21 May 2026, New York -- Joint Statement by 41 Members of the Inter-Regional Task Force (IRTF) on the Moratorium on the use of the Death Penalty Joint statement by 41 Members of the Inter-Regional Task Force on the Moratorium on the use of the Death Penalty New York, 21st May 2026 We are deeply concerned about a recent series of backward steps going against the global movement towards universal abolition of the death penalty, as outlined in the Global Report on Death Sentences and Executions