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The United Nations Human Rights Council convened its 60th regular session from 8 September to 8 October 2025. If you missed it, here is what happened regarding the abolition of the death penalty!

Within the framework of the latest public session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR), held in Banjul (The Gambia) in October 2025, the Tunisian Republic presented its first periodic report to the ACHPR since 2006. Tunisian abolitionist civil society had also submitted an alternative report and was present to put forward […]

It was an early opportunity to mark World Day Against the Death Penalty, which The Advocates for Human Rights (The Advocates) and other members of the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty (World Coalition) observe annually on 10 October. On 7 October 2025, the UN Human Rights Council adopted a resolution on the “question of […]

The public session of the ACHPR’s 85th Ordinary Session (African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights) was held in Banjul, The Gambia from 21 to 30 October 2025.

“Everyone faces challenges in life, and you can either spend the rest of your life looking back, or you can make the decision to keep moving forward.”  Sunny Jacobs (1947–2025) Facing gender-based discrimination : the importance of testimony  Like Sunny, a tireless abolitionist activist who tragically passed away on 3 June 2025, the voices of […]

On the occasion of the 2025 World Day Against the Death Penalty, the Congolese Coalition Against the Death Penalty, together with the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty and several international organizations, addressed a petition to the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

On October 9, 2025, a panel of international experts convened to challenge the misconception that the death penalty can make people and communities safer. Moderated by Atty. Francis Tom Temprosa, Regional Director of the Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN), the discussion brought together diverse perspectives from law, human rights, and lived experience.

The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty co-organized with ADPAN its General Assembly in Manila, the Philippines and online on 6-7 June 2025.

Launched in April 2024, the Global Consortium for Death Penalty Abolition completed its first year of activity in March 2025. Bringing together 25 civil society organizations from around the world and funded by the European Union (EU), the Consortium aims at advancing abolition through coordinated advocacy at national, regional, and international levels.

As part of its mission to expand and strengthen the global abolitionist movement, the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, its Gender program and the Global Consortium for Death Penalty Abolition partners launched two rounds of Financial Support to Third Parties (FSTP) calls for proposals. The FSTP calls aim to support civil society organisations (CSOs) […]