Nauru - Universal Periodic Review - Death Penalty - July 2025
Date: June 17, 2025
Country: Nauru
Issues: Death Penalty
Mechanism: UN Universal Periodic Review
Report Type: Stakeholder Report
Country: Nauru
Issues: Death Penalty
Mechanism: UN Universal Periodic Review
Report Type: Stakeholder Report
Nauru abolished the death penalty in the Crimes Act 2016, but its Constitution still authorizes
the death penalty. Despite committing to ratification of the Second Optional Protocol to the
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights during the third-cycle Universal Periodic
Review, Nauru has made no progress toward ratification of OP2.
