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Joint Statement to condemn the public executions and the surge of executions in 2022 in Iran
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 11 August 2022
The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty strongly condemn the resumption of public executions in Iran and the surge in the executions in 2022, which goes against the international trends towards abolition of the death penalty.
2022
Iran (Islamic Republic of)

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Statement on the end of the unofficial moratorium on executions in Myanmar
By the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 11 August 2022
The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, and ACAT-France, ACAT-Germany (and their partner organization Federal Association of Vietnamese Refugees in the Federal Republic of Germany), Amnesty International, Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN), Avocats Sans Frontières France, Centre for Civil and Political Rights, Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants (CURE International), Coalition Marocaine Contre la Peine […]
Moratorium
Myanmar

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Central African Republic Becomes 24th African State to Abolish the Death Penalty
By ACAT-RCA, ECPM, FIACAT, on 26 June 2022
The President of the Central African Republic promulgated the law abolishing the death penalty on June 27 2022, one month after the National Assembly passed the law. CAR is now the 24th abolitionist state in Africa and the 111th in the world.
2022
Central African Republic

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Plans to carry out arbitrary executions in Myanmar must halt immediately
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty , on 23 June 2022
The undersigned organizations are gravely concerned at the recent announcement by the military authorities of Myanmar that the death sentences imposed on four people after grossly unfair proceedings have been approved for implementation.
2022
Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment
Fair Trial
Legal Representation
Myanmar

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The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty celebrates its 20th anniversary!
on 13 May 2022
For this occasion, we wanted to give the floor to our founding member organizations. 20 years of memories, meetings, activism and fight with the hope to see one day a world without death penalty. Discover those testimonials in our newsletter.
2022

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Over 8,000 people on death row in South Asia
By Aurelie Placais, staff, on 3 May 2022
With few executions but one of the biggest death rows in the world, South Asia is at a crossroad. Recent publications explore mental health on death row and social and economic background of people sentenced to death in Bangladesh, India, the Maldives, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
2022
Bangladesh
Death Row Conditions
India
Maldives
Mental Illness
Pakistan
Sri Lanka

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Abolition of the death penalty at the United Nations Human Rights Council 49th session
By Aurelie Placais, staff, on 3 May 2022
The 49th session of the UN Human Rights Council took place from 28 February to 1 April 2022. If you missed it, here’s what happened in relation to the abolition of the death penalty!

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European Protocol for full abolition turns 20
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 3 May 2022
Today is the 20th anniversary of the adoption of Protocol No. 13 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, concerning the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances.
Armenia
Azerbaijan

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Liberian Civil Society Organize to Push for Abolition
By Rescue Alternatives Liberia and the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 29 April 2022
On 12 April 2022, Rescue Alternatives Liberia (RAL) orchestrated a one-day forum on abolition in Liberia with the support of the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty. The outcomes of this event were very promising, and time will tell if abolition in Liberia is near.
2022
Liberia
Public Opinion

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Saudi Arabian Mass execution of 81 men
By Anissa Aguedal, World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 4 April 2022
Saudi Arabia: the largest mass execution in this country in years The kingdom of Saudi Arabia executed 81 men on March 12, 2022, all of whom had been convicted of a wide range of offences, including “terrorism”- related crimes, murder, armed robbery, and arms smuggling. Those put to death included seven Yemenis, one Syrian and […]
2022
Moratorium
Public Opinion
Saudi Arabia

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Kazakhstan Ratifies the Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR
By Aurélie Plaçais, on 1 April 2022
Kazakhstan ratified the UN treaty aiming at the abolition of the death penalty on 24 March 2022.
2022
Kazakhstan

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Middle East and North Africa: Abolitionist civil societies in full swing despite a difficult context
By Aurelie Placais, World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 15 February 2022
On the occasion of the publication of the Human Rights Watch World Report 2022, the World Coalition looks back at recent developments and civil society mobilization against the death penalty in the Arab world.
2022
Bahrain
Egypt
Fair Trial
Iraq
Moratorium
Morocco
Saudi Arabia
State of Palestine
Terrorism
Tunisia

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The Status Quo of China’s Death Penalty and the Civil Society Abolitionist Movement
By China Against the Death Penalty, on 15 February 2022
Translation of an article on the death penalty in China for the Beijing Olympics 2022, initially published by Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty in October 2021 for World Day.
China
Legal Representation

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Papua New Guinea: one step away from full abolition of the death penalty
By Aurélie Plaçais, World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 21 January 2022
Papua New Guinea’s National Parliament voted to repeal the death penalty on 20 January2022. The bill has now to be signed into law and to be published in the official gazette.
2022
Moratorium
Papua New Guinea

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Executions and Death Sentences Near Record Lows in 2021 in the USA
By Death Penalty Information Center, on 13 January 2022
Virginia’s historic abolition of the death penalty highlighted a year in which public opinion polls, executions, and new death sentences all signaled continued erosion of support for capital punishment across the United States.
2022
Public Opinion
United States

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Capitalization workshop of the project for the abolition of the death penalty in sub-Saharan Africa
By Elise Garel, on 4 January 2022
Member organizations of the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty and African ACATs (Action des Chrétiens pour l’Abolition de la Torture) met in Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire) for the capitalization workshop of Phase 2 of the project for the abolition of the death penalty in sub-Saharan Africa, organized on 29 and 30 November by the World […]
2022
Côte d'Ivoire
Moratorium
Public Opinion

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Protest Against Executions Ordered by Minister of Justice Yoshihisa Furukawa
By Center for Prisoner Rights and Japan Innocence and Death Penalty Information Center, on 23 December 2021
On 21 December 2021, Japan’s new governement executed three men after two years with no execution during which Japan hosted the Olympics and the United Nations Congress on Criminal Justice.
2021
Japan
Legal Representation
Moratorium

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NGO Forum and 69th Ordinary Session of the African Commission of Human and Peoples’ Rights
By Bronwyn Dudley and Corentin Mançois, on 17 December 2021
The ACHPR (the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights) met again virtually for its 69th Ordinary Session from 15 November – 5 December 2021.
2021
Terrorism
Women

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Women Sentenced to Death Showcased on the 19th World Day Against the Death Penalty
By Elise Garel, on 3 December 2021
With the theme “Women sentenced death: an invisible reality”, the 19th World Day Against the Death Penalty aimed to highlight the issues faced by women who are sentenced to death, executed, pardoned or exonerated around the world.
2021
Cameroon
Indonesia
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Morocco
Nigeria
Pakistan
Sierra Leone
United States
Women

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Joint Declaration on the Death Penalty and Women’s Rights
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 10 October 2021
As we mark the 19th World Day Against the Death Penalty dedicated to women facing capital punishment, who have been sentenced to death, who have been executed or who have been pardoned or found not guilty, the members of the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty and allies of women sentenced to death take this […]
2021
Women

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Publication of a New Guide on Working with Parliamentarians to Abolish the Death Penalty
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 10 October 2021
The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, in partnership with Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA), has published a new how-to guide for civil society organizations (CSOs) on how to collaborate with parliamentarians to abolish the death penalty.
Women

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Recapping and video recordings of the side events of the 2021 General Assembly
By Elise Garel, World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 27 September 2021
On June 18, 2021, on the sidelines of the General Assembly of the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, several events were organized. These events were an opportunity for the members of the World Coalition to address many issues related to the fight for the abolition of the death penalty.
2021
Juveniles
Legal Representation
Women

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Take Action for World Day 2021!
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 10 September 2021
Take action now! The 19th World Day Against the Death Penalty is an excellent opportunity to publicly oppose the use of this inhumane punishment and to support those who are fighting for its abolition all over the world.
2021
Drug Offenses
Fair Trial
Women

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Sierra Leone abolishes the Death Penalty
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty , on 2 August 2021
On Friday 23rd July 2021, Sierra Leone’s Parliament unanimously abolished the death penalty by passing the Abolition of the Death Penalty Act.
2021
Public Opinion
Sierra Leone

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Program of the 18 June 2021 General Assembly
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 15 June 2021
If you are a member organization, join the fantastic program we will have on Friday 18 June!
2021
Juveniles
Women

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Adoption of Bill Allowing the Imposition of the Death Penalty for a New Crime.
By Grace Keane O'Connor , on 30 April 2021
Philippine House Bill No. 7814 provides the death penalty for a new crime under the 2002 Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act.
2021
Drug Offenses
Philippines

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Armenia ratifies international treaty for irreversible abolition of the death penalty
By Aurélie Plaçais, on 25 March 2021
Armenia ratified the Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR on 18 March 2021.
2021
Armenia

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The Commonwealth of Virginia Abolishes the Death Penalty
By Louis Linel, on 25 March 2021
Virginia became the 23rd US State to formally ban capital punishment on 24 March 2021.
United States

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Recapping the UN Crime Congress in Kyoto
By Teppei Ono, CPR, on 15 March 2021
The United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice was held in Kyoto, Japan from 7 to 12 March 2021.
2021
Public Opinion

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Calling Upon the Council of Paris to Overhaul Bahrain-Owned Paris FC’s Subsidy
By Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain, on 5 February 2021
This Tuesday, on February 2, 2021, the Council of Paris will announce its position on the renewal of the yearly €500,000 subvention allocated to the Paris FC.
2021
Bahrain
Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment
Moratorium

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246 People Removed from Death Rows in Zambia
on 29 January 2021
President Edgar Lungo announced, on 27 January 2021, that 246 death sentences had been commuted into life, a more than welcome decision that has brought the overall number of commutations to over 500 since 2015.
2021
Clemency
Zambia

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How Business May Contribute to Universal Abolition
By Louis Linel, on 29 January 2021
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have long been at the forefront of the movement for human dignity, as the main, highly-specialized – and sometimes isolated– champions for social justice. However, a new generation of advocates from the private sector, whose primary center of interest or area of expertise seems disconnected from international human rights standards, has been […]
Public Opinion

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DPIC’s Report on the 2020 Death Penalty Usage in the US
By Louis Linel, on 6 January 2021
TheDeath Penalty Information Center’s 2020 annual report highlights the continuing trend toward abolition in the US and the resumption of federal executions in a challenging COVID-19 context.
2021
United States

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Statement on the Adoption of the 8th UN General Assembly Resolution for a Moratorium on the Use of the Death Penalty
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 17 December 2020
The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty warmly congratulates the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on the adoption of Resolution A/RES/75/183 for a moratorium on the use of the death penalty, which was adopted by a great majority of 123 UN Member States on 16 December 2020.
2020
Moratorium

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The 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty Highlights the Life-Saving Importance of Effective Legal Representation in Capital Cases
By Gia Tongson, on 18 November 2020
The 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty explored the theme “Access to Counsel: A Matter of Life or Death” in light of the continued execution of individuals who struggle to have adequate support from their lawyers, who consequently also face their own challenges in the judicial system. Having access to qualified and effective representation […]
2020
Australia
Belgium
Canada
Congo
Egypt
Fair Trial
France
Kazakhstan
Philippines
Portugal
Uganda

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120 UN Member States Support the Moratorium at Committee Vote
By Louis Linel, on 18 November 2020
On 17 November, the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly has adopted a draft resolution calling upon UN Member States to observe a moratorium on executions.
Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Djibouti
Eswatini
Guinea
Lebanon
Mexico
Moratorium
Nauru
Philippines
Republic of Korea
Sierra Leone
Switzerland

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UPR 36th Session Debriefed on Facebook Live
By Louis Linel, on 17 November 2020
As the 36th session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) was being held under the auspices of the UN Human Rights Council from 02 to 13 November, the Advocates for Human Rights, a member organization of the World Coalition, facilitated Facebook live debriefings to cover the review of States that have not yet abolished capital […]
2020
Belarus
Jamaica
Liberia
Libya
Malawi
Maldives
United States
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High-Level Remote Panel on the Moratorium Resolution
By Louis Linel, on 6 November 2020
On 5 November, a webinar gathering high-level panelists was held by Ensemble contre la peine de mort / Together Against the Death Penalty (ECPM) as one of their initiatives for the moratorium campaign. Usually organized in New York, USA on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), the event had to be facilitated […]
2020
Algeria
Belgium
Democratic Republic of the Congo
France
Italy
Moratorium
Morocco
Switzerland

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Groundbreaking Survey Reveals Iranians’ Attitudes Towards the Death Penalty
By GAMAAN Institute / World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 23 October 2020
This survey, conducted by the GAMAAN Institute between the 3rd and the 11th of September 2020, includes responses from about twenty thousand people living inside Iran.
2020
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Public Opinion

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گزارش سالانه اعدام در ایران – ۲۰۱۹
By Iran Human rights and ECMP (Together Against the Death Penalty), on 4 May 2020
دوازدهمین گزارش سالانه اعدام در ایران که توسط سازمان حقوق بشر ایران (IHR) و سازمان «با هم علیه مجازات اعدام» (ECPM) تهیه شده، به ارزیابی و تجزیه و تحلیل روند مجازات اعدام در سال ۲۰۱۹ در جمهوری اسلامی ایران پرداخته است.
2020
Iran (Islamic Republic of)