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Article(s)
A Look Back at the 20th Anniversary of the World Day Against the Death Penalty
By Dunia Schaffa, on 27 January 2023
“Psychologically I am no longer human.”. This tweet by the World Organization Against Torture, quoting an interview with Richard Yav, a former security guard who was wrongly sentenced to death for 20 years in Benin, sheds light on the various impacts of torture.
2023
Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment
Death Row Conditions
Article(s)
DVD carries the voice of abolitionists in Asian languages
on 4 August 2008
A DVD released by ADPAN features a campaigning video made from interviews with international anti-death penalty activists in 13 Asian languages.
2008
China
India
Indonesia
Japan
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Mongolia
Pakistan
Philippines
Republic of Korea
Thailand
Viet Nam
Document(s)
Facts and Figures 2010
By World Day against the death penalty , on 10 October 2010
2010
Campaigning
Trend Towards Abolition
frMore details Download [ pdf - 81 Ko ]
Facts and Figures 2010
- Document type Campaigning
- Themes list Trend Towards Abolition
- Available languages Faits et chiffres 2010
Article(s)
Shedding light on judicial blunders can help achieve abolition
By Tiziana Trotta, on 14 June 2013
Several organizations are condemning executions of innocent people because of wrongful convictions.
2013
Innocence
Spain
Taiwan
Tunisia
United States
Article(s)
Abolition in Africa- 77th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
By Yasin Sentumbwe Munagomba and Bronwyn Dudley, on 12 January 2024
The ACHPR (African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights) 77th Public Ordinary Session was held in Arusha, Tanzania from 20 October – 9 November 2023.
2024
Gender
Trend Towards Abolition
Uganda
United Republic of Tanzania
Article(s)
Moroccan Coalition tackles death penalty for terrorism
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 13 March 2015
The Moroccan Coalition against the Death Penalty held its AGM in Rabat on 27 and 28 February. An unprecedented debate around the death penalty related to terrorism took place during the event.
2015
Morocco
Terrorism
Article(s)
Discussing the Death Penalty for Drug Crimes at the Human Rights Council
By Elisa Bellotti, on 30 September 2015
The Advocates for Human Rights and Together against the Death Penalty (ECPM), in partnership with other members of the World Coalition, organized a Round Table on the issue of the death penalty for drug-related crimes. The event took place during the 30th Session of the UN Human Rights Council, on September 28, 2015.
2015
Drug Offenses
Article(s)
NGO Forum & The ACHPR: A broad overview of African prisons amidst tensions
By Jessica Corredor, on 16 November 2018
The NGO Forum, preceding the ACHPR session, was held from 20 to 23 October 2018, with “The Fight against Corruption” as its main topic.
2018
Death Row Conditions
Legal Representation
Article(s)
Greater Caribbean for Life responds to the call for the resumption of the death penalty in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
By Greater Caribbean for Life and Emmanuel Trépied, on 21 July 2017
Emotions are running high in Trinidad and Tobago because of “runaway crime,” and once again the country finds itself in the throes of looking for ways in which to resume hanging. The Greater Caribbean for Life (GCL) urges Trinidad and Tobago’s government to focus on human development and crime prevention rather than expend time and energy in seeking to resume hanging.
2017
Trinidad and Tobago
Article(s)
7th Congress – The new challenges of the abolitionist movement
By Louis Linel, on 5 March 2019
The actors involved in the universal abolition of the death penalty outlined the new challenges ahead in the fight for the right to life.
2019
Public Opinion
Article(s)
Two days to discuss abolition in Morocco
on 27 October 2008
Gathered in Rabat on World Day Against the Death Penalty, Moroccan and international politicians, religious leaders and campaigners held advanced discussions on this subject. The country has not carried out a single execution in the last fifteen years.
2008
Moratorium
Morocco
Article(s)
Kenya’s new taskforce to review death penalty laws
By Nicolas Chua, on 11 September 2018
In December 2017, two Kenyan men challenged the legality of capital punishment at the Supreme Court, which resulted in Chief Justice Marage declaring the « mandatory nature of the death sentence » unconstitutional. Following this groundbreaking statement, the Taskforce on the Review of the Mandatory Nature of the Death Penalty was appointed on March 15 2018.
2018
Kenya
Article(s)
Applause for Pennsylvania’s death penalty moratorium
By Death Penalty Focus, "Free Mumia!" French Support Group, on 23 February 2015
Newly elected Governor Tom Wolf placed a moratorium on executions in Pennsylvania on 13 February until concerns about the fairness of the state’s death penalty system are addressed.
2015
Moratorium
United States
Article(s)
Paris activists lie down against US federal executions
on 10 July 2009
ACAT-France and Amnesty International France staged their 9th “die-in” against the death penalty in the United States.
2009
Death Row Conditions
France
France
Innocence
United States
Article(s)
Kirghizstan definitively outlaws death penalty
on 18 February 2010
The Kirghiz parliament has ratified the UN Protocol on the abolition of the death penalty as demanded by the World Coalition and its partner States, months after several leaders called for its reinstatement.
2010
Kyrgyzstan
Article(s)
800 cities light up for life
on 17 November 2008
On November 30, monuments in nearly 800 cities across the globe will light up to celebrate “Cities for Life – Cities Against the Death Penalty”.
2008
Italy
Public Opinion
Article(s)
Abolitionist NGOs lobby to educate UN member states in Geneva
By Aurélie Plaçais, on 22 April 2015
Several World Coalition members carried out intense advocacy activities during and after the March session of the Human Rights Council to prepare for the coming UPR session, during which Liberia, Malawi and the USA will be examined.
2015
Article(s)
World Coalition held first General Assembly in East Africa
By World Coalition against the death penalty, on 7 July 2023
The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty co-organized with ICJ-Kenya its first General Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya on 23-24 June 2023.
2023
Trend Towards Abolition
Article(s)
All roads lead to Rome for world abolitionists
on 9 June 2009
Representatives from the World Coalition’s 88 member organizations will hold their AGM in Italy on June 13 to prepare future campaigns and listen to the testimony of a former death row inmate.
2009
Italy
Article(s)
World’s nations call for execution freeze
By Maria Donatelli, on 20 December 2012
The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty welcomes the adoption by a growing number of United Nations member States of a fourth resolution calling for a universal moratorium on the use of the death penalty.
2012
Bahrain
Central African Republic
Chad
Dominica
Juveniles
Maldives
Moratorium
Oman
Papua New Guinea
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
South Sudan
Sri Lanka
Tunisia
Women
Article(s)
117 countries vote for a global moratorium on executions
By Maria Donatelli, on 19 December 2014
The latest vote at the UN General Assembly shows wider support than ever for a resolution on a moratorium on the use of the death penalty.
2014
Moratorium
Article(s)
Web-Editor
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 17 October 2016
The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty is recruiting a Web-editor for its website.
2016
Article(s)
A World Without the Death Penalty – IX Congress of the Ministers of Justice
By Federica Merenda, on 29 February 2016
On 22 February 2016, the representatives of more than twenty countries gathered in Rome for the 9th International Congress of the Ministers of Justice « A World without the death penalty », organized by the Community of Sant’Egidio and hosted by the Italian Chamber of Deputies. Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Congo, El Salvador, Guinea Conakry, Cȏte d’Ivoire, Mali, Mongolia, Rwanda, Somalia, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Timor-Leste, Togo, Uganda, Viet Nam, Zimbabwe are the countries who joined Italy in the last edition of this annual conference.
2016
Article(s)
Country-by-country death penalty data now available
By Center for International Human Rights at Northwestern University School of Law, on 19 April 2011
A new statistic and legal database designed by Northwestern University in partnership with the World Coalition offers a unique view of the use of capital punishment in more than 90 states.
2011
Article(s)
China rejects all UN recommendations on death penalty use
By Aurélie Plaçais, on 24 March 2014
“China’s position is to retain the death penalty, but strictly and prudently limit its application according to law,” said the world’s top executioner after it rejected all 20 UPR recommendations to curb capital punishment.
2014
China
Article(s)
The ACHPR Moves Online, along with Advocacy to End Capital Punishment
By Bronwyn Dudley, on 30 July 2020
Adapting to the restrictions that the COVID-19 pandemic has placed on physical gatherings, the NGO Forum and following 66th ACHPR Session (African Commission on Human and People’s Rights) were held via Zoom videoconference on 9-10 July and 13 July – 07 August, 2020, respectively.
2020
Article(s)
7th World Congress – The rights of children of parents sentenced to death
By Louis Linel, on 8 April 2019
This 10th October, the World Coalition will celebrate the 17th World Day Against the Death Penalty, which is focused on the rights of children whose parents are sentenced to death or executed. In time for the 30th anniversary of the International Convention on the Rights of the Child on 20 November, this year’s theme serves as a reminder that the death penalty constitutes a widespread violation of human rights, impacting even those unseen victims. Let’s look back at how this theme was discussed and addressed during the 7th World Congress.
2019
Juveniles
Article(s)
Ivory Coast invited to ratify the UN Protocol on the death penalty
By Guillaume Colin (FIACAT), on 27 November 2013
World Coalition member organization FIACAT has taken part in a follow up mission to the Ivory Coast after the African human rights body issued the country with recommendations including ratifying the treaty that copperfastens abolition.
2013
Côte d'Ivoire
Côte d'Ivoire
Article(s)
Fewest death sentences in 40 years in the US
By Death Penalty Information Center, on 12 January 2015
The number of executions in the United States was at its lowest in 20 years and seven death row prisoners were exonerated in 2014.
2015
Intellectual Disability
Mental Illness
United States
Article(s)
Toward the abolition in Cameroon
By Lorène du Crest et Nicolas Perron, on 6 July 2017
Despite Africa’s march towards abolition, considered by many as the next abolitionist continent, Cameroon continues to withstand the abolitionist trend. Cameroon is the biggest executioner among French speaking countries in Africa, and the seventh country – on a global scale – with the largest number of death sentences: 160 in 2016, according to Amnesty International.
2017
Cameroon
Article(s)
UN resolution: the abolitionist front gets stronger
on 19 December 2008
The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty welcomes the adoption by the United Nations General Assembly of a second resolution calling for a universal moratorium on the use of the death penalty.
2008
Algeria
Bahrain
Chad
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Equatorial Guinea
Jordan
Kiribati
Mauritania
Moratorium
Oman
Seychelles
Article(s)
World Coalition elects new decision-making bodies
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 22 June 2015
The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty has elected a new Steering Committee and a new Executive Board to serve for two years.
2015
Article(s)
The World Coalition mission in Tanzania and the project on Sub-Saharan Africa
By Federica Merenda, on 28 April 2016
In the context of the new project to increase mobilization towards the abolition of the death penalty in Africa, from 15 to 19 April 2016 the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty has been engaged in several important activities in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.Tanzania is a country that still retains the death penalty in its laws though it is abolitionist in practice, the last execution took place in 1994.
2016
United Republic of Tanzania
Article(s)
Morocco is working to break down the political barriers to the abolition of the death penalty
By Tiziana Trotta, on 26 October 2015
The Moroccan Coalition Against the Death Penalty organized numerous meetings and events in different regions of the country in October on the occasion of the 13th World Day.
2015
Morocco
Document(s)
2020 World Day report
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 10 June 2021
2021
Campaigning
Legal Representation
frMore details Download [ pdf - 1081 Ko ]
The 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty explored the theme “Access to Counsel: A Matter of Life or Death” in light of the continued execution of individuals who struggle to have adequate support from the State (in having access to a trained, experienced attorney, to have adequate time to mount a defense, etc), who consequently also face their challenges in the judicial system.
Having access to qualified and effective representation at all stages of a trial is important to ensure due process and can spell the difference between life and death for people facing capital punishment.
- Document type Campaigning
- Themes list Legal Representation
- Available languages Rapport de la Journée mondiale 2020
Article(s)
One more step towards universal abolition
on 20 November 2008
The Third Committee of the United Nations’ General Assembly has adopted a resolution calling for a gobal moratorium on executions for the second time. More countries supported the text.
2008
Moratorium
Article(s)
Protecting vulnerable groups from the death penalty
on 24 February 2010
Juveniles and the mentally ill face a higher risk of falling victims to the death penalty. Abolitionists and activists defending their rights have teamed up to highlight this situation.
2010
Drug Offenses
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Juveniles
Mental Illness
Switzerland
Women
Article(s)
Amnesty International 2013 Annual Report
on 27 March 2014
2014
Article(s)
Nations of the world to vote on fresh moratorium resolution
on 8 November 2008
As the 63rd session of the UN General Assembly gets under way in New York, the spotlight is once again put on a text calling for a global moratorium on executions.
2008
Moratorium
Article(s)
Hands Off Cain names Jean Ping “Abolitionist of the Year”
on 27 July 2010
World Coalition member organisation Hands Off Cain will on July 31present Jean Ping, the chairman of the African Union Commission, with its 2010 award.
2010
Italy
Article(s)
World Coalition elects new decision-making bodies
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 21 June 2013
The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty has elected a new Steering Committee and a new Executive Board to serve for two years.
2013
Article(s)
Mental illness and the death penalty: a painful intersection
on 28 May 2008
Two leading American grassroots organisations have come together to raise awareness about the execution of mentally ill defendants.
2008
Mental Illness
Murder Victims' Families
United States
Article(s)
The death penalty at the heart of the debates of the 62nd Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
By Guillaume Colin - Jessica Corredor, on 15 May 2018
The 62nd Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR), the African Union body responsible for the promotion and protection of human rights in Africa, was held from April 25th to May 9th, 2018 in Nouakchott, Mauritania.The death penalty was at the heart of the debates throughout this Session, during panel discussions, side-events or during the review of the State’s periodic reports.
2018
Mauritania
Public Opinion
Article(s)
Madagascar’s MPs abolish the death penalty
on 10 December 2014
The National Assembly of Madagascar adopted a bill that abolishes the death penalty on 10 December, World Human Rights Day.
2014
Madagascar
Madagascar
Article(s)
Bahrain: Joint appeal for commutation and moratorium
By Salam for Democracy and Human Rights, on 13 January 2022
Joint Appeal was published on World Day Against the Death Penlaty on 10 October 2021 and sent to the Bahraini Embassy in France, UK and Switzerland.
2022
Bahrain
Clemency
Moratorium
Article(s)
Internship opportunity at Centre on the Death Penalty, NLU Delhi
By NLU Delhi, on 1 April 2016
The Centre on the Death Penalty is keen to develop a robust and rewarding internship programme that will provide meaningful exposure to the complexities and nuances, in particular, of the administration of the death penalty and the criminal justice system in India more generally, therefore the centre introduces internship program where they accept interns on rolling basis.
2016
India
Article(s)
Research Assistant
By Death Penalty Worldwide, Cornell Law School and World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 February 2016
Death Penalty Worldwide of Cornell University Law School and the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty invite applications for a five-month internship placement in Paris from March to July 2016.
2016
Document(s)
Living with a Death Sentence in Kenya: Prisoners’ Experiences of Crime, Punishment and Death Row
By Carolyn Hoyle and Lucrezia Rizzelli, on 24 January 2023
2023
Book
Kenya
More details See the document
The Death Penalty Project’s latest report provides a comprehensive analysis of the lives of prisoners on death row in Kenya. It focuses on prisoners’ socio-economic backgrounds and profiles, their pathways to, and motivation for, offending, as well as their experiences of the criminal justice process and of imprisonment. It complements our previous research, a two-part study of attitudes towards the death penalty in Kenya, The Death Penalty in Kenya: A Punishment that has Died Out in Practice.
While 120 countries around the world have now abolished the death penalty, including 25 in Africa, Kenya is one of 22 African nations that continues to retain the death penalty in law, albeit it has not carried out any executions for more than three decades. As such, Kenya is classified as ‘abolitionist de facto’, the United Nations term for a country that has not carried out an execution for at least 10 years. Yet, while state-sanctioned executions no longer occur, hundreds of people are currently living under sentence of death and others are convicted and sentenced to death each year. As long as the death penalty is retained in law, there remains a risk that executions might resume if there is political change. Moreover, the plight and turmoil of those languishing on death row – consistently the poorest and most vulnerable – cannot be ignored. They are disproportionately sentenced to death and suffer the harshest punishments and treatment.
- Document type Book
- Countries list Kenya
Document(s)
21st World Day – Facts and Figures 2023
By the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 12 June 2023
2023
Campaigning
World Coalition
frMore details Download [ pdf - 239 Ko ]
Find the main facts and figures regarding the death penalty worldwide in 2022 and early 2023.
- Document type Campaigning / World Coalition
- Available languages 21ème Journée Mondiale - Faits et chiffres 2023
Document(s)
Facts and Figures 2022
By the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 24 June 2022
2022
World Coalition
frMore details Download [ pdf - 241 Ko ]
Find the main facts and figures regarding the death penalty worldwide in 2021 and early 2022.
- Document type World Coalition
- Available languages Faits et chiffres 2022
Document(s)
Facts and Figures 2009
By World Coalition against the death penalty , on 10 October 2009
2009
Campaigning
Trend Towards Abolition
frMore details Download [ pdf - 95 Ko ]
Facts and Figures 2009
- Document type Campaigning
- Themes list Trend Towards Abolition
- Available languages Faits et chiffres 2009
Document(s)
Anti–Death Penalty Advocacy: A Lawyer’s View from Australia
By Julian McMahon SC, on 1 September 2022
2022
Article
Australia
More details See the document
This article reviews the executions of Australians in the region and the Australian responses over the past two decades. Informed by the author’s legal defence role in death penalty cases in Singapore and Indonesia and other countries, the article explores developments in anti–death penalty advocacy since 2015: the parliamentary enquiry, the ‘whole of government’ strategy led by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the efforts made by Australia and Australians in Asia.
This article was first published in Crime Justice Journal: https://www.crimejusticejournal.com/issue/view/119
- Document type Article
- Countries list Australia
Document(s)
Taking Capital Punishment Seriously
By Franklin E. Zimmering / David T. Johnson / Asian Journal of Criminology, on 1 January 2006
2006
Article
More details See the document
Although Asia is the most important region of the world when it comes to capital punishment, it is also one of the most understudied. This article identifies four research questions that deserve attention from students and scholars who believe taking capital punishment seriously requires studying Asia seriously too. What are the empirical contours of capital punishment in contemporary Asia? What are the histories of capital punishment in Asia? Can Western theories of capital punishment explain patterns and changes in Asia? And what is the future of capital punishment in Asia? If researchers take the trouble to explore these questions, the death penalty will not only become an interesting window into law and society in Asia, but Asia will prove to be an instructive window into the death penalty—the gravest real-life problem in the law.
- Document type Article
- Themes list Networks,
Document(s)
Leaflet – World Day 2023
on 12 June 2023
2023
Campaigning
World Coalition
arfrMore details Download [ pdf - 1095 Ko ]
Leaflet for the 21th World Day against the death penalty (2023), on torture and the death penalty.
- Document type Campaigning / World Coalition
- Available languages كتيب - اليوم العالمي 2023Brochure - Journée mondiale 2023
Document(s)
Leaflet Lobbying
By World Coalition against the death penalty , on 10 October 2007
2007
Campaigning
Trend Towards Abolition
frMore details See the document
Leaflet Lobbying
- Document type Campaigning
- Themes list Trend Towards Abolition
- Available languages Brochure Lobbying 2007
Member(s)
International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)
on 30 April 2020
The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)’s mandate is to act effectively to ensure all the rights laid down in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights are respected. These include civil and political rights, as well as economic, social and cultural ones. The FIDH is a federation of 141 leagues in 100 countries. It coordinates […]
2020
France
Document(s)
Initiatives World Day 2004
By World Coalition against the death penalty , on 10 October 2004
2004
Campaigning
Trend Towards Abolition
frMore details See the document
Initiatives World Day 2004
- Document type Campaigning
- Themes list Trend Towards Abolition
- Available languages Initiatives journée mondiale 2004
Document(s)
22nd World Day Against the Death Penalty – FACTS AND FIGURES
By World coalition against the death penalty, on 8 July 2024
2024
Campaigning
World Coalition
frMore details Download [ pdf - 206 Ko ]
- Document type Campaigning / World Coalition
- Available languages 22e Journée mondiale contre la peine de mort - Faits et chiffres
Document(s)
A/HRC/RES/54/35 Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council
on 7 February 2024
2024
International law - United Nations
aresfrruzh-hantMore details See the document
- Document type International law - United Nations
- Available languages A/HRC/RES/54/35قرار اعتمده مجلس حقوق اإلنسانA/HRC/RES/54/35 Resolución aprobada por el Consejo de Derechos HumanosA/HRC/RES/54/35 Résolution adoptée par le Conseil des droits de l’hommeA/HRC/RES/54/35 Резолюция, принятая Советом по правам человекаA/HRC/RES/54/35 人权理事会 通过的决议
Member(s)
Chaml (Non-Violent Non-Sectarian Lebanese Citizenly Youth)
on 30 April 2020
Mandate and goals : Spread the culture of non-violence, non-sectarianism and human rights and advocate for political/legal change that is relevant to our values. We have five principles: Non-sectarianism, Non-violence, Justice, Democracy, and Sovereignty. Kind of actions : – Raise awareness, protest, and lobby to pass the Lebanese Personal Status law – Document sectarian hate […]
2020
Lebanon
Member(s)
American Friends Service Committee
on 30 April 2020
The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) carries out service, development, social justice and peace programs throughout the world. It was founded by Quakers during World War 1 to provide conscientious objectors with an opportunity to aid civilian war victims. The AFSC’s work is based on the Quaker belief in the worth of every person, and […]
United States
Member(s)
Belarusian Helsinki Committee
on 30 April 2020
Founded in 1995, the National Human Rights Public Association “Belarusian Helsinki Committee” is one of the oldest human rights defenders organizations in Belarus. The list of its founders includes the nation’s most prominent leaders such as Vasil’ Bykau, Sviatlana Alexievich (Nobel prize in literature 2015). BHC sees as its main objective creating of civic context, […]
Belarus
Member(s)
Marvi Rural Development Organization
on 15 September 2020
Marvi Rural Development Organization (MRDO) is registered under the Societies Act as a non-profit/non-government organization in 1994 envisioned to address social sufferings of marginalized and underprivileged population segments in northern Sindh, particularly disadvantaged men, women and children. Since its inception, MRDO has designed and implemented over 60 projects of diversified nature for vulnerable, disastrous, and […]
2020
Pakistan
Document(s)
Poster World Day 2006
on 10 October 2006
2006
Campaigning
Trend Towards Abolition
frMore details Download [ pdf - 191 Ko ]
Discrimination, unfair trials, judicial error, the execution of child
offenders and those suffering from mental disabilities all
amount to a failure of justice and provide more compelling rea-
sons to abolish the death penalty. 10 October 2006 is the fourth
World Day Against the Death Penalty. Join the World Coalition
Against the Death Penalty in working for an end to the use of
capital punishment and a globe free of judicial killing.
- Document type Campaigning
- Themes list Trend Towards Abolition
- Available languages Affiche journée mondiale 2006
Member(s)
International Federation of ACATs (FIACAT)
on 30 April 2020
The International Federation of ACATs (Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture), FIACAT, is an international non-governmental human rights organisation, set up in 1987, which works towards the abolition of torture and the death penalty. The Federation brings together some thirty national associations, the ACATs, present in four continents. FIACAT – representing its members […]
2020
France
Member(s)
People of Faith Against the Death Penalty
on 30 April 2020
People of Faith Against the Death Penalty (PFADP) is a nongovernmental organisation whose mission is to educate and mobilise faith communities to act to abolish the death penalty in the United States. Founded in 1994 in North Carolina, PFADP focuses its programs on organising among faith communities in the Southern United States, where most executions […]
United States
Member(s)
REPRODEVH-Niger
on 30 April 2020
Created in 2011 by young people and structures concerned with defending human rights, the Progress and Humanitarian Development Network of Niger is a collective of NGOs/ADs whose aim is to defend democracy and good governance, through the promotion of health, education, human dignity for all, the fight against the death penalty, torture and all related […]
Niger
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Kurdpa Human Rights Organization
on 29 November 2023
KURDPA is a human rights organization and independent news agency, and is a leading source for the latest information on Kurdistan in Iran, with daily coverage in three languages. Founded in 2011, KURDPA’s on-the-ground reporting highlights human rights concerns affecting the Iranian Kurdish community. Kurdpa Organization intends to compensate the existing shortcomings in identifying and […]
2023
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
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Legal Defence & Assistance Project (LEDAP)
on 30 April 2020
LEDAP – Legal Defence & Assistance Project provides legal aid to victims of human rights violations, campaign for abolition of the death penalty in Nigeria, documentation of unlawful killings in Nigeria, support to torture survivors, domestic violence support to victims, legislative advocacy on criminal justice, gender violence, human rights. LEDAP is a member of the […]
2020
Nigeria
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Pax Christi Uvira asbl
on 30 April 2020
Pax Christi Uvira is a non-profit association (asbl) created in 2003 in Uvira (Diocese of Uvira) in the province of South Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. It joins the World Catholic Movement for Peace, PAX CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL, as a local group. It is an NGO under Congolese law (with legal […]
Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Bylaws 2021
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 9 September 2021
2021
World Coalition
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Bylaws of the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty As Amended by the 18 June 2021 General Assembly
- Document type World Coalition
- Available languages Statuts 2021
Document(s)
Bylaws of the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty 2023
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 22 August 2023
2023
World Coalition
Trend Towards Abolition
frMore details Download [ pdf - 146 Ko ]
- Document type World Coalition
- Themes list Trend Towards Abolition
- Available languages Statuts de la Coalition mondiale contre la peine de mort 2023
Article(s)
Reorienting Drug Policy in Indonesia towards the Achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals
By LHB Masyarakat, Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, on 6 August 2020
Indonesian not-for-profit organization LBH Masyarakat, Reprieve, and the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs recently published a report that reframes the drug problem and corresponding policy action in light of the country’s commitment to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The report argues that the drug policies currently in place in Indonesia must be re-evaluated in such a way that tackles poverty and inequality and prioritizes support for those who are “left behind”, and put an end to its current punitive strategies.
2020
Drug Offenses
Indonesia
Member(s)
Italian Federation for Human Rights (FIDU)
on 30 April 2020
Active since 1987 as Italian Helsinki Committee, FIDU promotes the protection of human rights as enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social in other relevant international documents. FIDU therefore intends to work to spread the knowledge of […]
2020
Italy
Member(s)
Human Rights and Democracy Media Center (SHAMS)
on 30 April 2020
Human Rights and Democracy Media Center “SHAMS” is a Palestinian non-governmental non-profit organization, established in 2003 in Ramallah by a group of academicians, educated, advocates and human rights activists .“SHAMS” Center holds Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations “SHAMS” Center believes that dissemination and generalization of human […]
State of Palestine
Article(s)
167 Ugandan death row inmates saved from gallows
on 19 September 2010
Recent figures show that a January ruling by the Ugandan supreme court making it illegal to keep people on death row for more than three years has saved 167 lives.
2010
Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment
Uganda
Member(s)
International Organization for Diplomatic Relations
on 30 April 2020
The International Organization for Diplomatic Relations (IODR), also known as “Correspondants Diplomatiques” intends to promote alliance and cultural cooperation through the exchange of documents, the organization of conferences, concerts, and events of various kinds, and publications. It promotes solidarity between people and individuals and the full realization of the basic rights of man, as inspired […]
2020
Malta
Member(s)
Death Penalty Focus
on 30 April 2020
Death Penalty Focus (DPF) is a non-profit advocacy organization dedicated to the abolition of capital punishment in the United States through public education; grassroots organizing and political advocacy; media outreach; and domestic and international coalition building. With 150,000 members and supporters nationwide, DPF is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors comprised of renowned political, […]
United States
Member(s)
Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants (CURE)
on 30 April 2020
Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants (CURE) is a grassroots organization that was founded in Texas in 1972. It became a national organization in 1985. CURE believes that prisons should be used only for those who absolutely must be incarcerated and that those who are incarcerated should have all of the resources they need to […]
United States
Member(s)
ROTAB
on 30 April 2020
The Organisation for Transparency and Budgetary Analysis (ROTAB – Publish What You Pay Niger) is a group of several associations, NGOs and unions in Niger who decided to take part in the worldwide campaign Publish What You Pay. This initiative calls for transparency in the extraction industry, at a time when the murky nature of […]
Niger
Member(s)
Madrid Bar Association
on 5 May 2021
Founded in 1596, the Madrid Bar Association is made up of 77,000 lawyers, and its main mission is to defend their corporate interests and those of the citizens they serve. Likewise, the Bar guarantees its independence and the validity of the basic values of the profession, and provides its members with the services they need […]
2021
Spain
Document(s)
Carrying out executions took a secret toll on workers — then changed their politics
By Chiara Eisner, on 16 November 2022
2022
Article
United States
More details See the document
Most of the workers NPR interviewed reported suffering serious mental and physical repercussions. But only one person said they received any psychological support from the government to help them cope. The experience was enough to shift many of their perspectives on capital punishment. No one who NPR spoke with whose work required them to witness executions in Virginia, Nevada, Florida, California, Ohio, South Carolina, Arizona, Nebraska, Texas, Alabama, Oregon, South Dakota or Indiana expressed support for the death penalty afterward, NPR found.
- Document type Article
- Countries list United States
Document(s)
Right Here, Right Now Life Stories from America’s Death Row
By Lynden Harris, on 10 August 2021
2021
Book
Death Row Conditions
United States
More details See the document
Upon receiving his execution date, one of the thousands of men living on death row in the United States had an epiphany: “All there ever is, is this moment. You, me, all of us, right here, right now, this minute, that’s love.”
Right Here, Right Now collects the powerful, first-person stories of dozens of men on death rows across the country. From childhood experiences living with poverty, hunger, and violence to mental illness and police misconduct to coming to terms with their executions, these men outline their struggle to maintain their connection to society and sustain the humanity that incarceration and its daily insults attempt to extinguish.
By offering their hopes, dreams, aspirations, fears, failures, and wounds, the men challenge us to reconsider whether our current justice system offers actual justice or simply perpetuates the social injustices that obscure our shared humanity.
- Document type Book
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Death Row Conditions
Article(s)
China reduces the number of crimes punishable by death to 46, but keeps drug trafficking in the list
By Aurélie Plaçais, on 7 October 2015
China removes nine non-violent and rarely used criminal offenses from capital punishment.
2015
China
Drug Offenses
Member(s)
Prisoner’s Future Foundation
on 28 March 2023
Prisoners’ Future Foundation (PFF) is a local non-governmental Ministry of Community Development and Social Services (MCDSS) following government enforcing the NGO Act of 2009 of the laws of Zambia. PFF has in the past handled both advocacy and service delivery, in responding to the needs of currently and formally incarcerated people and citizens who have […]
2023
Zambia
Member(s)
International Academic Network for the Abolition of Capital Punishment (REPECAP)
on 30 April 2020
REPECAP was founded in 2009 with the aim of supporting preparations for the creation of the International Commission against the Death Penalty that was created a year later. We represent a non-governmental organization whose purpose is of academic nature for the dissemination of scientific knowledge impartially through its many nodes present at prestigious Universities around […]
2020
Spain
Member(s)
Greater Caribbean for Life
on 30 April 2020
The Greater Caribbean for Life (GCL) is an independent, not-for-profit civil society organization, incorporated under the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. GCL was established on 2 October 2013 by activists and organizations from twelve Greater Caribbean countries following an International Conference held in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Our organization came into […]
Trinidad and Tobago
Member(s)
Leaders Organization
on 30 April 2020
Leaders Organization is a Palestinian youth led non-governmental organization that was established in 2002.The Organization prides itself in its principles and unique approach to development in the Palestinian territories. At the time, it was established to allow youths to participate in serving their society. Since then, Leaders have established a reputation for working with, serving, […]
State of Palestine
Article(s)
Guatemala abolishes the death penalty for ordinary crimes
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 31 October 2017
On October 24, the Constitutional Court of Guatemala has abolished the death penalty in civil cases.
2017
Guatemala
Article(s)
Burkina Faso has joined the global trend toward abolition of the death penalty in Africa
By International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH), on 6 June 2018
On 31 May, the Burkinabe Parliament abolished the death penalty by adopting a new criminal code that excludes it from the arsenal of sentences regardless of crimes considered and circumstances in which they were committed. Thus, Burkina Faso become the 144th States in the World and the 40th African State abolitionist in law and in practice. Our organizations welcome this major step which strengthens the Burkinabe legal framework for the protection of human rights and is part of regional and international movement in favour of the abolition of this inhuman, ineffective and irreversible punishment.
2018
Burkina Faso
Article(s)
If I do not accept that a terrorist kills me, I do not accept either to kill a terrorist
By Tiziana Trotta, on 18 October 2016
Khachig Ghosn is a 22-year-old student of social work at the Lebanese University. Three years ago, he witnessed an explosion in Beirut. Despite this dramatic experience, he is against the use of the death penalty and he is convinced that capital executions have no deterrent effect on terrorism.Ghosn is aware that changes in his country take a very long time, but he has a positive long-term vision and hopes that the death penalty will be abolished.
2016
Lebanon
Murder Victims' Families
Terrorism
Article(s)
Iraq’s frantic executions pace linked to serious human rights violations
By Thomas Hubert, on 27 March 2014
Iraq emerges as the country with the fastest-growing number of executions in Amnesty International’s new annual report on the death penalty. The World Coalition’s submission for Iraq’s upcoming UN human rights review calls for a moratorium on abusive executions.
2014
Fair Trial
Iraq
Iraq
Terrorism
Member(s)
Mouvance des Abolitionnistes du Congo Brazzaville
on 30 April 2020
Mandate and Objectives: – Promote fundamental human rights : LIFE , EDUCATION, ACCESS TO WATER AND ELECTRICITY – Making human rights in daily lives – Fighting for universal abolition of the death penalty, starting in Congo Brazzaville by a national moratorium Types of action: – Exhibitions and screenings – Lectures, discussion and citizen petition, Sit-in […]
2020
Congo
Page(s)
Newsletter
on 22 June 2020
With our monthly newsletter, make sure that you do not miss out on the latest information on the abolition of the death penalty. Subscribe to receive the latest articles published on the site, new documents available in the library as well as the agenda of our members. You can also sign up for our quarterly […]
2020
Article(s)
Benin votes overwhelmingly to join abolitionist ranks
By Emile Carreau, on 5 September 2011
On 19 August 2011 the National Assembly of the West African nation of Benin counted 54 votes in favour of ratifying the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights aiming at the abolition of the death penalty, with only 5 votes against and 6 abstentions.
2011
Benin
Benin
Article(s)
Japan death penalty at turning point
on 9 February 2012
After one year without executions, the Japanese government looks set to resume state killings. The Center for Prisoners’ Rights, a World Coalition member organisation, has launched an urgent petition to reverse the trend.
2012
Clemency
Japan
Document(s)
Anniversary tool – 20th World Day
By the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 July 2022
2022
World Coalition
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Anniversary tool for the 20th World Day Against the Death Penalty.
This tool traces 20 years of struggle for the abolition of the death penalty. Rediscover the different themes addressed and the achievements of the World Day.
- Document type World Coalition
- Available languages أداة الذكرى السنوية - اليوم العالمي العشرينOutil anniversaire - 20e Journée mondiale
Article(s)
Progressing towards abolition in East Africa
on 7 August 2011
On 24-27 July, 2011, World Coalition members Penal Reform International (PRI), Foundation for Human Rights Initiative (FHRI) and the International Commission of Jurists-Kenya section (ICJ), jointly hosted a regional roundtable on “Death Penalty in East Africa: Challenges, Strategies and Comparative Jurisprudence”, with the Judicial Studies Institute (JSI) in Nairobi, Kenya.
2011
Death Row Conditions
Fair Trial
Kenya
Article(s)
Suspension of Pakistan executions not enough – ADPAN
By Thomas Hubert, on 22 August 2013
The Anti Death Penalty Asia Network calls for the restoration of a formal moratorium after the government postponed a wave of executions under pressure from international abolitionists.
2013
Moratorium
Pakistan
Pakistan
Member(s)
Comitato Paul Rougeau
on 30 April 2020
Paul Rougeau was sentenced to death in Texas for the murder of an off-duty policeman. He always maintained he was innocent. In 1992, after he had spent 15 years on death row, the Italian newspaper Il Manifesto printed a letter by Paul Rougeau on its front page. A group of Italian citizens then decided to […]
2020
Italy