Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN) welcomes the latest United Nations General  Assembly vote for the global moratorium on the death penalty. With this vote, the world  moves ever closer to a consensus that rejects the death penalty with more member states in  favour of a global moratorium. 

ADPAN applauds the continued commitment for a global moratorium by states and  acknowledges the vote of support for the first time by South Korea, Djibouti, and Lebanon. It  is regrettable that countries in the Asia region continue to be the most resistant to the  adoption of the global trend towards total abolition of the death penalty. 

The death penalty has no place in any modern criminal justice system as it has consistently  failed to deliver justice, and proven time and time again to be flawed, discriminatory and  ineffective both as punitive and deterrent measures. ADPAN calls for countries that continue  to implement the death penalty to take proactive action to review the practice in their  respective jurisdictions and join the clear global trend towards abolition of the death penalty.