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Joint statement on the ratification of the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty (OP2-ICCPR), and on the transparency of the work of the Commission charged with examining the issue of the death penalty in Chad.

Algeria: Authorities must repeal the extension of the death penalty and abandon any plans to resume executions

Three days of learning, strategy and exchange in Paris

Lebanon Abolishes the Death Penalty

USA/CALIFORNIA: 46 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS CALL ON GOVERNOR TO COMMUTE ALL DEATH SENTENCES

A Decade Without Executions: Rights Organisations Congratulate Indonesia on Achieving De Facto Abolition Status and Calls for Death Penalty Abolition to be Formalised

2026 World Drug Day: Over 60 Organisations Urge UNODC And CND To Take Urgent Actions To End Unlawful Use Of The Death Penalty For Drug-Related Offences

Universal Periodic Review: UN member states urged to act on Singapore’s use of the death penalty

The Advocates for Human Rights launches “Champions of Death Penalty Abolition” scorecard for 2025

World Coalition Advocacy at the Commission on the Status of Women: Advancing Justice for Women Affected by the Death Penalty

Saudi Arabia Surpasses 2,000 Executions Under King Salman

Maldives: Withdraw Proposed Death Penalty BillProposed Law Could Result in Imminent Executions

THE WORLD COALITION AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY CONDEMNS THE NEW ISRAELI DEATH PENALTY LAW, WHICH IT CONSIDERS TO BE BLATANTLY DISCRIMINATORY AND A SERIOUS VIOLATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

Two New Guides to Strengthen Gender-Responsive Abolitionist Advocacy

Calling Urgent Attention to Proposals for the Death Penalty in Israel

FFPA Death Penalty: Phase 2 Is Coming