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Article(s)
Puerto Rico pressures Obama to abolish unwanted federal death penalty
on 25 June 2011
In a letter addressed to President Obama, World Coalition member, the Puerto Rican Coalition Against the Death Penalty (PRCADP), has requested that the President abolish the application of the federal death penalty in Puerto Rico. The letter , signed by PRCADP’s General Coordinator Edgardo Roman-Espada, was sent to the White House before the President’s visit to the island on 14 June 2011.
2011
Fair Trial
Puerto Rico
United States
Article(s)
The Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines launches a campaign against the reinstatement of the death penalty in the country
By Thalia Gerzso, on 26 October 2017
Despite its national and international commitment not to carry out any executions, Philippines is taking worrying measures toward the reinstatement of the death penalty for drug offenses. Determined to thwart the government’s plan, the Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines has taken various actions, including an awareness campaign for the 15th World Day Against the Death Penalty.
2017
Philippines
Public Opinion
Article(s)
Death penalty 2018: Dramatic fall in global executions
By Amnesty International, on 10 April 2019
Despite a rise in executions in some countries, global executions fell by 31% in 2018. The universal fight for the abolition of the death penalty seems to be on the right way.
2019
Article(s)
Europe launches diplomatic offensive against the death penalty
on 10 October 2008
Since 2007, October 10 is also the European Day Against the Death Penalty. Numerous European politicians have chosen this day to state their opposition to capital punishment.
2008
Lebanon
Uganda
Article(s)
Despite recent setbacks, the trend towards the universal abolition towards the death penalty remains
By Elise Guillot, on 8 February 2017
The UK-All Party Parliamentary Group on the Abolition of the Death Penalty organised a meeting in London, on 25 January 2017. Gathering parliamentarians, representatives of the British institutions as well as members of the civil society, the meeting aimed at presenting the worldwide death penalty situation and at focusing on the countries at risk of reintroducing the death penalty.
2017
Article(s)
Joint Open Letter to the President of Sri Lanka on the Imminent Resumption of Executions
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 2 July 2019
The letter, co-signed by 58 organizations, encourages the President of Sri Lanka to do everything in his power to stop executions in Sri Lanka and consign the death penalty to the history books.
2019
Sri Lanka
Article(s)
Justice ministers meet as Colosseum lights up to say yes to life
By Community of Sant'Egidio, on 10 December 2012
The Community of Sant’Egidio conducted a crucial political networking exercise in favour of abolition in Rome at the end of November before 1,600 cities lit up their monuments against the death penalty.
2012
Benin
Burundi
Central African Republic
France
Gabon
Italy
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Mongolia
Public Opinion
Switzerland
Togo
United States
Uzbekistan
Zimbabwe
Article(s)
“Iran kills for possession of less than 50g of drugs”
By Thomas Hubert, on 9 April 2013
Annual reports published by two World Coalition member organizations of Iranian exiles expose the disproportionate use of the death penalty in Iran, mostly against drug users and traffickers.
2013
Drug Offenses
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Article(s)
China refuses to consider 250,000-strong petition
on 16 June 2008
A World Coalition delegation found the door closed on June 16 when they attempted to handover to the Chinese Liaison Office in Hong Kong a petition urging for changes in the death penalty system in China.
2008
China
Fair Trial
Innocence
Moratorium
Article(s)
Moratorium Stays in Place in Sri Lanka and Anti-Death Penalty Petitioners Secure an Official Record in Court Proceedings to Protect Future Rights
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 28 March 2023
Petitioners challenging the potential resumption of executions in Sri Lanka experienced received reassuring news on 23 February 2023 when the Attorney General of Sri Lanka reported to the Supreme Court that the incumbent President Ranil Wickremesinghe has agreed to not implement executions during his tenure.
2023
Sri Lanka
Trend Towards Abolition
Article(s)
73rd Ordinary Session of the African Commission of Human and Peoples’ Rights: In- Person, Advocating Against the Death Penalty
By Bronwyn Dudley & Connie Numbi, on 16 December 2022
After nearly 3 years, the ACHPR (African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights) met in-person in Banjul, The Gambia to hold their 73rd Ordinary Session from 21st October – 10th November 2022.
2022
Article(s)
Publication of a New Guide on Working with National Human Rights Institutions to Abolish the Death Penalty
By Bronwyn Dudley, World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 17 November 2022
The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty has published a new how-to guide, in collaboration with Mr. Isidore Clément Capo-Chichi, President of the Beninese Commission on Human Rights. It is aimed for civil society organizations and illustrates how to collaborate with National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) to achieve the abolition of the death penalty. In […]
2022
Trend Towards Abolition
Article(s)
Africa : 3 abolitions of the death penalty in one year
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 20 October 2022
After Sierra Leone and the Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea has adopted a new Penal Code that abolishes the death penalty for ordinary crimes.
2022
Central African Republic
Equatorial Guinea
Sierra Leone
Article(s)
Statement of international solidarity with the families of people sentenced to death in Iran
By The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 15 September 2022
The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty express its solidarity with the families and relatives of people who are sentenced to death in Iran and with the civil society organizations supporting them.
2022
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Article(s)
Mid-terms: A first half of 2022 rich in abolitions
By the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 13 September 2022
The first six months of 2022 have been rich for the abolitionist community with two new abolitionist countries and a new ratification of the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights aiming at the abolition of the death penalty. However, some countries continue to use the death penalty and there […]
2022
Article(s)
Joint Statement to condemn the public executions and the surge of executions in 2022 in Iran
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 11 August 2022
The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty strongly condemn the resumption of public executions in Iran and the surge in the executions in 2022, which goes against the international trends towards abolition of the death penalty.
2022
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Article(s)
NGOs voice fears for dozens of Egyptian prisoners, and hundreds of others, facing execution for drugs-related offenses in Saudi Arabia
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 13 September 2024
We, the undersigned organisations, are gravely fearful for the lives of hundreds of prisoners threatened with imminent execution in Saudi Arabia on drugs-related charges, including 33 Egyptians on a single wing of Tabuk Prison.
2024
Drug Offenses
Saudi Arabia
Article(s)
Côte d’Ivoire Accedes to the Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR
By World coalition against the death penalty, on 8 July 2024
Côte d’Ivoire has acceded to the Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR, which is the UN treaty aiming at the abolition of the death penalty, on 3 May 2024.
2024
Côte d'Ivoire
Article(s)
Call for joint action to stop drug-related executions in Iran
on 3 May 2024
April 10, 2024 Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) and 83 Iranian and international organisations and groups have called for joint action to stop drug-related executions, urging UNODC to make “any cooperation with the Islamic Republic contingent on a complete halt on drug-related executions”. They have announced the start of a mass international campaign in this regard.
2024
Drug Offenses
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Article(s)
Entry into force of Armenia’s ratification of the European Protocol for abolition in all circumstances
By Aurélie Plaçais, on 22 March 2024
In February 2024, Armenia’s ratification of Protocol No. 13 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms concerning the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances entered into force. Armenia was already abolitionist for all crimes and a State Party to the Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR, aiming at […]
2024
Armenia
Trend Towards Abolition
Article(s)
Advocating for the recognition of women sentenced to death in the fight for women’s rights
By World coalition against the death penalty, on 15 August 2023
From July 16 to 20, a World Coalition delegation comprising Connie Numbi of Foundation for Human Rights Initiative Uganda, Dr Anna Henga of Legal Human Right Center Tanzania, Damaris Kemunto of the Kenyan Section of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ Kenya), and Méline Szwarcberg, Women and Gender Project Manager at the World Coalition, attended […]
2023
Gender
Women
Article(s)
Armenia ratifies international treaty for irreversible abolition of the death penalty
By Aurélie Plaçais, on 25 March 2021
Armenia ratified the Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR on 18 March 2021.
2021
Armenia
Article(s)
Calling Upon the Council of Paris to Overhaul Bahrain-Owned Paris FC’s Subsidy
By Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain, on 5 February 2021
This Tuesday, on February 2, 2021, the Council of Paris will announce its position on the renewal of the yearly €500,000 subvention allocated to the Paris FC.
2021
Bahrain
Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment
Moratorium
Article(s)
246 People Removed from Death Rows in Zambia
on 29 January 2021
President Edgar Lungo announced, on 27 January 2021, that 246 death sentences had been commuted into life, a more than welcome decision that has brought the overall number of commutations to over 500 since 2015.
2021
Clemency
Zambia
Article(s)
How Business May Contribute to Universal Abolition
By Louis Linel, on 29 January 2021
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have long been at the forefront of the movement for human dignity, as the main, highly-specialized – and sometimes isolated– champions for social justice. However, a new generation of advocates from the private sector, whose primary center of interest or area of expertise seems disconnected from international human rights standards, has been […]
Public Opinion
Article(s)
Kazakhstan Ratifies the Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR
By Aurélie Plaçais, on 1 April 2022
Kazakhstan ratified the UN treaty aiming at the abolition of the death penalty on 24 March 2022.
2022
Kazakhstan
Article(s)
The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty celebrates its 20th anniversary!
on 13 May 2022
For this occasion, we wanted to give the floor to our founding member organizations. 20 years of memories, meetings, activism and fight with the hope to see one day a world without death penalty. Discover those testimonials in our newsletter.
2022
Article(s)
European Protocol for full abolition turns 20
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 3 May 2022
Today is the 20th anniversary of the adoption of Protocol No. 13 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, concerning the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances.
2022
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Article(s)
Liberian Civil Society Organize to Push for Abolition
By Rescue Alternatives Liberia and the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 29 April 2022
On 12 April 2022, Rescue Alternatives Liberia (RAL) orchestrated a one-day forum on abolition in Liberia with the support of the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty. The outcomes of this event were very promising, and time will tell if abolition in Liberia is near.
2022
Liberia
Public Opinion
Article(s)
Capitalization workshop of the project for the abolition of the death penalty in sub-Saharan Africa
By Elise Garel, on 4 January 2022
Member organizations of the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty and African ACATs (Action des Chrétiens pour l’Abolition de la Torture) met in Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire) for the capitalization workshop of Phase 2 of the project for the abolition of the death penalty in sub-Saharan Africa, organized on 29 and 30 November by the World […]
2022
Côte d'Ivoire
Moratorium
Public Opinion
Article(s)
Protest Against Executions Ordered by Minister of Justice Yoshihisa Furukawa
By Center for Prisoner Rights and Japan Innocence and Death Penalty Information Center, on 23 December 2021
On 21 December 2021, Japan’s new governement executed three men after two years with no execution during which Japan hosted the Olympics and the United Nations Congress on Criminal Justice.
2021
Japan
Legal Representation
Moratorium
Article(s)
NGO Forum and 69th Ordinary Session of the African Commission of Human and Peoples’ Rights
By Bronwyn Dudley and Corentin Mançois, on 17 December 2021
The ACHPR (the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights) met again virtually for its 69th Ordinary Session from 15 November – 5 December 2021.
2021
Terrorism
Women
Article(s)
Publication of a New Guide on Working with Parliamentarians to Abolish the Death Penalty
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 10 October 2021
The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, in partnership with Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA), has published a new how-to guide for civil society organizations (CSOs) on how to collaborate with parliamentarians to abolish the death penalty.
2021
Women
Article(s)
Nie Shubin: a victim of the arbitrary in China
on 21 January 2008
In the lead up to the Beijing Olympics, the French coalition Collectif Chine JO 2008 highlights cases of human rights abuse in China on a weekly basis. This week, they focus on Nie Shubin, who was executed by mistake in 1995.
2008
China
Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment
Women
Article(s)
Top Chinese abolitionist receives threats
on 14 March 2008
The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty (WCADP) is concerned about the security of human rights lawyer, academic and anti-death penalty activist Teng Biao.
2008
China
Fair Trial
Article(s)
Executions and secrecy in Japan
on 15 April 2008
The World Coalition condemns the acceleration of executions in Japan andt the continued secrecy surrounding them.
2008
Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment
Japan
Article(s)
Japanese lawyer indignant after her client is executed without notice
on 23 June 2008
On June 17, Tsutomu Miyazaki, Shinji Mutsuda and Yoshio Yamazaki were executed in Japan. Lawyer Maiko Tagusari, who defended one of the three men, denounces the rising number of executions in her country.
2008
China
Japan
Legal Representation
Taiwan
Article(s)
China acknowledges death row organ trafficking
on 29 August 2009
The World Coalition and its members have been criticizing illegal organ transplants after executions. Beijing promises to tackle the problem.
2009
China
Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment
Article(s)
Book: a victory on the road to abolition
on 19 January 2010
The Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty has just published Staving off the Executioner, a book describing the Taiwanese abolitionist movement’s strategies, challenges and successes.
2010
Fair Trial
Legal Representation
Taiwan
Taiwan
Article(s)
Taiwan abolitionists remind their government of its promise
on 13 March 2011
After fresh executions, the Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty has been campaigning to save the lives of five condemned prisoners, recalling the government to its commitments to human rights.
2011
Clemency
Death Row Conditions
Taiwan
Taiwan
Article(s)
World Coalition member in Bahrain fights for the lives of protestors
on 25 May 2011
Nabeel Rajab, President of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, keeps up the fight for two protestors condemned to death despite attempts at intimidation.
2011
Bahrain
Article(s)
Japan’s death penalty under scrutiny
By The Advocates for Human Rights, on 5 November 2012
After a high-level conference on the abolition of the death penalty in Tokyo on October 29th, the United Nations’ Human Rights Council examined Japan’s record on October 31st as part of the Universal Periodic Review, a worldwide mechanism to monitor the enforcement of human rights. Major Japanese infringements concern the use of the death penalty.
2012
Clemency
Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment
Death Row Conditions
Fair Trial
Intellectual Disability
Japan
Legal Representation
Mental Illness
Article(s)
Taiwan executions spark outrage
By Thomas Hubert, on 19 April 2013
The authorities of Taiwan have executed six prisoners, days after President Ma met World Coalition representatives and promised to “reduce the use” of the death penalty.
2013
Taiwan
Taiwan
Article(s)
Death penalty proposals put lives at risk
on 23 May 2013
At least ten people under sentence of death will be at risk of execution if legal amendments to facilitate the resumption of executions are passed in Papua New Guinea.
2013
Papua New Guinea
Women
Article(s)
Pakistan moratorium renewal welcomed
By Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, on 8 October 2013
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), a World Coalition member organisation, has welcomed the federal government’s announcement on continuing the moratorium on capital punishment and has called for a thorough review of the death penalty regime in the country.
2013
Moratorium
Pakistan
Pakistan
Article(s)
Indonesian executions on the rise as election looms
By Emile Carreau, on 10 December 2013
Executions have multiplied in Indonesia throughout 2013. World Coalition local member organization KontraS sees political motivations behind the end of a four-year moratorium.
2013
Indonesia
Indonesia
Article(s)
More surprise executions in Taiwan
By Emile Carreau, on 30 April 2014
With the recent execution of five prisoners in Taiwan, World Coalition member organisation, Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty (TAEDP), is feeling a sense of déjà vu.
2014
Taiwan
Taiwan
Article(s)
Parliamentarians lead Malaysia Towards Abolition of the Mandatory Death Penalty
By Elisa Bellotti, on 11 December 2015
On 17 November 2015, Parliamentarians for Global Action organized a roundtable and consultations on the abolition of the mandatory death penalty in Malaysia. Parliamentarians play a major role in the country’s journey towards abolition.
2015
Malaysia
Article(s)
Abolition of the death penalty in Nauru
By Marion Gauer, on 3 June 2016
Nauru recently ended its de facto moratorium by abolishing the death penalty in law.
2016
Nauru
Article(s)
Day of the Endangered Lawyer: spotlight on China
By Emmanuel Trépied, on 14 February 2017
24 January 2017 was the Day of the Endangered Lawyer. This international initiative was dedicated to the harassment undergone by Chinese lawyers.
2017
China
Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment
Legal Representation
Article(s)
Why Jordan resumed executing people on the death row?
By Hend Hanafy, Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge, on 18 April 2018
For eight years since June 2006, Jordan was adopting a moratorium on the death penalty. However, on the 21st of December 2014, 11 people were hung in Swaqa Prison, thus, triggering questions about the timing and the reasons behind the resumption of the death penalty in Jordan. It is arguable that the internal political pressures on the government have fuelled this setback which was further eased through the international political opportunity of Jordan’s role in the war on terrorism.
2018
Jordan
Article(s)
3+4: Death Penalty Cases Now Jury Cases
By Nicolas Chua, on 23 November 2018
On 24 April 2018, ‘The People’s Jury Law’ established a new judicial framework to deal with serious criminal cases, including death penalty cases. As of its enactment, death penalty cases in China are now jury cases.
2018
China
Article(s)
The death penalty at the heart of ACHPR debates
on 18 May 2012
The 51st Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) was held in Banjul from April 18 to May 2, 2012. During the session, the Commission presented its “Study on the question of the death penalty in Africa” prepared by the Working Group on the death penalty of the ACHPR.
2012
Angola
Burundi
Gabon
Moratorium
Rwanda
Somalia
South Sudan
Sudan
Togo
Making gender discrimination in capital punishment visible
on 6 March 2023
Understanding the link between gender discrimination and the death penalty – Women and the death penalty – Gender and sexual minorities and the death penalty Gender and the Death Penalty at the World Coalition – Strengthen the capacity of civil society organizations – Strengthen links with women’s, gender and sexual minority rights movements and organizations […]
2023
Gender
Women
Article(s)
World Coalition AGM encourages US to join the abolitionist majority
on 22 June 2010
On June 12 and 13, the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty convened in San Francisco, marking the first international abolition meeting on US soil.
2010
United States
Article(s)
The shared responsibility of capital punishment
on 27 September 2011
Everyone agrees that the highest international standards should apply in the fight against drug. But what about the standards used in punishing traffickers- and the inappropriate use of the death penalty against such criminals?
2011
Australia
Bhutan
Colombia
Drug Offenses
Indonesia
Italy
Mozambique
Nepal
Niue
Pakistan
Philippines
South Africa
State of Palestine
Sweden
Taiwan
Terrorism
Thailand
Article(s)
The Greater Caribbean for Life rejects the call for the resumption of the death penalty
By Leela Ramdeen, on 9 November 2017
The Greater Caribbean for Life (GCL), an independent, not-for-profit regional civil society organization working towards the abolition of the Death Penalty in the region, rejects the recommendation for the resumption of the death penalty.
2017
Article(s)
71st Ordinary session of the African Commission: focus on torture and the death penalty
By Sarah Saint-Sorny, on 9 June 2022
The African Commission on Human Rights and People (ACHPR) once again met on Zoom for its 71st Ordinary session from April 21st to May 13th, 2022. The honorable Rémy Ngoy Lumbu, President of the Commission, has expressed his hopes for the next session to take place in person in Banjul this autumn.
2022
Central African Republic
Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Kenya
Malawi
Mauritania
Niger
Nigeria
Sierra Leone
Tunisia
Zambia
Document(s)
Debunking the deterrence theory
By World coalition against the death penalty, on 9 July 2024
2024
Campaigning
World Coalition
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- Document type Campaigning / World Coalition
- Available languages La théorie de la dissuasion démystifiée
Article(s)
Drug-busting aid to Iran must be frozen
By Thomas Hubert, on 27 November 2012
The World Coalition is calling on international donors to stop helping Iran enforce abusive capital drug laws.
2012
Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment
Drug Offenses
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Document(s)
The politics of capital punishment for foreign nationals in Iran
By Death Penalty Research Unit (DPRU), University of Oxford, on 5 February 2024
2024
Academic Article
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
More details See the document
Published in December 2023.
This paper seeks to map the political economy of capital punishment in Iran, in particular in relation to dual and foreign nationals, and examines its external and internal functions. The external functions include suppressing the ‘cultural threat’ of cross-border drug trafficking, achieving more power in sanctions negotiations, seeking reciprocal prisoner swaps or demanding recompense for outstanding multinational debt. The internal functions include quashing protests against the regime, supressing separatist movements, or even just ‘otherness’. It is evident that those facing disadvantage across foreign national and intersectional lines face the death penalty disproportionately. In addition, although only representing a fraction of the overall population of death row, the arbitrary detention of dual nationals has a disproportionate political function.
- Document type Academic Article
- Countries list Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Article(s)
The World Coalition elects its new governing bodies until June 2021
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 12 September 2019
The 2019 General Assembly saw the Elections of a new Steering Committee for two years, which in turn elected a new Executive Board until June 2021.
2019
Article(s)
The 8th World Congress reaffirms the importance of gender-based discussions
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 16 December 2022
The 19th World Day Against the Death Penalty highlighted the intersectional discrimination that women face in the judicial process leading to the death penalty, making visible one facet of the links between the death penalty and gender discrimination.
2022
Gender
Document(s)
#nodeathpenalty – Flyer
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
2020
Academic report
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For this 12th World Day Against the Death Penalty the World Coalition has decided to focus on a social media campaign which it hopes will spread the truth about death penalty more widely than ever before. The concept is simple. People will make signs stating why they are against the death penalty and take a photo of themselves holding that sign and upload it onto a social media platform, with the hashtag #nodeathpenalty. With the photo uploaded, the person will nominate at least 3 people to do the same, thus creating an exponential (snowball) effect.
- Document type Academic report
- Themes list Public opinion, Trend Towards Abolition,
- Available languages #nodeathpenalty - Flyer
Document(s)
Leaflet – 12th World Day
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
Academic report
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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
Document(s)
Poster – 12th World Day
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
Academic report
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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
Document(s)
Texas Death Penalty Developments in 2010: The Year in Review
By Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, on 1 January 2010
2010
NGO report
More details See the document
Death sentences in Texas have dropped more than 70% since 2003, reaching a historic low in 2010. According to data compiled from news sources and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, juries condemned eight new individuals to death in Texas in 2010. This is the lowest number of new death sentences since the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Texas’ revised death penalty statute in 1976. For preious annual reports on Texas please visit: http://tcadp.org/get-informed/reports/
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Statistics,
Document(s)
Detailed Fact Sheet – Death Penalty and Mental Health
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
2020
Academic report
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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
Document(s)
The Constitution in Crisis Pt 4
By The New School / Fora TV, on 1 January 2007
2007
Arguments against the death penalty
More details See the document
Bryan Stevenson discusses criminal justice in the United States. He discusses the influence of race in the outcome of criminal justice cases and uses social statistics to give the listeners a broader view of why the US state prisons are comprised of more of one race or another. Between chapter 4 and 8 Stevenson discusses the seemingly inherent racial bias to the administration of capital punishment in the United States.
- Document type Arguments against the death penalty
- Themes list Minorities, Discrimination,
Document(s)
#nodeathpenalty – Signs
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
2020
Academic report
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For this 12th World Day Against the Death Penalty the World Coalition has decided to focus on a social media campaign which it hopes will spread the truth about death penalty more widely than ever before. The concept is simple. People will make signs stating why they are against the death penalty and take a photo of themselves holding that sign and upload it onto a social media platform, with the hashtag #nodeathpenalty. With the photo uploaded, the person will nominate at least 3 people to do the same, thus creating an exponential (snowball) effect. Think of it as a cross between the #bringbackourgirls campaign in support for
- Document type Academic report
- Available languages #nodeathpenalty - Signs_Farsi#nodeathpenalty - Signs_Russian#nodeathpenalty - Pancarte#nodeathpenalty - Signs_Chinese#nodeathpenalty - Signs_Spanish
Document(s)
ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF THE ULTIMATE PENAL SANCTION ON HOMICIDE SURVIVORS: A TWO STATE COMPARISON
By Marilyn Peterson Armour / Marquette Law Review, on 1 January 2012
2012
Academic report
More details See the document
Numerous studies have examinedthe psychological sequelae thatresult from the murder of a loved one. Except for the death penalty,however, sparse attention has been paidto the impact of the murderer’ssentence on homicide survivors’ well-being. Given the steadfastness ofthe public’s opinion that the death penalty brings satisfaction and closureto survivors, it is surprising thatthere has been no systematic inquirydirectly with survivors about whether obtaining the ultimate punishmentaffects their healing. This Study used in-person interviews with arandomly selected sample of survivorsfrom four time periods to examinethe totality of the ultimate penal sanction (UPS) process and itslongitudinal impact on their lives. Moreover, it assessed the differentialeffect of two types of UPS by comparing survivors’ experiences in Texas,a death penalty state, and Minnesota, a life without the possibility ofparole (LWOP) state. Comparing states highlights differences primarilyduring the postconviction stage, specifically with respect to the appealsprocess and in regard to survivor well-being. In Minnesota, survivors ofadjudicated cases show higher levels of physical, psychological, andbehavioral health. This Study’s findings have implications for trialstrategy and policy development.
- Document type Academic report
- Themes list Murder Victims' Families,
Document(s)
Promotion by Council of Europe member states of an international moratorium on the death penalty
By Council of Europe / M. Pietro MARCENARO, on 1 January 2007
2007
International law - Regional body
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The Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights confirms its strong opposition to the death penalty in all circumstances. It takes pride in its decisive contribution to making the member states of the Council of Europe a de facto death penalty-free zone. It notes with satisfaction that the death penalty is on the decline world-wide, as shown by a 25% decrease in executions and death sentences between 2005 and 2006. More than 90% of known executions in 2006 took place in only six countries: China, Iran, Pakistan, Iraq, Sudan, and the United States of America – an observer state of the Council of Europe.The small number of countries that still resort to executions on a significant scale is becoming increasingly isolated in the international community. Between 1977 and 2006, the number of abolitionist countries rose from 16 to 89. This number increases to 129 if one includes those countries which have not carried out anyexecutions for the past 10 years or more.A moratorium is an important step as it saves lives at once and has the potential of demonstrating to the public in retentionist countries that an end to state-sponsored killings does not lead to any increase in violent crime. On the contrary, a moratorium on executions can bring about a change of atmosphere in society fostering greater respect for the sanctity of human life, and thus contribute to reversing the trend towards ever-increasing hate and violence.
- Document type International law - Regional body
- Themes list Moratorium ,
- Available languages L’engagement des Etats membres du Conseil de l’Europe à promouvoir au niveau international un moratoire sur la peine de mort
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The 2% Death Penalty: How a Minority of Counties Produce Most Death Cases At Enormous Costs to All
By Death Penalty Information Center / Richard C. Dieter, on 1 January 2013
2013
Academic report
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The 2% Death PenaltyEXECUTIVE SUMMARYContrary to the assumption that the death penalty is widely practiced across thecountry, it isactuallythe domain of a small percentage of U.S. counties in a handful ofstates. The burdens created by this narrow but aggressive use, however, areshiftedtothe majority of counties that almost never use it.The disparate and highly clustered use of the death penalty raises seriousquestions of unequal and arbitraryapplication of the law. It also forcesthejurisdictionsthat have resisted the death penalty for decadesto pay fora costlylegalprocess thatisoftenmarred withinjustice.
- Document type Academic report
- Themes list Statistics,
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Capital Punishment, 2009 – Statistics Tables
By Bureau of Justice Statistics / US Department of Justice, on 8 September 2020
2020
NGO report
United States
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At yearend 2009, 36 states and the Federal Bureau of Prisons held 3,173 inmates under sentence of death, which was 37 fewer inmates than at yearend 2008. This represents the ninth consecutive year that the population has decreased. California, Florida, Texas, and Pennsylvania held half of all inmates on death row as of December 31, 2009. The Federal Bureau of Prisons held 55 inmates.
- Document type NGO report
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Networks, Statistics,
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The European Union and the Abolition of the Death Penalty
By Christan Behrmann and Jon Yorke / Pace University, School of Law, on 1 January 2013
2013
Academic report
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This article investigates how the EU has evolved its abolitionist position. It analyzes the development of the region’s internal policy beginning in the European Parliament, to the rejection of the punishment being mandated as a Treaty provision, which evolves into anintegral component of the external human rights project. The EU has now formulated technical bilateral and multilateral initiatives to promote abolition worldwide. This is most clearly evidenced in the EU playing an important role in the 2007 United Nations General Assembly Resolution on the moratorium on the use of the death penalty, and the strengthening of the resolution in 2008, 2010, and 2012. This article demonstrates that the EU’s contribution to the abolition of the deathpenalty is a recognizable success story of human rights, and it is one aspect of the regions’ policies that was rewarded in 2012 with the Nobel Peace Prize.
- Document type Academic report
- Themes list Trend Towards Abolition,
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Fact Sheet – Judges
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
2020
Academic report
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While the death penalty remains, persons with mental disabilities are at risk of being sentenced to death and executed in breach of international standards. This briefing paper provides concrete examples of what can be done to address this risk, including by implementing existing standards barring the imposition of death sentences or executions on those with intellectual disabilities and those who are seriously mentally ill.
- Document type Academic report
- Themes list Mental Illness, Intellectual Disability,
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Factsheet – Lawyers
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
Academic report
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While the death penalty remains, persons with mental disabilities are at risk of being sentenced to death and executed in breach of international standards. This briefing paper provides concrete examples of what can be done to address this risk, including by ensuring that adequate mental health expertise is available for defendants in capital cases in which mental or intellectual disabilities are claimed as a factor.
- Document type Academic report
- Themes list Mental Illness, Intellectual Disability,
- Available languages Fiche pratique pour les avocats
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Factsheet for Journalists
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 1 January 2014
2014
Working with...
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While the death penalty remains, persons with mental disabilities are at risk of being sentenced to death and executed in breach of international standards. This briefing paper provides concrete examples of what can be done to address this risk, including by working towards the reduction of stigma against persons with mental or intellectual disabilities, particularly where media reports promote inaccurate public beliefs about risks posed by such persons.
- Document type Working with...
- Themes list Mental Illness, Intellectual Disability,
- Available languages Fiche pour les journalistes
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Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
By Council of Europe, on 1 January 1950
1950
Regional body report
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Article 2 – Right to life1. Everyone’s right to life shall be protected by law. No one shall be deprived of his life intentionally save in the execution of a sentence of a court following his conviction of a crime for which this penalty is provided by law.
- Document type Regional body report
- Themes list International law, Right to life,
- Available languages German : Konvention zum Schutze der Menschenrechte und GrundfreiheitenItalian : Convenzione per la salvaguardia dei Diritti dell'Uomo e delle Libertà fondamentaliКонвенция о защите прав человека и основных свободConvention de sauvegarde des Droits de l'Homme et des Libertés fondamentales
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Ratification Campaign Update 14 – January 2014
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
2020
Academic report
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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,
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Ratification Campaign Update 15 – March 2014
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 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,
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Leaflet 10.10.10: The Death Penalty Casts a Shadow on Democracy
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 1 January 2010
2010
Arguments against the death penalty
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Information leaflet about the 2010 World Day on the USA. This leaflet provides information on the death penalty in the USA, 10 arguments to end the death penalty and 10 things you can do to abolish the death penalty.
- Document type Arguments against the death penalty
- Themes list Networks,
- Available languages Brochure 10.10.10 : La Peine de Mort Assombrit la Démocratie
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The Death Penalty in China: Towards the Rule of Law
By Nicola Macbean / Ashgate Publishing, on 1 January 2008
2008
Academic report
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In the run up to the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, intemational criticism of China’s human rights record has highlighted the use of the death penalty. Although global activists may try to intemationalise China’s use ofthe death penalty, capital punishment is a domestic issue.
- Document type Academic report
- Themes list Public debate, Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment, Country/Regional profiles,
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Increased use of the death penalty in Egypt since 2013
By Abdoul Razak Ahmadou Youssoufou, on 13 June 2019
Since the fall of the Morsi regime in 2013, the use of the death penalty has increased considerably in Egypt with a death sentence rate estimated at 2443 people between 2013 and 2018 according to Reprieve.
2019
Egypt
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64th ACHPR Session: Concluding in Egypt, Where Sentences & Executions are on the Rise
By Bronwyn Dudley, on 14 May 2019
The 64th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights (ACHPR) is concluding in Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt. The ACHPR, the African Union organ steadfast in promoting and protecting human rights on the African continent, held the session from 24 April – 14 May 2019. Despite holding official human right’s discussions in a country where sentencing and executions are on the rise, the abolitionist voice was still heard.
2019
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Leaflet World Day 2007: Stop the Death Penalty, the World Decides
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 1 January 2007
2007
Arguments against the death penalty
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To inform the public and invite everyone to take action, this leaflet: presents arguments against the death penalty, presents the campaign for a worldwide moratorium on death penalty, presents the World Day against the Death penalty, invites all citizens and organisations to take action and to sign the international appeal for a worldwide moratorium on executions.
- Document type Arguments against the death penalty
- Themes list Networks,
- Available languages Brochure journée mondiale 2007 : Non à la peine de mort ! Le monde décide
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Ratification Kit – Morocco
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
2020
Academic report
Morocco
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This Ratification Kit is designed for government decision-makers. It gives the procedure to ratify or accede to the Protocol 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 Academic report
- Countries list Morocco
- Themes list International law,
- Available languages Kit de ratification - MarocKit de ratificación - Marruecos
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Ratification Kit – Samoa
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 13 July 2022
2022
Academic report
Samoa
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This Ratification Kit is designed for government decision-makers. It gives the procedure to ratify or accede to the Protocol 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 Academic report
- Countries list Samoa
- Themes list International law,
- Available languages Kit de Ratification - SamoaKit de ratification - SamoaKit de ratificación - Samoa
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Poster – 11th World Day
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
2020
Academic report
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Poster of the 11th World Day against the Death Penalty dedicated to the Caribbean:Stop Crime, not Live. Abolish the Death Penalty now
- Document type Academic report
- Themes list Public debate, Deterrence , Mandatory Death Penalty,
- Available languages Affiche Journée mondiale 2013
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Leaflet – 11th World Day
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
Academic report
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The leaflet of the 2013 World Day provides information on the death penalty in the Greater Caribbean. It also gives arguments against the death penalty.
- Document type Academic report
- Themes list Public debate, Deterrence , Mandatory Death Penalty,
- Available languages Brochure Journée mondiale 2013Folleto Día Mundial 2013
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Ratification Campaign Update 11 – Mai 2013
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 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,
- Available languages Evolution de la campagne de ratification 11 - mai 2013
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Towards the abolition of the death penalty in Lebanon
By LACR / National Campaign for the Abolition of Death Penalty in Lebanon, on 1 January 2009
2009
Campaigning
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Educational booklet compiling testimonies, arguments, legal and historical facts about the path towards abolition in Lebanon.
- Document type Campaigning
- Themes list Public opinion, Public debate, Trend Towards Abolition,
Document(s)
Representing Individuals Facing the Death Penalty: A Best Practices Manual
By Sandra Babcock / Death Penalty Worldwide, on 1 January 2013
2013
Working with...
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This manual was written by Death Penalty Worldwide, a project affiliated with the Center for International Human Rights at Northwestern University School of Law, and the law firm of Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. The manual aims to provide lawyers with legal arguments and strategic guidance in their representation of individuals facing the death penalty around the world. It sets forth the best practices in the defense of capital cases, based on the experiences of advocates around the world, international human rights principles, and the jurisprudence of both national courts and international tribunals.
- Document type Working with...
- Themes list Legal Representation, World Coalition Against the Death Penalty,
- Available languages La défense de condamnés à mort : Guide de bonnes pratiques à l’usage des avocats
Document(s)
Leaflet World Day 2011 on the inhumanity of the death penalty
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 1 January 2011
2011
Campaigning
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This information leaflet about the 2011 World Day on the inhumanity of the death penalty gives background information, 10 arguments to end the death penalty and 10 things you can do to abolish the death penalty.
- Document type Campaigning
- Themes list Networks,
- Available languages Brochure Journée mondiale 2011 : "La peine de mort est inhumaine"
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Mobilisation Kit
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 1 January 2018
2018
Campaigning
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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 proposes 10 tips for successful action.
- Document type Campaigning
- Themes list Public debate,
- Available languages 海報 - 2013 年世界反死刑日Kit de mobilisationKit de movilización动员材料大全
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Fact Sheet – Death Penalty in the Caribbean
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
2020
Academic report
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Detailed information on the death penalty in the Greater Caribbean
- Document type Academic report
- Themes list Due Process , Deterrence , Mandatory Death Penalty, Country/Regional profiles,
- Available languages Fiche sur la peine de mort dans les Caraïbes
Document(s)
Ratification Campaign Update 12 – September 2013
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 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,
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Petition – Barbados and Trinidad & Tobago
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
Academic report
Barbados
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For the 2013 World Day, the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty is asking Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago to abolish the mandatory death penalty for all crimes.
- Document type Academic report
- Countries list Barbados
- Themes list Mandatory Death Penalty, Country/Regional profiles,
- Available languages Pétition - Barbade et Trinité-et-Tobago
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Petition – Guatemala
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
Academic report
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For the 2013 World Day, the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty is asking Guatemala to abolish the death penalty for all crimes in law.
- Document type Academic report
- Themes list International law, Country/Regional profiles,
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Kit for Cities Against the Death Penalty – 2015
By Community of Saint Egidio, on 8 September 2020
Academic report
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- Document type Academic report
- Available languages Kit pour les Villes contre la peine de mort - 2015Kit Ciudades contra la Pena de Muerte - 2015