Against the Death Penalty
Issues: Children's Rights, Death Penalty
Mechanism: UN Secretary General
Report Type: Call for Inputs
Country: All
Partners: Anti Death Penalty Asia Network, Avocats Sans Frontières France, Center for Legal Support & Inmates’ Rehabilitation, Center for Prisoners’ Rights Japan, Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, Foundation for Human Rights Initiative (FHRI), Hope Behind Bars Africa, Lembaga Bantuan Hukum Masyarakat, The Coalition of Somali Human Rights Defenders, The Maldivian Democracy Network, The Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty, World Coalition Against the Death Penalty
Issues: Children's Rights, Death Penalty
Mechanism: UN Secretary General
Report Type: Call for Inputs
This report responds to a call for inputs to assist the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in preparing the Secretary-General's report on the question of the death penalty for the 63rd session of the Human Rights Council. As requested, the report focuses on the human rights of children of parents sentenced to death or executed. The report incorporates responses to a March 2026 survey of members of the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty.
