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On 30 June 2026, during the opening ceremony of the 9th World Congress Against the Death Penalty, held in Paris, France, the Minister for Justice and Human Rights of the Republic of Chad, Ndolenodji Alixe Naïmbaye, confirmed in front of the international community, the existence of a draft bill to ratify the Second Optional Protocol […]

We, the undersigned organisations, strongly condemn the extension of the death penalty provided for in the law, as well as the official statements threatening the resumption of executions in Algeria, which would compromise the de facto moratorium on executions that has been in place since 1993.

Following the momentum of the 9th World Congress Against the Death Penalty in Paris, the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty (World Coalition) brought together around 30 member organizations from across the world.

We, the undersigned, stand in solidarity with the Transformative Justice Collective (TJC) and other civil society advocates in Singapore. We express grave concern about reports of criminal proceedings in connection with anti-death penalty and pro-Palestine advocacy. We urge the Singaporean authorities to withdraw the charges relating to peaceful advocacy and uphold freedom of expression and […]

The World Coalition welcomes the adoption by the Lebanese National Assembly of the law abolishing the death penalty on 11 August 2026.

Statement, 30th july 2026 We, the undersigned 46 organizations, write to you today to ask you for your immediate action to end the threat of execution for more than 550 people currently living under sentence of death in California. Your move towards commuting all death sentences in the US state with the highest number of […]

28 July 2026, Statement Ten Years Without Executions We, the undersigned organisations, congratulate President Prabowo Subianto and the Government of Indonesia for reaching the milestone of 10 years without executions. On 29 July 2016, Humphrey Jefferson Ejike Eleweke (Nigeria), Michael Titus Igweh (Nigeria), Freddy Budiman (Indonesia) and Seck Osmane (Senegal) were executed for drug-related crimes. […]

On the occasion of the 2026 International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking (World Drug Day) and the Support Don’t Punish Global Day of Action on 26 June, 63 national, regional and international organisations call on the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) and its Member States […]

8 May 2026 Ahead of Singapore’s fourth Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on 12 May 2026, the undersigned organisations call on member states to urge Singapore to end its use of the death penalty and bring its laws and practices into line with international human rights law and standards. We also call on the Government of […]

At a side event on the margins of the Human Rights Council in Geneva on March 9, The Advocates for Human Rights launched a new tool celebrating countries that have championed the cause of abolition of the death penalty at the Universal Periodic Review. The scorecard highlights the countries that led the world in making […]