INDEX
Document(s)
Children of parents sentenced to death
By Helen F. Kearney / Quaker United Nations Office, on 1 January 2012
2012
NGO report
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This paper will raise awareness of some of the issues facing the child. It will consider and elaborate on each of these issues in as much detail as the current literature permits.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Murder Victims' Families, Country/Regional profiles,
Document(s)
Life after death: What replaces the death penalty?
By Penal Reform International, on 1 January 2012
NGO report
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Report from PRI that analyzes how there has been a global trend towards the universal abolition of the death penalty and a restriction in the scope and use of capital punishment over the last fifty years.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Trend Towards Abolition,
Document(s)
The State of Criminal Justice 2012
By American Bar Association / Ronald Tabak, on 1 January 2012
NGO report
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The American Bar Association recently published The State of Criminal Justice 2012, an annual report that examines major issues, trends and significant changes in America’s criminal justice system.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Country/Regional profiles,
Document(s)
State-sponsored Homophobia: A world survey of laws criminalising same-sex sexual acts between consenting adults
By Lucas Paoli Itaborahy / International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA), on 1 January 2012
NGO report
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This annual report is characterized by contrasts – some victories to celebrate against a background of hateful laws still in force and hate crimes around the world.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Minorities, Capital offences, Homosexuality,
Document(s)
Index of Paralegal Services in Africa
By Penal Reform International, on 1 January 2012
Book
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This Index of Paralegal Services in Africa is the latest resource in PRI’s paralegal series. It lists paralegal services, paralegal networks and university legal clinics in 21 African countries and, where the information was available, provides contact details, a summary of the main services offered, a list of donors and examples of important results achieved.
- Document type Book
- Themes list Fair Trial,
Document(s)
Evidence Does Not Support Death Penalty As Deterrent
By Sacramento Bee, on 1 January 2012
Article
United States
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Ever since California added the death penalty to its penal code in the 1870s, supporters have argued that the threat of executions would make potential murderers think twice before committing heinous crimes.
- Document type Article
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Trend Towards Abolition, Country/Regional profiles,
Document(s)
The Darkest Hour: Shedding Light on the Impact of Isolation and Death Row
By Dr. Betty Gilmore and Nanon M. Williams / Goodmedia press, on 1 January 2012
Book
United States
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The Darkest Hour: Stories and Interviews from Death Row by Nanon M. Williams emerged from a deep and dark despair in a place where the thought of suicide often holds more appeal than the thought of living
- Document type Book
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment, Death Row Conditions,
Document(s)
Partners in Crime: International Funding for Drug Control and Gross Violations of Human Rights
By Harm Reduction International, on 1 January 2012
NGO report
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In providing specific examples of financial and material support provided by UN and international donors for drug control efforts, and human rights concerns raised by such support, the report compels readers to think critically about government efforts to meet their ‘shared responsibility’ to address drug use and drug-related crime
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Drug Offences,
Document(s)
DEATH ROW PHENOMENON VIOLATES HUMAN RIGHTS
By Human Rights Advocates, on 1 January 2012
NGO report
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Conditions surrounding the death penalty and its application necessitate examination and recognition of the tortuous experience endured by death row inmates, as it culminates in the onset of the death row phenomenon
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Death Row Phenomenon,
Document(s)
Freedom of Thought 2012: A Global Report on Discrimination Against Humanists, and the Nonreligious International Humanist and Ethical Union Atheists
By International Humanist and Ethical Union, on 1 January 2012
NGO report
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This report shows that atheists, humanists and other nonreligious people are discriminated against by governments across the world, sometimes facing death.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Minorities, Religion ,

