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Early Supreme Court Cases on the Death Penalty
By Robert Bohm / Carolina Academic Press, on 1 January 2012
2012
Book
United States
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A new book by Professor Robert Bohm of the University of Central Florida looks at death-penalty decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court prior to the modern era of capital punishment that began in 1968. In The Past As Prologue, Bohm examines 39 Court decisions, covering issues such as clemency, jury selection, coerced confessions, and effective representation.
- Document type Book
- Countries list United States
- Themes list International law, Trend Towards Abolition,
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Philippines: March 2018 National Survey on Public Perceptions on the Death Penalty
By Social Weather Stations (SWS), on 1 January 2018
2018
NGO report
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This is the main finding of the March 2018 National Survey on Public Perception on the Death Penalty, conducted by Social Weather Stations (SWS) for the Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines (CHRP). This is the first survey in the Philippines to explore thought processes and disentangle layers of perceptions about the death penalty. It did face-to-face interviews of 2,000 respondents aged 15 and above nationwide during the period March 22 to 27, 2018.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Public opinion, Death Penalty, Country/Regional profiles,
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Judged for More than Her Crime: a Global Overview of Women Facing the Death Penalty
By Cornwell Death Penalty Project / Delphine Lourtau, on 1 January 2018
NGO report
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This groundbreaking report aims to bridge critical gaps in understanding of how states apply capital punishment from a gender perspective. This study is the first to examine how and when women receive death sentences and the conditions under which they are detained on death row, with a particular focus on India, Indonesia, Jordan, Malawi, Pakistan and the United States. The conclusions are that gender discrimination is pervasive at all stages of capital cases, but that its operation is complex. Report published by Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide with the support of the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Women,
- Available languages Jugée pour plus que son crime
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Prison conditions for women facing the death penalty: A factsheet
By Penal Reform International / Cornwell Death Penalty Project, on 1 January 2018
Campaigning
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There are at least 500 women currently on death row around the world. While exact figures are impossible to obtain, it is estimated that over 100 women have been executed in the last 10 years – and potentially hundreds more. Little empirical data exists about the crimes for which women have been sentenced to death, the circumstances of their lives before their convictions, and the conditions under which they are detained on death row. This Factsheet focuses on the latter topic, with some introductory remarks on the profiles of women under sentence of death. It draws on research published by the Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide and the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty in 2018, which has shed light on this much-neglected population.
- Document type Campaigning
- Themes list Women,
- Available languages Conditions de détention des femmes condamnées à mort : Une fiche détaillée
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The Death Penalty in the OSCE Area – Background Paper 2018
By Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), on 8 September 2020
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,
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Counting the Condemned
By Justice Project Pakistan, on 1 January 2018
2018
NGO report
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Counting the Condemned contains some shocking revelations. There has been almost a 35 percent reduction in Pakistan’s death row population, but we still account for 26 percent of the world’s death row. Every 8th person executed in the world is a Pakistani. And convictions are often so wrongful, an appellate bench of the Supreme Court has overturned a whopping 85 percent of death sentences since 2014.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Death Penalty, Statistics,
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Capital and punishment: Resource scarcity increases endorsement of the death penalty
By Arizona State University (ASU), on 1 January 2018
Academic report
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A new study by an interdisciplinary team of Arizona State University psychology researchers has found a link between the actual and perceived scarcity of resources and support for capital punishment. The study discovered that countries with greater resource scarcity were more likely to have a death penalty, as were U.S. states with lower per capita income.
- Document type Academic report
- Themes list Death Penalty, Financial cost,
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Human Rights Council, 39th session – Question of the death penalty
By United Nations, on 8 September 2020
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,
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Iran Annual Report Oct ’17 – Oct ’18
By Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), on 1 January 2018
2018
NGO report
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Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA)- On the World Day Against the Death Penalty, the Center of Statistics at Human Rights Activists in Iran (HRAI) has published its annual report, in efforts to sensitize the public about the situation of the death penalty in Iran.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Death Penalty, Statistics, Country/Regional profiles,
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The Role of Race in Washington State Capital Sentencing, 1981-2014
By Katherine Beckett / University of Washington, on 1 January 2014
2014
Academic report
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This report assesses whether race influences the administration of capital punishment in Washington State, and if so, where in the process it matters.
- Document type Academic report
- Themes list Discrimination, Death Penalty, Country/Regional profiles,
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Sentencing in Capital Cases
By Death Penalty Project, on 1 January 2018
2018
Book
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This book provides practical assistance to members of the judiciary, defence lawyers, prosecutors and others working on capital cases on the sentencing principles and procedures that have been adopted in common law jurisdictions following the abolition of the mandatory death penalty.
- Document type Book
- Themes list International law, Trend Towards Abolition, Mandatory Death Penalty, Death Penalty,
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General comment No. 36 on article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, on the right to life
By Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) , on 1 January 2018
United Nations report
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General comment No. 36 on article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, on the right to life.
- Document type United Nations report
- Themes list International law, Right to life, Death Penalty,
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Public Opinion on the Death Penalty
By Cornell Law School, on 1 January 2018
Article
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Public officials in retentionist or de facto abolitionist countries often invoke public support for the death penalty as one of the reasons why they do not promote abolition. A closer look at this justification, however, reveals some common flaws. This note offers a critical assessment of public opinion polls on the death penalty and suggests tools to properly gauge the level of public support for the death penalty.
- Document type Article
- Themes list Public opinion, Public debate, Death Penalty,
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Behind the Curtain: Secrecy and the Death Penalty in the United States
By Death Penalty Information Center, on 1 January 2018
NGO report
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This report documents the laws and policies that states have adopted to make information about executions inaccessible to the public, to pharmaceutical companies, and to condemned prisoners. It describes the dubious methods states have used to obtain drugs, the inadequate qualifications of members of the execution team, and the significant restrictions on witnesses’ ability to observe how executions are carried out.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Transparency, Lethal Injection, Death Penalty,
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Failed Justice: Innocent on Death Row
By Death Penalty Information Center, on 1 January 2018
Multimedia content
United States
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This video tells the story of one prisoner, Anthony Ray Hinton, who spent 30 years on death row in Alabama for a crime he did not commit.
- Document type Multimedia content
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment, Innocence, Death Row Conditions,
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The Death Penalty In 2018: Year End Report
By Death Penalty Information Center / Death Penalty Information Centre, on 1 January 2018
NGO report
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New death sentences and executions remained near historic lows in 2018 and a twentieth state abolished capital punishment, as public opinion polls, election results, legislative actions, and court decisions all reflected the continuing erosion of the death penalty across the country.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Death Penalty,
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English-speaking Carribbean: time to make the death penalty history
By Amnesty International, on 1 January 2018
NGO report
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Ten years ago, on 19 December 2008, the authorities of Saint Kitts and Nevis carried out what was to become the last execution in the Americas, outside the USA. This anniversary, which follows on from the observance on 2 November of 25 years since a key judicial decision that puta brake on the implementation of death sentences in the region, offers an opportunity for reflection on the present state of the death penalty in the English-speaking Caribbean. Trends on the use of this punishment point to the inevitability of its abolition. On the occasion of this anniversary, Amnesty International renews its call on governments in the English-speaking Caribbean to take prompt steps towards consigning the death penalty to history once and for all.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Death Penalty, Country/Regional profiles,
- Available languages Caraïbes anglophones. Il est temps de reléguer la peine de mort dans les livres d'Histoire
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Moratorium on the use of death penalty
By United Nations, on 1 January 2018
United Nations report
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Moratorium on the use of death penalty (2018)
- Document type United Nations report
- Themes list Moratorium , Death Penalty,
- Available languages وقف العمح فعقوفة الإعداМораторий на применение смертной казниMoratoire sur l'application de la peine de mort暂停使用死刑Moratoria del uso de la pena de muerte
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2018 Death Penalty report: Saudi Arabia’s False Promise
By European Saudi Organisation for Human Rights, on 1 January 2019
2019
NGO report
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The European Saudi organisation for Humans Rights published its 2018 report on the use of the death penalty in the Saudi Kingdom. It points an authoriatiran drift within the increase of the political use of the capital sentence against activists, women and clerics.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment, Arbitrariness, Death Penalty,
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Concluding Talking Ponts on behalf of Parliamentarians and PGA, Attending the 7th World Congress Against the Death Penalty
By Ensemble contre la peine de mort (ECPM) / Parliamentarians for Global Action, on 1 January 2019
Multimedia content
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Concluding Talking Ponts on behalf of Parliamentarians and PGA, Atteding the 7th World Congress Against the Death Penalty
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list Public debate, Death Penalty,
- Available languages Déclaration finale au nom des parlementaires et de l'Action mondiale des parlementaires présents au 7ème Congrès mondial contre la peine de mort
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Call by the NHRIs to Strengthen and Broaden the Fight Against the Death Penalty
By Ensemble contre la peine de mort (ECPM), on 1 January 2019
Multimedia content
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Call by the NHRIs to Strengthen and Broaden the Fight Against the Death Penalty
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list Death Penalty, Country/Regional profiles,
- Available languages Appel des INDH en faveur du renforcement et de l'élargissement du combat contre la peine de mort
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Unsafe convictions in capital cases in Taiwan
By Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty / The Death Penalty Project, on 1 January 2019
NGO report
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- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Innocence, Death Penalty, Country/Regional profiles,
- Available languages 鐵證不如山-台灣死刑案件判決分析報告
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Unjust and Unwanted: Malaysia’s Mandatory Death Penalty
By Death Penalty Project, on 8 September 2020
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,
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USA: Darkness visible in the Sunshine State: The death penalty in Florida
By Amnesty International, on 1 January 2018
2018
NGO report
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Florida promotes itself as a destination for tourists and a hub for trade. It is less well-known as a diehard proponent of a cruel policy discarded by much of the world. In 2016, the US Supreme Court ruled Florida’s capital sentencing scheme unconstitutional. Florida’s response has added another layer of arbitrariness to its death penalty. This report focusses on the state’s use of the death penalty against people who were young adults at the time of the crime and/or who have mental or intellectual disabilities. The Sunshine State should end its use of the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Public opinion, Discrimination, Country/Regional profiles,
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Stolen Youth. Juvenils, mass trials and the death penalty in Egypt
By Reprieve, on 1 January 2019
2019
NGO report
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- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Juveniles, Fair Trial, Death Penalty,
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Final declaration of the African Congress
By Ensemble contre la peine de mort (ECPM), on 1 January 2018
2018
Article
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On 9 and 10 April, more than 300 abolitionists, activists, diplomats, politicians, parliamentarians, lawyers, former death row inmates and citizens gathered in Abidjan for the first African Congress against the death penalty. After two days of debating and sharing experiences, the delegates adopted a final declaration at the closing ceremony.
- Document type Article
- Themes list Trend Towards Abolition, Country/Regional profiles,
- Available languages Congrès Africain: déclaration finale pour une Afrique abolitionniste
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Why two mothers back death penalty repeal
By Vicki Schieber and Carolyn Leming / The Gazette, on 8 September 2020
2020
Working with...
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This article talks about the tension between protecting the innocent on the one hand and dragging the process out for victims’ families on the other, and how those two can’t be reconciled.
- Document type Working with...
- Themes list Murder Victims' Families, Death Penalty,
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Gray Rules Guillory May Ask for Mercy
By Vincent Lupo / American Press, on 1 January 2003
2003
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This article focuses on Lorilei Guillory, the mother of a 6-year-old Iowa boy murdered 11 years ago. Guillory wantsto be allowed to ask jurors for mercy for the man who allegedly molested and killed her child. Judge Al Gray said he will allow Guillory “to testify and ask for mercy if she wishes” during any penalty phase, but prosecutors are appealing the decision ot the Louisiana Supreme Court. Murder Victims’ Families for Reconciliation filed an amicus curiae brief in the Louisiana Supreme Court in support of Lorilei Guillory’s effort to testify in the penalty phase of the trial of the man who murdered her 6 year old son Jeremy and to express her opposition to the execution of her son’s murderer
- Document type Working with...
- Themes list Public debate, Murder Victims' Families, Death Penalty,
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Father Finds Peace in Forgiveness
By NPR Books , on 1 January 2008
2008
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Hector Black’s daughter was murdered after she surprised an intruder in her Atlanta home. In this powerful recording, Black discusses how he found peace in forgiving the man who murdered his child.
- Document type Working with...
- Themes list Murder Victims' Families, Death Penalty,
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Handbook of Forensic Psychiatric Practice in Capital Cases
By Death Penalty Project, on 1 January 2018
2018
Working with...
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- Document type Working with...
- Themes list Mental Illness, Public debate, Death Penalty,
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Joint Letter Calling on the HRC to Renew the Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran
By Human Rights Watch / Impact Iran , on 1 January 2018
Multimedia content
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
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In this joint letter many Iranian and international human rights organizations, urge the governments they called to support the renewal of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, during the 37th session of the UN Human Rights Council.
- Document type Multimedia content
- Countries list Iran (Islamic Republic of)
- Themes list Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment, Discrimination,
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Justice Denied : A Global Study of Wrongful Death Row Convictions January 2018
By Sandra Babcock / Cornell Law School / Madalyn Wasilczuk and Sharon Pia Hickey / Delphine Lourtau / Katie Campbell / Julie Bloch, on 1 January 2018
Academic report
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On March 7, 2018, the Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide launched its new report entitled Justice Denied: A Global Study of Wrongful Death Row Convictions at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. The report is a first-of-its-kind comparative study of the risk factors that increase the likelihood of wrongful convictions. The report illuminates the similarities in wrongful conviction risk factors in six countries across the geographical and political spectrum: Cameroon, Indonesia, Jordan, Malawi, Nigeria, and Pakistan.
- Document type Academic report
- Themes list Innocence, Death Row Conditions, Death Penalty,
- Available languages Déni de justice : Une étude mondiale sur les erreurs judiciaires dans les couloirs de la mort
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SHAMS Center issues a report on the status of death penalty in the Palestinian territories: in 2017
By Human Rights & Democracy Media Center (SHAMS), on 8 September 2020
2020
NGO report
State of Palestine
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In this report, SHAMS emphasizes that in Palestine they apply inconsistent legal combination of laws that punish with death penalty, which are not Palestinian laws basically.The problem is that capital punishment violates against an essential human right, and it is irreversible once executed. It doesn’t represent a public deterrent so; it is nothing but a form of violence not a solution for it.
- Document type NGO report
- Countries list State of Palestine
- Themes list Death Penalty,
- Available languages مركز “شمس” يصدر تقريراً حول واقع عقوبة الإعدام في الأراضي الفلسطينية في العام 2017
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Casebook of Forensic Psychiatric Practice in Capital Cases
By The Death Penalty Project / Marc Lyall, on 1 January 2018
2018
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The Death Penalty Project and Forensic Psychiatry Chambers have released two new publications, together providing an authoritative guide on the application of mental health law in capital cases. The resources respond to the knowledge that, in many countries that retain the death penalty, mental health issues are not being sufficiently addressed by the courts, leading to miscarriages of justice and putting vulnerable individuals at risk.This Casebook uses real-life examples to address ethical and professional questions and explore the application of legal principles.
- Document type Working with...
- Themes list Death Penalty,
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FREE MEN
By Anne-Frédérique Widmann / International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights, on 1 January 2018
Multimedia content
United States
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How can a human being stand up, under conditions of unjust imprisonment on death row, alone and without hope of being released? In this documentary film, Anne-Frédérique Widmann draws the portrait of Kenneth Reams, who wakes up every day with an unwavering desire to live, and succeeds in writing, testifying, painting and loving a woman. A film about the art, resistance and dignity of every human life.
- Document type Multimedia content
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Innocence, Death Row Conditions, Death Penalty,
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Malawian Traditional Leaders’ Perspectives on Capital Punishment
By Cornell Law School / Malawi’s Paralegal Advisory Services Institute (PASI), on 1 January 2018
NGO report
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On 18 April 2018, the Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide and Malawi’s Paralegal Advisory Services Institute (PASI) released their report on “Malawian Traditional Leaders’ Perspectives on Capital Punishment” before a group of public officials and stakeholders in Lilongwe.The report analyses data from surveys of 102 traditional leaders in villages across Malawi. Clifford Msiska, the National Director of PASI, informed an audience in Lilongwe that over ninety percent of traditional leaders surveyed did not support the use of the death penalty to punish individuals convicted of murder. Only six traditional leaders stated that death was the appropriate penalty for murder. The rest preferred a term of years, life imprisonment with opportunity for early release, or (least frequently of all) life imprisonment with no opportunity for release.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Public opinion, Public debate, Death Penalty, Country/Regional profiles,
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On Mother’s Day
By Saaramaria Kuittinen / The Cockpit, on 8 September 2020
2020
Multimedia content
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A challenging, poetic and relatable piece of physical theatre in the round. On Mother’s Day is the story of Ramón, an endearing and friendly inmate, who spends his life running from violence only to find it within himself. It is a visually arresting ensemble performance about childhood, identity, and lost time. The script is based on seven years of letters between the writer Saaramaria Kuitinen and convicts on death row. Now, Ekata Theatre’s newest piece takes this material and uses a unique style of engaging visual storytelling, humour, and ensemble work to present a hard-hitting critique of the dehumanisation of the victims in the capital punishment system.
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list Death Row Conditions, Death Row Phenomenon, Death Penalty,
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Capital Clemency Resource Initiative
By American Bar Association, on 1 January 2018
2018
Arguments against the death penalty
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This ressource provided by the American Bar Association permits to help fill clemency petitions in the United States.
- Document type Arguments against the death penalty
- Themes list Clemency, Death Penalty,
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Juan Melendez-6446
By Comision de Derechos Civiles / Luis Rosario Albert, on 1 January 2014
2014
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This educational guide accompany the documentary Juan Melendez 6446.
- Document type Working with...
- Themes list Innocence, Death Penalty, Country/Regional profiles,
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Death Sentences and Executions in 2017
By Amnesty International, on 1 January 2018
2018
NGO report
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Amnesty International published its international global review of the death penalty on Tuesday, 12th April 2018.At least 993 executions in 23 countries in 2017 were recorded, down by 4% from 2016 (1,032 executions) and 39% from 2015 (when the organization reported 1,634 executions, the highest number since 1989). China remained the world’s top executioner, but excluding China, 84% of all reported executions took place in just four countries – Iran, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Pakistan.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Trend Towards Abolition, Death Penalty, Statistics,
- Available languages أحكام الإعدام وما نفذ من أحكام في 2017: التقرير العالمي لمنظمة العفو الدوليةمار احکام مرگ و اعدام در سال 2017Смертные приговоры и казни 2017Condamnations à mort et exécutions en 2017Condenas a muerte y ejecutiones 2017
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Pennsylvania capital post-conviction reversals and subsequent dispositions
By Death Penalty Information Center / Robert Brett Dunham, on 1 January 2018
NGO report
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In Pennsylvania, death-row prisoners whose convictions or death sentences are overturned in state or federal post-conviction appeals are almost never resentenced to death, a new Death Penalty Information Center study has revealed. Since Pennsylvania adopted its current death-penalty statute in September 1978, post-conviction courts have reversed prisoners’ capital convictions or death sentences in 170 cases. Defendants have faced capital retrials or resentencings in 137 of those cases, and 133 times—in more than 97% of the cases—they received non-capital dispositions ranging from life without parole to exoneration. Only four prisoners whose death sentences were reversed in post-conviction proceedings remain on death row
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Death Penalty, Statistics, Country/Regional profiles,
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Outliers and Outcomes: How 9 of 10 Death Cases End with a Life Sentence & Why That Matters
By Ohioans to Stop Executions, on 8 September 2020
2020
NGO report
United States
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OTSE is a coalition of individuals and organizations working to reduce use of and ultimately end capital punishment in Ohio. The purpose of the report is to provide information and analysis to the media, members of the general public, legislators and state leaders.The death penalty in Ohio has become increasingly rare and is relegated to just a few high-use,outlier counties.Indeed, although Ohio has set an execution schedule unmatched by any state in the country up to the year 2023, it seems doubtful, based on its history of litigation and execution drug shortages, that Ohio will execute all those individuals.
- Document type NGO report
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Death Row Conditions, Death Penalty, Country/Regional profiles,
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New opinion study shows Zimbabwean public ready to accept death penalty abolition
By Death Penalty Project, on 1 January 2018
2018
NGO report
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Today, The Death Penalty Project, in partnership with Veritas, launches “12 Years Without an Execution: Is Zimbabwe Ready for Abolition?” a national public opinion study, providing for the first time comprehensive and contextualised data on public attitudes towards the death penalty in Zimbabwe – a country that has not carried out any executions in over 12 years.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Public opinion, Public debate, Death Penalty, Country/Regional profiles,
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The Last Defense
By Death Penalty Information Center / Viola Davis / Julius Tennon, on 1 January 2018
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The Last Defense is a new documentary series premiering for the first time at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival on April 27. The seven-episode documentary series exposes flaws in the U.S. justice system through the personal narratives of death row prisoners Darlie Routier and Julius Jones, both whom maintain their innocence.
- Document type Working with...
- Themes list Innocence, Death Row Conditions, Death Penalty,
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True Conviction
By Death Penalty Information Center / Jamie Meltzer, on 1 January 2017
2017
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True Conviction is a documentary which follows the detective agency started by Christopher Scott, the late Johnnie Lindsey, and Steven Phill—three wrongly convicted Dallas men who were exonerated after spending a combined 60 years in prison—as they work to attempt to free death-sentenced Max Soffar and other wrongly convicted prisoners.
- Document type Working with...
- Themes list Innocence, Death Row Conditions, Death Penalty,
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How States abolish the death penalty 2nd Edition
By International Commission Against the Death Penalty, on 1 January 2018
2018
International law - United Nations
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This publication briefly describes the experiences of 26 countries and 3 USA states as they moved towards abolition of the death penalty. These Case Studies are drawn from 27 countries from all regions of the world. This publication is an updated and enlarged version of ICDP’s 2013 publication How States Abolish the Death Penalty.
- Document type International law - United Nations
- Themes list Trend Towards Abolition, Sentencing Alternatives, Death Penalty,
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For or against abolition of the death penalty: Evidence from Taiwan
By Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty / The Death Penalty Project, on 8 September 2020
2020
NGO report
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- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Public opinion, Death Penalty,
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Death Sentences and Executions 2018
By Amnesty International, on 1 January 2019
2019
NGO report
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Amnesty International’s annual report on the use of the death penalty in the world
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Death Penalty, Statistics,
- Available languages التقرير العالمي لمنظمة العفو الدولية: أحكام وعمليات الإعدام في 2018گرارش جهانی : مجازات اعدام در سال 2018Cмертные приговоры и казни 2018Condamnations à mort et exécutions 2018Condenas a muerte y ejecuciones 2018
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These families lost loved ones to violence. Now they are fighting the death penalty;
By The America Magazine , on 1 January 2017
2017
Working with...
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- Document type Working with...
- Themes list Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment, Murder Victims' Families, Death Penalty,
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Portuguese : Homofobia do Estado: Uma pesquisa mundial sobre legislações que proíbem relações sexuais consensuais entre adultos do mesmo sexo
By Daniel Ottosson / International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA), on 8 September 2020
2020
NGO report
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O propósito deste relatório anual sobre a Homofobia do Estado, expresso desde sua primeira edição, em 2007, é revelar e denunciar os países que, no século 21, negam às pessoas LGBTI os direitos humanos mais fundamentais: o direito à vida e à liberdade, na esperança de que, a cada ano, mais e mais países abandonem a ―comunidade‖ dos países homofóbicos.Em comparação com o relatório do ano passado, em que relacionamos os 77 países que perseguiam as pessoas com base em sua orientação sexual, no presente relatório você encontrará ‗apenas‖ 76 países nesta mesma lista, incluindo os cinco ―infames‖,que condenam as pessoas à morte com base em sua orientação sexual: Irã, Mauritânia, Arábia Saudita, Sudão e Iêmen (e algumas regiões da Nigéria e da Somália). Um país a menos, se comparado ao relatório de 2009, pode parecer um avanço insignificante, até nos darmos conta de que ele compreende 1/6 da população humana.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Homosexuality,
- Available languages State-sponsored Homophobia: A world survey of laws prohibiting same sex activity between consenting adultsHomophobie d'État: Une enquête mondiale sur les lois qui interdisent la sexualité entre adultes consentants de même sexeHomofobia de Estado: Un informe mundial sobre las leyes que prohiben la actividad homosexual con consentimiento entre personas adultas
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General Comment No 36 – Article 6: right to life
By Human Rights Committee, on 8 September 2020
United Nations report
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Tis general comment replaces general comments No. 6, adopted by the Committee at its sixteenth session (1982), and No. 14, adopted by the Committee at its twenty-third session (1984)
- Document type United Nations report
- Themes list Right to life, Death Penalty,
- Available languages : التعليق العام رقم 36 المادة 6 ( الحق في الحياة )Замечание общего порядка No 36 - Статья 6: право на жизньObservation générale n°36 - Article 6 : droit à la vieObservación general núm. 36 - Artículo 6: derecho a la vida第36号一般性意见第六条:生命权
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A/HRC/42/28 – Capital punishment and the implementation of the safeguards guaranteeing protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty
By Human Rights Council, on 8 September 2020
United Nations report
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The present report is submitted pursuant to resolution 36/17,of the Human Rights Council. The report examines the consequences arising at various stages of the imposition and application of the death penalty on the enjoyment of the human rights of persons facing the death penalty and other affected persons. It pays specific attention to the impact of the resumption of the use of the death penalty on human rights
- Document type United Nations report
- Themes list International law, Death Penalty,
- Available languages A/HRC/42/28 - Смертная казнь и осуществление мер, гарантирующих защиту прав лиц, приговоренных к смертной казниA/HRC/42/28 - Peine capitale et application des garanties pour la protection des droits des personnes passibles de la peine de mortA/HRC/42/28 - 死刑和保护死刑犯权利的保障措施的执行情况عقوبة الإعوداموتنفيو الضومات الويتكفو حمايوةحقووقالو ي يواجهوونعقوبة الإعدام - A/HRC/42/28
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A/HRC/RES/42/24 – Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 27 September 2019 – The question of the death penalty
By Human Rights Council, on 8 September 2020
United Nations report
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- Document type United Nations report
- Themes list International law, Death Penalty,
- Available languages A/HRC/RES/42/24 - قراراعتمده مجلس حقوق الإنسان في 27 أيلول/سبتمبر 2019 ٤2/2٤- مسألة عقوبة الإعدامA/HRC/RES/42/24 - Резолюция, принятая Советом по правам человека 27сентября2019 года - Вопрос о смертной казниA/HRC/RES/42/24 - Résolution adoptée par le Conseil des droits de l'homme le 27 septembre 2019 - La question de la peine de mortA/HRC/RES/42/24 - 人权理事会 2019 年 9 月 27 日通过的决议 - 死刑问题A/HRC/RES/42/24 - Resolución aprobada por el Consejo de Derechos Humanos el 27 de septiembre de 2019 - La cuestión de la pena de muerte
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Whom the State Kills
By Harvard Law Review / Scott Phillips / Justin Marceau, on 1 January 2020
2020
Article
United States
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An unexpected feature of the modern death penalty is the fact that most persons sentenced to death are not executed […]. Death sentences are remarkably poor predictors of who will ultimately be executed. An even more salient feature of the death penalty is the fat that race matters […]. Rarity and race, then, stand as hallmarks of the American death penalty. But until now the interaction of these two phenomena has not been studied. This Article examines whether race is relevant for understanding the fate of the unfortunate few […]. By combining Baldus’s sentencing data whith original execution data, we demonstrate that the overall execution is susbsentially greater for defendants convicted of killing a white victim than for those convicted of killing a Black victim.
- Document type Article
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Discrimination,
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Death Row USA – Spring 2020
By NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. / Deborah Fins, on 8 September 2020
2020
NGO report
United States
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Spring 2020 edition of Death Row USA, on the situation of the death penalty in the USA as of April 2020
- Document type NGO report
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Statistics,
Document(s)
Swahili : Tanzania: Adhabu ya Kifo Imerasimishwa?
By International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) / Eric Mirguet / Arnold Tsunga, on 8 September 2020
NGO report
United Republic of Tanzania
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Katika hoja zinazotumika sana kutetea adhabu ya kifo ni kuwa inasaidia kupunguza uhalifu. Inaelezewa kuwa adhabu ya kifo inalinda jamii dhidi ya watu waliohatari na kuzuia wengine wasije wakafanya uhalifu. Hoja hizi zimethibitishwa kutokuwa na ukweli wowote. Je adhabu ya kifo inalinda jamii dhini ya uhalifu? Hailekei kuwa hivyo. Jamii zinazotumia adhabu ya kifo hazina ulinzi dhidi ya uhalifu kuliko zaidi ya zile jamii zisizotumia adhabu hiyo. Mahali ambapo kuna adhabu mbadala kama vile kifungo, ulinzi wa jamii, hautegemei kuwaondosha kimwili wahalifu. Zaidi ya hapo, inaweza kuelezwa kuwa tahadhari zinazochukuliwa kuzuia wanaosubiri, kuuwawa kujiua inaonyesha wazi kuwa kumuondosha kimwili mhalifu sio sababu ya msingi ya adhabu ya kifo.
- Document type NGO report
- Countries list United Republic of Tanzania
- Themes list Transparency, Mandatory Death Penalty,
- Available languages Tanzania: the death sentence institutionnalisedTanzanie: La peine de mort institutionnalisée
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Japanese : 死刑民主主義国家にあるまじき行為
By International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) / Sharon Hom / Etienne Jaudel / Richard Wild, on 8 September 2020
NGO report
Japan
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廃止推進団体の努力にもかかわらず、世論には、死刑制度の継続を支持する強い傾向があることは確かです。死刑適用の実状を政府が隠し、これまでよかったといわれた治安が徐々に悪化していることもあり、この時機に政府が、国民に不人気な決断をすることはないでしょう。欧州評議会をはじめとする、国際組織からの圧力に対して、政府は「内政に対する許しがたい干渉」ときめつけています。保守派が与党の政府において、廃止に向けての議論が政治決定となる気配はありません。 日本のすべての弁護士が加盟する日弁連は、廃止法案提案でコンセンサスに至らなかったという事実が、現時点で死刑がなくなる可能性が少ないことを雄弁に物語っています。
- Document type NGO report
- Countries list Japan
- Themes list Country/Regional profiles,
- Available languages The Death Penalty in Japan: A Practice Unworthy of a DemocracyLa peine de mort au Japon, une pratique indigne d'une démocratie
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Indonesian : Indonesia: Urusan tentang pidana mati
By Amnesty International, on 8 September 2020
NGO report
Indonesia
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Amnesty International juga prihatin akan adanya seruan untuk memperluas jenis masalah kejahatan yang dapat dijatuhi pidana mati. Saat ini pidana mati dapat dijatuhkan pada pelaku kejahatan yang berhubungan dengan masalah pembunuhan; kejahatan menentang keamanan negara; pembunuhan Presiden atau Wakil Presiden dan kejahatan yang berhubungan dengan narkoba. Berlawanan dengan kecenderungan internasional yang ingin menghapuskan atau mengurangi jumlah kasus kejahatan yang dapat dijatuhi pidana mati, dua undang-undang yang berhubungan dengan kejahatan terhadap kemanusiaan dan terorisme yang telah diadopsi selama empat tahun terakhir mencantumkan pidana mati atas beberapa kejahatan. Pada tahun-tahun belakangan ini juga telah ada seruan untuk menjatuhkan pidana mati bagi pelaku penebangan kayu ilegal dan pelaku korupsi.
- Document type NGO report
- Countries list Indonesia
- Themes list Networks, Statistics, Country/Regional profiles,
- Available languages Indonesia: A briefing on the death penalty
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Japanese : 今日が最期の日?
By Amnesty International, on 8 September 2020
NGO report
Japan
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日本では、死刑執行の予定日に刑務所の外で監視行動などがおこなわれることはない。処刑がおこなわれるかどうかは当局だけが知るところだからである。また処刑は通常、国会が閉会中で処刑の問題を国会で協議することができないような時期におこなわれる。臼井日出男元法相によれば、「死刑についての論議を大々的にする」機会を野党議員に与えないために、このような方針がとられているということである。死刑の執行に関して唯一明らかにされているのは、定期的に法務省が出す統計情報である。執行された人の名前は明らかにはされず、家族が公開しないかぎり知ることはできない。法務省はこうした秘密主義は, 死刑囚の家族を、身内が処刑されたと知られないよう、保護するためだとしている。
- Document type NGO report
- Countries list Japan
- Themes list Transparency, Country/Regional profiles,
- Available languages Japan: "Will this day be my last?" The death penalty in Japan“¿Será éste mi último día?” La pena de muerte en Japón
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Indonesian : Praktek Hukuman Mati Di Indonesia
By Kontras, on 8 September 2020
NGO report
Indonesia
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Paper ini merupakan catatan monitoring KontraS terhadap praktek hukuman mati di Indonesia. Indonesia merupakan salah satu negara di dunia yang masih menerapkan hukuman mati dalam aturan pidananya. Padahal, hingga Juni 2006, lebih dari setengah negara-negara di dunia telah menghapuskan praktek hukuman mati baik secara de jure atau de facto. Di tengah kecenderungan global akan moratorium hukuman mati, praktek ini justru makin lazim diterapkan di Indonesia. Paling tidak selama empat tahun berturut-turut telah dilaksanakan eksekusi mati terhadap para orang narapidana. Pro-kontra penerapan hukuman mati ini semakin menguat, karena tampak tak sejalan dengan komitmen Indonesia untuk tunduk pada kesepakatan internasional yang tertuang dalam Kovenan Internasional tentang Hak Sipil dan Politik serta Kovenan Internasional tentang Hak Ekonomi, Sosial dan Budaya.
- Document type NGO report
- Countries list Indonesia
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Death Penalty in Liberia. When will it be abolished?
By FIACAT, on 1 January 2019
2019
Arguments against the death penalty
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The FIACAT and ACAT Liberia organized an awareness-raisingworkshop on 17 and 18 September 2019 in Monrovia (Liberia) for 30 participants: Muslim and Christian religious leaders, traditional chiefs, members of civil society organizations, journalists, members of the Independent National Commissionon Human Rights (INCHR) and parliamentarians. This workshop resulted in the production of this publication to raise awareness among opinion leaders on the abolition of the death penalty in Liberia, considering the specific characteristicsand needs of the country.
- Document type Arguments against the death penalty
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Korean : 사형제도 극단적 형벌
By Amnesty International, on 8 September 2020
2020
Academic report
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과연 사형제도가 범죄를 억제할까?; 정치적 도구로 사용되는 사형; 비밀리에 이뤄지는 사형집행; 생명을 생명으로 갚아라?; 인도적인’ 살인 – 과연 ‘인도적인’ 사형집행 방식이 존재하는가?; 국제사회는 사형에 반대한다 – 전세계적인 사형제도 폐지를 향해; 국가에 의해 살해당한 사람들
- Document type Academic report
- Themes list Networks,
- Available languages The Death Penalty: The Ultimate PunishmentLa Peine de Mort: Le Châtiment SuprêmeLa Pena de Muerte: El Castigo Máximp
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German : Unschuldige und ihre Fälle in Kürze
By Death Penalty Information Center, on 8 September 2020
Academic report
United States
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Unschuldige und ihre Fälle in Kürze, mit fälschlichen Identifizierung sowie erzwungener Geständnisse.
- Document type Academic report
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Networks,
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Italian : Famiglie Delle Vittime Di Omicidio Per I Diritti Umani
By Murder Victims' Families for Human Rights, on 8 September 2020
Academic report
United States
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In tutto il mondo, coloro che sopravvivono alle vittime di omicidi sono in genere considerati a favore della pena capitale. Si presume che le esecuzioni vadano incontro al bisogno dei superstiti di giustizia, e di porre fine ad una vicenda. Opporsi alla pena di morte, è spesso visto come un andare contro alla vittima. Attraverso le loro dichiarazioni, le testimonianze e il materiale educativo, i membri dell’associazione fanno sapere ai responsabili della vita politica, e al grande pubblico, che è possibile essere sia a favore delle vittime che contro la pena di morte.
- Document type Academic report
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Networks,
- Available languages Familias de Víctimas de Homicidio por los Derechos HumanosFamilles de Victimes de Meurtre pour les Droits de l'Homme BrochureMurder Victims Families for Human Rights BrochureJapanese : 人権のための殺人被害者遺族の会
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Japanese : 人権のための殺人被害者遺族の会
By Murder Victims' Families for Human Rights, on 8 September 2020
Academic report
United States
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人権のための殺人被害者遺族の会(MVFHR)は、2004年の国際人権デーに、死刑に反対し、米国および世界中で幅広く講演活動を行っている被害者遺族のグループによって設立されました。私たちのメンバーが死刑に反対する理由は様々ですが、死刑はあらゆる法的・倫理的基準に違反しているという確信において一致しています。「いかなる場合であっても死刑には反対する」という方であれば、どのような遺族の方であれ~殺人事件、死刑執行、超法規 的な殺害行為そして「失踪」の被害者家族~、MVFHRの会員に なることができます
- Document type Academic report
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Networks,
- Available languages Familias de Víctimas de Homicidio por los Derechos HumanosFamilles de Victimes de Meurtre pour les Droits de l'Homme BrochureMurder Victims Families for Human Rights BrochureItalian : Famiglie Delle Vittime Di Omicidio Per I Diritti Umani
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Viêt Namese : Những biến chuyển về mặt Pháp Lý về sự riêng tư trên Internet và quyền tự do ngôn luận ảnh hưởng đến công việc và sự an toàn của những nhà Đấu Tranh Nhân Quyền toàn cầu.
By Frontline, on 8 September 2020
Academic report
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Khi emails của chúng ta không đến được người nhận hay khi chúng ta không thể lên được mạng? Chúng ta phản ứng như thế nào về chuyện virus phá hoại các máy vi tính trên thế giới, hay một email tưởng như đến từ một người bạn, yêu cầu mở một hồ sơ đính kèm? Những quyết định thiếu thông tin sẽ dẫn đến sự chọn lựa không hay, và s ựlệ thuộc mù quáng vào khoa học kỹ thuật thường dẫn đến những lỗi lầm đắt giá. Tài liệu này không nhắm tới những thiên tài điện toán. Mục đích của nó là huấn luyện những người sử dụng máy vi tính một cách bình thường và cung cấp họ những giải pháp cho những vấn đề về bảo mật và an toàn trong môi trường điện toán hiện nay.
- Document type Academic report
- Themes list Networks,
- Available languages Digital Security and Privacy for Human Rights DefendersSeguridad y Provicidad Digital para los Defendores de los Derechos Humanos
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Portuguese : Tribunal Africano dos Direitos Humanos e dos Povos
By African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights, on 8 September 2020
Academic report
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O Tribunal Africano dos Direitos Humanos e dos Povos foi estabelecido pelo Protocolo à Carta Africana dos Direitos Humanos e dos Povos relativamente ao Estabelecimento do Tribunal Africano dos Direitos Humanos e dos Povos. A missão do Tribunal consiste em complementar e reforçar as funções da Comissão promovendo e protegendo os direitos, as liberdades e as obrigações do homem e dos povos nos Estados membros da União Africana. O Tribunal é composto por onze (11) juízes cidadãos dos Estados membros da União Africana e eleitos em função de suas capacidades individuais.
- Document type Academic report
- Themes list Networks,
- Available languages African Court on Human and Peoples Rights Quick FactsAfricaine Cour des Droits de l'Homme et Des Peuples
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German : Einleitung durch die Kontaktgruppe der Europäischen Zivilgesellschaft : Ein Leitfaden für die Zusammenarbeit
By European Union, on 8 September 2020
Academic report
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Das Handbuch ist dafür gedacht, Ihnen einen Überblick über die verschiedenen Sektoren von NGOs zu geben, die sich für BürgerInnenrechte und für das allgemeine Interesse einsetzen und kann Ihnen somit gleichsam als Kompass für die europäische Zivilgesellschaft dienen. Im ersten Teil geben wir Ihnen zunächst einen generellen Einblick in die bereits bestehende Praxis des Dialogs zwischen EU Institutionen und NGOs, die sich über die letzten 20 Jahre hinweg herausgebildet hat. Daran anschließend möchte wir Ihnen die Forderungen der NGOs im Bezug auf die Umsetzung des Paragraphen über den Zivilen Dialog nahebringen, wie er in der neuen Verfassung niedergeschrieben ist. Im zweiten Teil finden Sie einen Überblick über die verschiedenen Politkbereiche, in denen sich die sechs Sektoren in den nächsten 5 Jahren ihrer Amtszeit jeweils engagieren werden. Dieser Teil soll es Ihnen ermöglichen, die Bereiche auszumachen, in denen europäische NGOs für Ihre jeweils spezifische Arbeit im Parlament Expertise anbieten können. Die Werte und Ziele der Kontaktgruppe finden Sie in Teil III. Der Anhang ist eine komplette Kontaktliste der verschiedenen NGOs, die im Rahmen der Kontaktgruppe zusammen kommen.
- Document type Academic report
- Themes list Networks,
- Available languages The European Parliament 2004-2009 and European Civil Society: A Guide for PartnershipIntroduction du Groupe de Contact de la Société Civile: Un guide de partenariat
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Portuguese : Instruções: FORMULÁRIO PARA APRESENTAR PETIÇÃO SOBREVIOLAÇÕES DOS DIREITOS HUMANOS
By Organization of American States, on 8 September 2020
Academic report
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O formulário que se segue foi preparado pela Secretaria Executiva da CIDH e se destina a facilitar a apresentação de petições referentes a violações dos direitos humanos praticadas por Estados membros da OEA, denunciadas pelas vítimas de tais violações, por seus familiares, organizações da sociedade civil ou outras pessoas.
- Document type Academic report
- Themes list Networks,
- Available languages Instrucciones: Formulario para Presentar Peticiones sobre Violaciones a los Derechos HumanosInstructions: Formule de Plainte Relative à des Allégations de Violation des Droits de la PersonneInstructions: Form for Filing Petitions alleging Human Rights Violations
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Italian : COS’È L’OSCE?
By Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), on 8 September 2020
Academic report
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L’Europa affronta nuove minacce e sfide. Grazie al suo approccio globale alla sicurezza, l’OSCE offre alla regione un forum per il dialogo e per i negoziati politici, nonché una piattaforma per partenariati multilaterali che attuano iniziative concrete sul terreno.
- Document type Academic report
- Themes list Networks,
- Available languages German : Was ist die OSZE?What is the OSCE?Что такое ОБСЕ?Qu’est-ce que l’OSCE ?¿QUÉ ES LA OSCE?
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Sentenced to death without execution: Why capital punishment has not yet been abolished in the Eastern Caribbean and Barbados
By Death Penalty Project, on 1 January 2020
2020
NGO report
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The report Sentenced to Death Without Execution, Why capital punishment has not yet been abolished in the Eastern Caribbean and Barbados, was published on 7 April 2020. It presents the views of opinion formers and was written by Roger Hood and Florence Seemungal with the assistance of Amaya Athill.Six independent nations in the Eastern Caribbean – Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, and St Vincent and the Grenadines, all members of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) – and Barbados, retain the death penalty for murder. Most of these countries have not executed anyone sentenced to death for at least ten years with the vast majority not carrying out an execution for more than twenty years.This independent empirical study, which presents the views of 100 ‘opinion formers’, drawn from the seven jurisdictions, aims to shed light on why these countries hang on to capital punishment and what are the barriers to the complete abolition of the death penalty in these nations. The respondents were asked about their knowledge of the use of capital punishment in their respective countries and the extent to which, and why, they either supported the policy of retaining the death penalty or were in favour of its abolition, as well as the factors, beliefs, and assumptions that appeared to account for their government’s unwillingness to embrace complete abolition.Key findings include:- Across these seven nations, 48 of the interviewees favoured retention of the death penalty (18 of them strongly) and 52 were in favour of its abolition (30 of them strongly) Of those who favoured retention of the death penalty, only a minority were committed to retaining it: only 10 of 48 interviewees said they would ‘strongly oppose an Act of Parliament to completely abolish the death penalty by definitely voting against it’. Respondents believed the best strategies to persuade their respective governments to embrace reform were: ‘through creating an influential civil society pressure group ‘Citizens Against the Death Penalty’; by ‘mounting a legal challenge to the constitutionality of the death penalty’; or by ‘persuading the government to establish a high-level commission to report on the subject’.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Legal Representation, Mandatory Death Penalty,
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THE STATE OF AFRICAN REGIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS BODIES AND MECHANISMS 2018-2019
By Amnesty International, on 1 January 2019
2019
NGO report
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The report presents a comprehensive review of the current state and performance of the African regional human rights system in the period between 1 January 2018 and 30 June 2019. It appraises the functioning, working methods, outputs and impact of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR); the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC); and the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACtHPR) during the reporting period.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list International law,
- Available languages LA SITUATION DES ORGANES ET MÉCANISMES RÉGIONAUX DE PROTECTION DES DROITS HUMAINS EN AFRIQUE
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The Death Penalty Project: 2018 Report
By The Death Penalty Project, on 1 January 2019
NGO report
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The Death Penalty Project publishes its 2018 annual report. It provides testimonies, figures and a look on the actions accomplished in favour of the human rights worlwide.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Right to life, Legal Representation, Death Penalty,
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Fatally flawed: Why Malaysia must abolish the death penalty
By Amnesty International, on 1 January 2019
NGO report
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Malaysia retains the death penalty for 33 offences and held 1,293 people on death row as of September 2019. This report highlights how the burden of the death penalty has largely fallen on those convicted of drug trafficking, who disproportionately include women and foreign nationals. These findings gain an even greater significance in the context of laws and policies that are in contravention of international human rights law and standards and which have added multiple layers of arbitrariness into the use of this punishment.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Women, Death Row Conditions, Country/Regional profiles,
- Available languages Malay : Kecacatan yang membawa maut: Mengapa Malaysia harus mansuhkan hukuman mati致命的缺陷 - 为何马来西亚必须废除死刑Defectos mortales - Por qué Malasia debe abolir la pena de muerteDéfaillances mortelles: Pourquoi la Malaisie doit abolir la peine de mort
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Executions of juveniles since 1990 (as of April 2019)
By Amnesty International, on 1 January 2019
NGO report
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The use of the death penalty for crimes committed by people younger than 18 is prohibited under international human rights law, yet some countries still execute child offenders. Since 1990 Amnesty International has documented 145 executions of child offenders in 10 countries: China, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Iran, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, South Sudan, Sudan, the USA and Yemen. This is the most up to date version of this document.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Juveniles, Death Penalty, Statistics,
- Available languages عمليات إعدام الأحداث التي تم تنفيذها منذ 1990 وحتى أبريل/نيسان 2019Ejecuciones de personas que eran menores de edad en el momento del delito desde 1990 hasta abril de 2019
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The Pakistan Capital Punishment Study. A Study of the Capital Jurisprudence of the Supreme Court of Pakistan
By Reprieve / Fundation for Fundamental Rights, on 1 January 2019
NGO report
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The Pakistan Capital Punishment Study is the result of a two-year long research and analysis project undertaken by lawyers and academics at the Foundation for Fundamental Rights (‘FFR’) in Pakistan and international legal non-profit organization, Reprieve.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Death Penalty, Country/Regional profiles,
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Mapping the Fate of the Dead (Killings and Burials in North Korea)
By Transitional Justice Working Group, on 1 January 2019
NGO report
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The Transitional Justice Working Group’s 2019 report “Mapping the Fate of the Dead: Killings and Burials in North Korea” is based on four years of research(2015-2019) to document and map three types of locations connected to human rights violations in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea):
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Death Penalty, Country/Regional profiles,
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Who Are We Hanging?
on 1 January 2019
NGO report
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The index, created by Justic Project Pakistan, gives statistical information on the use of the death penalty in Pakistan.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Statistics, Country/Regional profiles,
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High-Level Panel Discussion On The Question Of The Death Penalty
By Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) / Human Rights Council, on 1 January 2019
International law - United Nations
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The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolutions 26/2 and 36/17. It provides a summary of the high-level panel discussion on the question of the death penalty held on 26 February 2019 at the fortieth session of the Council. The panel discussion addressed human rights violations related to the use of the death penalty, in particular with respect to the rights to non-discrimination and equality.
- Document type International law - United Nations
- Themes list International law, Discrimination,
- Available languages حلقة نقاش رفيعة ااستوى بشأن سألة عقوبة اإلعدامОбсуждение вопроса о смертной казни в рамках дискуссионной группы высокого уровняRéunion-Débat De Haut Niveau Sur La Question De La Peine De Mort死刑问题高级别小组讨论会Mesa Redonda De Alto Nivel Sobre La Cuestión De La Pena De Muerte
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Compounded Violence: Domestic Abuse and the Mandatory Death Penalty in Ghana and Sierra Leone
By Anjuli Peters / University of Oxford, on 1 January 2019
Arguments against the death penalty
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This paper applies a gendered perspective to women sentenced to a mandatory death penalty in the West African countries of Ghana and Sierra Leone. At present, there are six women on death row in Ghana and two women on death row in Sierra Leone. All eight women are sentenced to mandatory death for murder. However, interviews with the women on death row suggest that their offenses do not meet the threshold of ‘most serious crimes.’ Instead, many are convicted for acts committed in retaliation following violence against them.
- Document type Arguments against the death penalty
- Themes list Women,
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Compounded Violence: Domestic Abuse and the Mandatory Death Penalty in Ghana and Sierra Leone
By Anjuli Peters / University of Oxford, on 1 January 2019
Arguments against the death penalty
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This paper applies a gendered perspective to women sentenced to a mandatory death penalty in the West African countries of Ghana and Sierra Leone. At present, there are six women on death row in Ghana and two women on death row in Sierra Leone. All eight women are sentenced to mandatory death for murder. However, interviews with the women on death row suggest that their offenses do not meet the threshold of ‘most serious crimes.’ Instead, many are convicted for acts committed in retaliation following violence against them.
- Document type Arguments against the death penalty
- Themes list Women,
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PROCEEDINGS – 7th World Congress Against the Death Penalty
By Ensemble contre la peine de mort (ECPM), on 8 September 2020
2020
Multimedia content
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Six months after the 7th World Congress against the Death Penalty, ECPM is proud to announce the publication of the Proceedings of the Brussels Congress. This unpublished, documented and illustrated book reports on the rich debates held during the Congress and discusses the new associative and political dynamics promoted in this context.
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list Member organizations, World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, Country/Regional profiles,
Document(s)
Public support for the death penalty ticks up
By Pew Research Center / J. Baxter Oliphant, on 1 January 2018
2018
Article
United States
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Public support for the death penalty, which reached a four-decade low in 2016, has increased somewhat since then. Today, 54% of Americans favor the death penalty for people convicted of murder, while 39% are opposed, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted in April and May.
- Document type Article
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Public opinion,
Document(s)
Punished for Being Vulnerable. How Pakistan executes the poorest and the most marginalized in society
By Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) / Fédération Internationale des Ligues des Droits de l'Homme (FIDH), on 1 January 2019
2019
NGO report
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The present report aims to provide an update on the 2007 report, bearing in mind the significant changes that have taken place in Pakistan under various governments since then, including the 2008 unofficial moratorium and the resumption of executions in 2014. The mission aimed at exploring specific issues within the theme of the death penalty, including detention conditions on death row, the use of capital punishment for minors, and the impact of the death penalty on families of death row inmates, particularly their children. However, a recurring theme emerged in discussions about each of these sub-issues: a strong systemic bias against the poor and marginalized.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Fair Trial, Death Penalty,
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The Decline of the Judicial Override
By Ben Cohen / Michael L. Radelet / Annual Review of Law and Social Science, on 1 January 2019
Academic report
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This article discusses the role of judges in death determinations, identifying jurisdictions that initially (post-1972) allowed judge sentencing and naming the individuals who today remain under judge-imposed death sentences. The decisions guaranteeing a jury determination have so far been applied only to cases that have not undergone initial review in state courts. Key questions remain unresolved, including whether the evolving standards of decency permit the execution of more than 100 individuals who were condemned to death by judges without a jury’s death verdict before implementation of the rules that now require unanimous jury votes.
- Document type Academic report
- Themes list Due Process , Fair Trial,
Document(s)
Dehumanized: The Prison Conditions of People Sentenced to Death in Indonesia
By Ensemble contre la peine de mort (ECPM) / Kontras / Carole Berrih, on 1 January 2019
NGO report
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Although much research has been carried out into the administration of justice in death penalty cases in Indonesia, there is little research into the conditions of detention of the men and women sentenced to death in that country. This study is one of the first to focus on the conditions of detention of death row prisoners in Indonesia. This report aims to give a voice to the men and women on death row in Indonesia and to their families, while documenting their situation.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Death Row Conditions, Country/Regional profiles,
- Available languages Indonesian : Tidak Manusiawi: Kondisi Lembaga Pemasyarakatan Bagi Terpidana Mati di Indonesia
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The Death Penalty in the OSCE Area: Background Paper 2019
By Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), on 1 January 2019
International law - Regional body
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Fifty-five (55) OSCE participating States have either completely abolished the death penalty or maintain moratoria on executions as an important first step towards abolition. However, in a global context where discussions focus on the threat of terrorism and a need to be tough on crime, it is perhaps not surprising that the question of reintroducing the death penalty surfaces at times, including in the OSCE region. It is, therefore, a good moment to reflect on the reasons why there is still support for the death penalty, considering the growing understanding that capital punishment is a cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment. Some of the most persistent arguments used to justify the use of the death penalty and its possible reintroduction will be discussed in the report.
- Document type International law - Regional body
- Themes list Trend Towards Abolition,
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Iran 34th Session of the Working Group on the UPR: Death Penalty
By Ensemble contre la peine de mort (ECPM) / Iran Human Rights (IHR) / World Coalition Against the Death Penalty / Abdorrahman Boroumand Foundation for the Promotion of Human Rights and Democracy in Iran / Association for Human Rights in Kurdistan of Iran-Geneva (KMMK-G) / Impact Iran , on 1 January 2019
NGO report
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This joint stakeholder report aims to provide up-to-date and useful information to understand the reality of the death penalty in the Islamic Republic of Iran, in view of the next review of Iran by the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in November 2019. The substantive information was gathered from news, reports and testimonies from various local sources. Iran is one of the leading death-sentencing and executing states in the world. Despite some recent steps towards limiting the scope of the death penalty for drug-related crimes, Iran’s use of capital punishment remains non-transparent, arbitrary, and worrisomely broad in scope.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list International law, Country/Regional profiles,
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Children, Yet Convicted as Adults
By Abdorrahman Boroumand Foundation for the Promotion of Human Rights and Democracy in Iran, on 1 January 2019
NGO report
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In May 2019, at least 85 alleged juvenile offenders were sitting on death row in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Last year, seven child offenders were executed, and since the year 2000, Iran has put to death at least 140 individuals for offenses they allegedly committed as children. Today, on World Day Against the Death Penalty, Abdorrahman Boroumand Center for Human Rights in Iran (ABC) releases an original report titled, Children, Yet Convicted as Adults, which challenges Iran’s justifications for the use of capital punishment against child offenders, examines the question of maturity through the lens of empirical scientific research, and calls on the Islamic Republic to take immediate action to ensure that no individual is put to death for crimes committed as a child
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Juveniles, Death Penalty,
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Texas Death Penalty Developments in 2019: The Year in Review
By Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty / Kristin Houlé / Grace Rudser, on 1 January 2019
NGO report
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The Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (TCADP) – a statewide advocacy organization based in Austin, Texas – publishes this annual report to inform the public and elected officials about issues associated with the death penalty over the past year. The report includes illustrative charts and graphs, and cites the death penalty developments in Texas (USA).
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Death Penalty,
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DEATH ROW USA. Summer 2019
By NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., on 1 January 2019
NGO report
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This report provides death row statistics and an update on executions in the US as of July 2019.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Statistics, Country/Regional profiles,
Document(s)
Pathways to Justice: Implementing a Fair and Effective Remedy following Abolition of the Mandatory Death Penalty in Kenya
By The Death Penalty Project, on 1 January 2019
NGO report
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This report draws on experiences in other jurisdictions where capital sentencing laws have been struck down or abolished, thereby generating the need for prisoners already unlawfully sentenced to death to be given substitute sentences. It delineates the ways in which other common law jurisdictions have addressed the practical and procedural challenges of resentencing following the abolition of the mandatory death penalty – navigating potential human rights infringements and ensuring that satisfactory requirements of due process are met. Resentencing procedures must also be scalable and practically accessible to the large number of individuals (thousands in the case of Kenya) entitled to relief.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Mandatory Death Penalty, Country/Regional profiles,
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Advocacy Toolkit: Abolition Of The Death Penalty In Africa
By Amnesty International, on 1 January 2019
Lobbying
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This advocacy toolkit is for the use of activists working on the abolition of the death penalty in Africa. It is intended to equip them with some key advocacy tools to effectively influence the institutions and individuals who can make abolition a reality in the region.
- Document type Lobbying
Document(s)
The Death Penalty in 2019: Year End Report
By Death Penalty Information Center, on 1 January 2019
NGO report
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The US death penalty usage remains near record lows in 2019.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Due Process , Innocence, Statistics,
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Nobody To Talk To: Barriers to Mental Health Treatment for Family Members of Individuals Sentenced to Death and Executed
By Texas After Violence Project, on 1 January 2019
NGO report
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Four decades after the reinstatement of the death penalty in the United States, the harmful impact of death sentences and executions on persons other than the individual offender is still not widely recognized – not even among mental health professionals who specialize in responding to individual and community needs in the aftermath of traumatic events.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Mental Illness, Murder Victims' Families,
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Individual Statement of Commissioner Renny Cushing
By Death Penalty Information Center, on 1 January 2010
2010
Working with...
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Individual Statement of Commissioner Renny Cushing
- Document type Working with...
- Themes list Murder Victims' Families, Death Penalty, Country/Regional profiles,
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Halting the Death Penalty in Divine Hodud Punishments from a Practical Expediency Perspective
By Human Rights & Democracy for Iran, on 1 January 2017
2017
NGO report
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Abdorrahman Boroumand Foundation and Various Iranian Religious AuthoritiesAbdorrahman Boroumand FoundationNovember 16, 2017Report
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment, Death Penalty, Country/Regional profiles,
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German : Was ist das ODIHR?
By Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), on 8 September 2020
2020
Academic report
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Das OSZE- Demokratische Institutionen und Menschenrechte (ODIHR) ist weltweiteine der wichtigsten regionalen Menschrechts institutionen. Das ODIHR hat seinen Sitz in Warschau (Polen) und ist in Europa, im Kaukasus, in Zentralasien und in Nordamerika. Das Bro fordert demokratische Wahlen, Respekt Menschenrechte, Toleranz und Nicht diskriminierung, sowie Rechtstaatlichkeit. Das ODIHR ist die Menschenrechts institution der Organisation Sicherheit und Zusammenarbeit in Europa (OSZE). Die OSZE ist eine zw ischenstaatliche Organisation, die Stabilitt, Prosperit und Demokratie in ihren 56 Teilnehm erstaaten arbeitet. Die OSZE um fasst eine Region, die sich von Vancouver im Westen bis Wladiwostok im Osten erstreckt, und ist damit weltweit die grûte regionale Sicherheits organisation. Menschenrechte und Demokratie sind Grundpfeiler des um fassenden Sicherheitskonzeptes der OSZE.
- Document type Academic report
- Themes list Networks,
- Available languages Polish : Czym jest ODIHR?Greek : Τι είναι το ODIHR;What is the ODIHRЧто такое БДИПЧ?Qu’est-ce que le BIDDH?
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Capital punishment and the implementation of the safeguards guaranteeing protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty – Yearly supplement of the Secretary-General to his quinquennial report
By United Nations / Human Rights Council, on 8 September 2020
United Nations report
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The Report examines the possible consequences of the imposition and application of the death penalty on the enjoyment of various human rights, including human dignity, the right to life, the right to freedom from torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, the right to a fair trial and the right to equality and non-discrimination. It further examines the human rights consequences of the lack of transparency in the imposition and application of the death penalty.
- Document type United Nations report
- Themes list Fair Trial, Right to life, Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment,
- Available languages Смертная казнь и осуществление мер, гарантирующих защиту прав лиц, приговоренных к смертной казни. Ежегодное дополнение Генерального секретаря к его пятилетнему докладу по вопросу о смертной казниPeine capitale et application des garanties pour la protection des droits des personnes passibles de la peine de mort. Supplément annuel au rapport quinquennal du Secrétaire général sur la peine capitale死刑和保护死刑犯权利的保障措施的执行情况 秘书长关于死刑问题的五年一度报告的年度补编La pena capital y la aplicación de las salvaguardias para garantizar la protección de los derechos de los condenados a la pena de muerte. Suplemento anual del Secretario General de su informe quinquenal sobre la pena capital
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International Affairs Forum. Capital Punishment Around the World
By Center for International Relations, on 1 January 2015
2015
International law - Regional body
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The summer issue of International Foreign Affaires focuses on the topic of capital punishment around the world. It collects articles and interviews dealing with the issues of death penalty, the path towards abolition, and the situation of capital punishment in the world.
- Document type International law - Regional body
- Themes list Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment, Death Row Conditions, Death Penalty,