Articles

Read the articles of the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty written by all the actors committed to the universal abolition of capital punishment.

Follow abolitionist news and the latest information on issues related to abolition around the world: breakthroughs, research on prison conditions or the treatment of detainees. Articles also cover the issue of legal representation for convicted persons, the status of women and the role of public opinion.

Call for a ceasefire and the right to life in Gaza

Access to justice and discrimination: the World Coalition organizes a briefing for the UN Working Group on Discrimination against Women and Girls

Access to justice and discrimination: the World Coalition organizes a briefing for the UN Working Group on Discrimination against Women and Girls

79th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights

Key Outcomes from the 79th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights

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NGOs voice fears for dozens of Egyptian prisoners, and hundreds of others, facing execution for drugs-related offenses in Saudi Arabia

United Nations 46th Human Rights Council

Abolition of the death penalty at the United Nations Human Rights Council 55th session

UN Human Rights Council

Abolition of the death penalty at the United Nations Human Rights Council 54th session

UN Human Rights Council

Abolition of the death penalty at the United Nations Human Rights Council 56th session

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The death penalty in the DRC: an illusory means of combating impunity in the face of human rights implementation

World Coalition Against the Death Penalty

In support and solidarity with “No Death Penalty Tuesdays” abolitionist movement in Iran

This statement is co-signed by: Amnesty International Capital Punishment Justice Project FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights MADPET – Malaysians Against Death Penalty and Torture Parliamentarians for Global Action Taiwan Alliance Against the Death Penalty World Coalition Against the Death Penalty

Singapore: Authorities must end executions and stop targeting anti-death penalty activists to curb criticism

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China: Judicial guidelines to curtail activism for Taiwan a further blow for human rights protections

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Joint Open Letter to the Minister of Justice of Malawi on the abolition of the death penalty

Global Consortium for Death Penalty Abolition

Strengthening the Abolitionist Movement: Launch of the Global Consortium for Death Penalty Abolition

Why is the Death Penalty not the answer to Rape?

Why is the Death Penalty not the answer to Rape?

Côte d’Ivoire's flag

Côte d’Ivoire Accedes to the Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR

UN Human Rights Council

What China’s report to the United Nations tells us about transparency and the death penalty