India votes against UNGA resolution calling for global moratorium on death penalty

United Nations India has voted against a draft UN General Assembly resolution calling on nations to establish a moratorium on the death penalty. The 193-member UNGA adopted, by recorded vote, the resolution on Friday (November 13, 2026) introduced by Mexico on ‘Moratorium on the use of the death penalty’, with 133 countries voting in favour of the resolution, 33 against and 16 abstentions.

India, along with Bahrain, China, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Kuwait, Maldives, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the U.S., voted against the resolution. How the Supreme Court shaped due process in death penalty cases How the Supreme Court shaped due process in death penalty cases In Bachan Singh, the apex court upheld the death penalty but laid down guidelines for judicial discretion; in Manoj v.