article_snippet: At the meeting, which aims for the 'abolition of the death penalty', Mr Simonovic called the practice an 'inhuman and outdated punishment'.
article_snippet: Mr Simonovic added it was 'too often applied to the poor and marginalised foot soldiers' rather than on those who were leading drug organisations.
article_snippet: UN assistant secretary-general Ivan Simonovic called the death penalty an 'inhuman and outdated punishment' Indonesia diplomats also called on the countries that still had the death penalty to observe the full process of law.
highlights_snippet: A meeting was held in Geneva to discuss how to abolish the death penalty .
  
highlights_snippet: UN assistant secretary-general said practice was 'inhuman and outdated'
  