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Witness to Innocence, with the following US and Worldwide organizations that endorse this statement: 8th Amendment Project, Abolition of Death Penalty in Iraq, The Advocates for Human Rights, The American Constitution Society, Capital Punishment Justice Project, Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide - Cornell Law School, CrimeInfo, a member organization of Anti Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN), Death Penalty Action, Death Penalty Alternatives for Arizona, Death Penalty Focus,faith leaders of color coalition (flocc), FIACAT -Fédération internationale des ACAT – International Federation of ACATs, Georgians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (GFADP), Harm Reduction International, Italian Federation for Human Rights (FIDU), Kentucky Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, Kenya Human Rights Commission, Lawyers For Human Rights International, India, Lembaga Bantuan Hukum Masyarakat,Le MRAP (Mouvement contre le Racisme et pour l'Amitié entre les Peuples), Ministry Against the Death Penalty, Missourians to Abolish the Death Penalty, Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA), Paul Rougeau Committee - Italy, Pennsylvanians Against the Death Penalty, Puertorrican Coalition Against the Death Penalty, Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty, Tennesseans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (TADP), Women Beyond Walls, Witness to Innocence

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The Death Penalty Does Not Make Us Safer

By Witness to Innocence, on 24 January 2025

Witness to Innocence Responds to President Trump’s Executive Order on the Death Penalty, and Organizations from throughout the US and the World Sign-on in Solidarity

2025

United States

Singapore: End harassment and intimidation of Transformative Justice Collective

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Singapore: End harassment and intimidation of Transformative Justice Collective

By the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 17 January 2025

We, the undersigned 11 organizations, condemn in the strongest terms the latest restrictions imposed by the Singapore government on activists from the Transformative Justice Collective (TJC), a civil society group actively opposing the death penalty and advocating for human rights in the country. 

2025

Singapore

81st Ordinary Session of the African Commission of Human and Peoples’ Rights

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81st Ordinary Session of the African Commission of Human and Peoples’ Rights: In- Person, Advocating Against the Death Penalty

By the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 7 January 2025

The ACHPR (African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights) held its 81st Public Ordinary Session in Banjul, The Gambia, from 17 October – 6 November 2024.

2025

Angola

Burkina Faso

Ethiopia

Mauritius

Trend Towards Abolition

On 31 December 2024, Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa signed the Death Penalty Abolition Bill into law.

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Zimbabwe Abolishes the Death Penalty

By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 6 January 2025

On 31 December 2024, Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa signed the Death Penalty Abolition Bill into law.

2025

Zimbabwe

Zambia commits to irreversible abolition of the death penalty for all crimes

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Zambia commits to irreversible abolition of the death penalty for all crimes

By World coalition against the death penalty, on 23 December 2024

Zambia has acceded to the Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR, which is the UN treaty aiming at the abolition of the death penalty, on 19 December 2024.

2024

Zambia

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Two thirds of the United Nations General Assembly vote in favor of the 10th resolution for a moratorium on the death penalty

By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 20 December 2024

On 17 December 2024, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the 10th resolution for a moratorium on the use of the death penalty with 130 votes in favor out of the 193 United Nations Member States (5 more than in 2022), 32 votes against (5 less than in 2022), 22 abstentions and 9 absent.

2024

Moratorium

Trend Towards Abolition

Singapore: Authorities must end human rights crackdown and unlawful drug related executions

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Singapore: Authorities must end human rights crackdown and unlawful drug related executions

By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 2 December 2024

We, the undersigned seven organizations, are greatly alarmed at the deteriorating human rights situation in Singapore. Abstract of a joint statement published on 31 October 2024. To read the full statement.

2024

Drug Offenses

Singapore

Abolitionist advocacy at the 89th CEDAW Session

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Abolitionist advocacy at the 89th CEDAW Session

By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 2 December 2024

The 89th session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) took place in Geneva, Switzerland, from 7 to 25 October 2024.

Gender

Women

Collective reflection to support women and LGBTQIA+ people facing the death penalty

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Collective reflection to support women and LGBTQIA+ people facing the death penalty

By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 2 December 2024

The Gender and the Death Penalty seminar organized by the World Coalition in Philadelphia in September 2024 enabled to explore new abolitionist strategies. The event brought together organizations from 11 countries for stimulating exchanges.

Gender

Women

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

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

By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 26 September 2024

2024

Gender