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Detailed information on the death penalty and mental health.

• Document type Academic report
• Themes list Mental Illness, Intellectual Disability,
• Available languages Fiche sur la peine de mort et la santé mentale

Produced to guide organisers, the kit suggests action and provides information about World Day and the theme chosen. For example, the section called “10 things you can to do on 10.10” suggests 10 activities to carry out within the framework of World Day such as participation in an art project, organisation of an event, or writing to those sentenced to death. It also suggests 10 tips for successful action.

• Document type Campaigning
• Available languages Kit de mobilisation 2014

The report highlights specific aspects of Taiwan’s domestic legal order that does not meet the minimum standards under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). Taiwan passed legislation to incorporate the ICCPR into the domestic legal order in 2009, yet the current death penalty practice is largely out of line with the contemporary understanding of the ICCPR as it relates to the death penalty.

• Document type NGO report
• Countries list Taiwan
• Themes list International law, Country/Regional profiles,

The 2013 World Day leaflet provides information on the issues surrounding mental health and the death penalty. It also gives arguments against the death penalty.

• Document type Academic report
• Themes list Mental Illness, Intellectual Disability,
• Available languages Brochure Journée mondiale 2014

Poster of the 12th World Day against the Death Penalty dedicated to mental health:Mental disorder is never a crimeCare. Don’t kill

• Document type Academic report
• Themes list Mental Illness, Intellectual Disability,
• Available languages плакат - Всемирный день海報 - 2014 年世界反死刑日Cartel - Día Mundial 2014بوستر اليوم العالمى 2014پوستر روز جهانی سال 2014Affiche Journée mondiale 2014

Following the botched execution of Clayton Lockett in Oklahoma on 29 April, the United Nations called on the United States to suspend executions in the face of potential international law violations. The World Coalition supports this call.

• Document type World Coalition
• Themes list International law, Moratorium , Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment, Transparency, Lethal Injection,
• Available languages Déclaration concernant les exécutions aux USA

This document presents the recent evolution of the campaign. This update will be published every other month 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,

The Court (pictured) ruled in favour of two prisoners who petitioned for a commutation of their death sentences to life imprisonment, claiming “the unconscionably long delay in deciding the mercy petition has caused the onset of chronic psychotic illness”. It acknowledged the “unbearable mental agony after confirmation of death sentence” and added that in some cases “death-row prisoners lost their mental balance on account of prolonged anxiety and suffering experienced on death row”.

• Document type Multimedia content
• Countries list India
• Themes list Mental Illness, International law, Death Row Conditions, Death Row Phenomenon,

This document presents the recent evolution of the campaign. This update will be published every other month 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 Trend Towards Abolition,

This Ratification Kit is designed for government decision-makers. It gives the procedure to ratify or accede to the Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty, and arguments to convince target countries to endorse it. Governments are not likely to have an expert understanding of the Second Optional Protocol. This document may contain answers to government concerns that will be addressed to you during your lobbying action.

• Document type Lobbying
• Countries list Haiti
• Available languages Kit de Ratificación - HaitíKit de ratification - Haiti