INDEX
Document(s)
FINAL DECLARATION – 7th World Congress Against the Death Penalty
By Ensemble contre la peine de mort (ECPM) / World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
2020
Multimedia content
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FINAL DECLARATION7TH World Congress Against the Death PenaltyBrussels, 1st March 2019
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list Capital offences, Public debate, Right to life, Member organizations, World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, Death Penalty,
- Available languages DECLARATION FINALE - 7ème Congrès contre la peine de mort
Document(s)
Dutch : Poster – 16. Welttag gegen die Todesstrafe
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
Multimedia content
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Welttag gegen die Todesstrafe Poster
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list Death Row Conditions, Death Row Phenomenon,
- Available languages Italian : Poster - 16° Giornata mondiale contro la Pena di morteملصق - ابعة عشرة لليوم العالمي لإلغاء عقوبة الإعدام2018плакат - Всемирный день 2018Affiche - 16e Journée Mondiale contre la peine de mort海報 - 世界反对死刑日 2018 繁體海報 - 世界反对死刑日2018 简化字Cartel -16° Día mundial contra la pena de muerte
Document(s)
Italian : Poster – 16° Giornata mondiale contro la Pena di morte
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
Multimedia content
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Poster del 15° Giornata Mondiale contro la pena di morte. Dignita Per Tutti.
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list Death Row Conditions, Death Row Phenomenon,
- Available languages Dutch : Poster - 16. Welttag gegen die Todesstrafeملصق - ابعة عشرة لليوم العالمي لإلغاء عقوبة الإعدام2018плакат - Всемирный день 2018Affiche - 16e Journée Mondiale contre la peine de mort海報 - 世界反对死刑日 2018 繁體海報 - 世界反对死刑日2018 简化字Cartel -16° Día mundial contra la pena de muerte
Document(s)
IHR: Rights-Based Policing – Idealizing Human Rights in Law Enforcement in the Philippines
By Institute of Human Rights (IHR), on 8 September 2020
Book
Philippines
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This book documents the results of an IHR research project appraising the Philippine National Police’s commitment to human rights-based policing.
- Document type Book
- Countries list Philippines
- Themes list Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment,
Document(s)
Kit Cities for Life – 2018
By Community of Saint Egidio, on 8 September 2020
Academic report
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The International Day Cities for Life – Cities against the Death Penalty, is the largest international mobilization of the abolitionist movement. Its objective is to establish a dialogue within the civil society on the topic and involve local administrators, aiming at abolishing the death penalty and making the rejection of violence the true identity of a city and its citizens.
- Document type Academic report
- Themes list Public opinion, Public debate, Trend Towards Abolition, Networks,
Document(s)
Ratification Campaign Update 24 – October 2018
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
Academic report
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This document presents the recent evolution of the campaign. This update will be published every six months to give information about the campaign development (status of ratifications, actions taken by the World Coalition and its members) and suggest taking action in the target countries.
- Document type Academic report
- Themes list International law,
- Available languages Evolution de la campagne de ratification 24 - octobre 2018
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Human Rights Council, 39th session – Question of the death penalty
By United Nations, on 8 September 2020
NGO report
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Pursuant to Human Rights Council decision 18/117, the present report is submitted to update previous reports on the question of the death penalty. In his report the Secretary-General confirms that the trend towards the universal abolition of the death penalty is continuing. During the reporting period, initiatives limiting the use of the death penalty and implementing the safeguards guaranteeing protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty were also recorded in several States. A minority of States continued to use the death penalty, in contravention of international human rights law. As requested by the Council in its resolution 22/11, the report also includes information on the human rights of children of parents sentenced to the death penalty or executed.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Juveniles, Death Penalty,
Document(s)
The Death Penalty in the OSCE Area – Background Paper 2018
By Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), on 8 September 2020
NGO report
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OSCE participating States have made a number of commitments regarding the death penalty, including to consider the potential abolition of capital punishment. In light of these commitments and its mandate, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) monitors trends and new developments regarding human rights standards and practices among OSCE participating States related to the death penalty. The findings are presented each year in the Background Paper on the Status of the Death Penalty in the OSCE Area. The background paper is based on the information provided by participating States, in the form of responses to ODIHR questionnaires.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Death Penalty, Country/Regional profiles,
Document(s)
DEATH ROW USA – Spring 2018
By NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., on 8 September 2020
NGO report
United States
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This report provides death row statistics and an update on executions in the US as of April 2018.
- Document type NGO report
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Death Penalty, Statistics,
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Unjust and Unwanted: Malaysia’s Mandatory Death Penalty
By Death Penalty Project, on 8 September 2020
Multimedia content
Malaysia
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Malaysia is one of only a handful of countries around the world that continues to retain a mandatory death penalty. The newly elected Malaysian government has promised to abolish mandatory death sentences and other “oppressive laws”. This short animation sheds light on what the mandatory death penalty is, what the Malaysian public think about it and why it is time to consign this abhorrent punishment to history.
- Document type Multimedia content
- Countries list Malaysia
- Themes list Public opinion, Drug Offences, Mandatory Death Penalty,

