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Randall Adams, 61, Dies; Freed With Help of Film
By Douglas Martin / New York Times, on 1 January 2011
2011
Legal Representation
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Randall Dale Adams, who spent 12 years in prison before his conviction in the murder of a Dallas police officer was thrown out largely on the basis of evidence uncovered by a filmmaker, died in obscurity in October in Washington Court House, Ohio. He was 61.
- Document type Legal Representation
- Themes list Innocence,
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Make Me Believe
By Dax-Devlon Ross / Outside the Box Publishing, on 1 January 2011
Book
United States
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A Crime Novel Based on Real Events, follows the discoveries and dangerous encounters of a fictional author investigating the case of Toronto Patterson, the last juvenile defendant executed in Texas.
- Document type Book
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Juveniles,
Document(s)
A victim of 9/11 hate crime now fights for his attacker’s life
By Kari Huus / MSNBC, on 8 September 2020
2020
Academic report
United States
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Immigrant badly wounded by ‘Arab Slayer’ mounts long-shot bid to halt execution.
- Document type Academic report
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Retribution, Murder Victims' Families,
Document(s)
In the Place of Justice: A Story of Punishment and Deliverance
By Wilbert Rideau / Knopf, on 1 January 2011
2011
Book
United States
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A death row inmate finds redemption as a prison journalist in this uplifting memoir. In 1961, after a bungled bank robbery, Rideau was convicted of murder at the age of 19 and received a death sentence that was later commuted to life in prison.
- Document type Book
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Death Row Conditions,
Document(s)
Living with murder, the video documentary: Meet those touched by Detroit homicide
By Suzette Hackney / Kathy Kieliszewski / Romain Blanquart / Detroit Free Press, on 1 January 2011
Legal Representation
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More than 3,300 people have been murdered in the City of Detroit since 2003. In this Detroit Free Press documentary, meet some of the families who have lost loved ones to homicide, are searching for justice and trying to come to terms with their losses.
- Document type Legal Representation
- Themes list FRONTPAGE
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The True Legacy of Atkins and Roper: The Unreliability Principle, Mentally Ill Defendants, and the Death Penalty’s Unraveling
By Scott E. Sundby / University of Miami School of Law, on 8 September 2020
2020
NGO report
United States
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In striking down the death penalty for intellectually disabled and juvenile defendants, Atkins v. Virginia and Roper v. Simmons have been understandably heralded as important holdings under the Court’s Eighth Amendment jurisprudence that has found the death penalty “disproportional” for certain types of defendants and crimes. This Article argues, however, that the cases have a far more revolutionary reach than their conventional understanding. In both cases the Court went one step beyond its usual two-step analysis of assessing whether imposing the death penalty violated “evolving standards of decency.” This extra step looked at why even though intellectual disability and youth were powerful mitigators, juries were not able to reliably use them in their decision making. The Court thus articulated expressly for the first time what this Article calls the “unreliability principle:” if too great a risk exists that constitutionally protected mitigation cannot be reliably assessed, the unreliability means that the death penalty cannot be constitutionally imposed. In recognizing the unreliability principle, the Court has called into serious question the death penalty for other offenders to whom the principle applies, such as mentally ill defendants. And, unlike with the “evolving standards” analysis, the unreliability principle does not depend on whether a national consensus exists against the practice. This Article identifies the six Atkins-Roper factors that bring the unreliability principle into play and shows why they make application of the death penalty to mentally ill defendants unconstitutional. The principle, which finds its constitutional home in the cases of Woodson v. North Carolina and Lockett v. Ohio, has profound implications for the death penalty, and if taken to its logical endpoint calls into question the Court’s core premise since Furman v. Georgia, that by providing individualized consideration of a defendant and his crime, the death penalty decision will be free of arbitrariness.
- Document type NGO report
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Fair Trial, Intellectual Disability,
Document(s)
Minority Practice, Majority’s Burden: The Death Penalty Today
By James S. Liebman / Peter Clarke / Columbia School of Law, on 1 January 2011
2011
Article
United States
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This article explores how, capital punishment in the United States is a minority practice. This feature of American capital punishment has become more pronounced recently, and is especially clear when death sentences, which are merely infrequent, are distinguished from executions, which are exceedingly rare.
- Document type Article
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Minorities,
Document(s)
The Death Penalty in Africa : The Path Towards Abolition
By Ashgate Publishing / Aimé Muyoboke Karimunda, on 1 January 2014
2014
Book
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Human development is not simply about wealth and economic well-being, it is also dependent upon shared values that cherish the sanctity of human life. Using comparative methods, archival research and quantitative findings, this book explores the historical and cultural background of the death penalty in Africa, analysing the law and practice of the death penalty under European and Asian laws in Africa before independence. Showing progressive attitudes to punishment rooted in both traditional and modern concepts of human dignity, Aimé Muyoboke Karimunda assesses the ground on which the death penalty is retained today. Providing a full and balanced appraisal of the arguments, the book presents a clear and compelling case for the total abolition of the death penalty throughout Africa.
- Document type Book
- Themes list Trend Towards Abolition,
Document(s)
Military court exonerates Chiang Kuo-ching
By Rich Chang / Taipei Times, on 1 January 2011
2011
Legal Representation
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A military court yesterday acquitted Chiang Kuo-ching (江國慶), who was executed for the rape and murder of a girl 15 years ago, in a posthumous trial.
- Document type Legal Representation
- Themes list Innocence,
Document(s)
Give up Tomorrow
By Michael Collins / Thoughtful Robot Production, on 1 January 2011
Legal Representation
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Reflecting schisms of race, class, and political power at the core of the Philippines’ tumultuous democracy, clashing families, institutions, and individuals face off to convict or free Paco, accused of the rape and murder of two chinese-philipino women.
- Document type Legal Representation
- Themes list Innocence,
Document(s)
Judy Kerr: Murder Victim Family Member
By California Crime Victims for Alternatives to the Death Penalty / YouTube, on 1 January 2009
2009
Working with...
More details See the document
Judy Kerr talks about her experience as a murder victim family member and her opposition against the death. Responding to violence with violence is not the answer.
- Document type Working with...
- Themes list Networks,
Document(s)
Fight for Life on Death Row (Greg Tomson)
By 60 Minutes / CBS News, on 1 January 2008
2008
Legal Representation
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This video explores the case of Greg Tomson who killed a 28 year woman. Originally he was seen as competent to stand trial, now his defense who are appealing his case, are trying to show that Tomson was not mentally stable when he committed the crime and also that he does not understand why the state is seeking the death penalty against him.
- Document type Legal Representation
- Themes list Networks,
Document(s)
Respect for Minimum Standards? Report on the Death Penalty in China
on 1 January 2020
2020
NGO report
China
More details See the document
- Document type NGO report
- Countries list China
Document(s)
No one is spared – The widespread use of the death penalty in Iran
By League for the Defence of Human Rights in Iran, on 5 November 2020
2020
Drug Offenses
Fair Trial
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Juveniles
Women
More details See the document
- Document type Array
- Countries list Iran (Islamic Republic of)
- Themes list Drug Offenses / Fair Trial / Juveniles / Women
Document(s)
Death Penalty: Majority of States Continue to Support UN Call for Moratorium on Executions at Committee Vote
on 1 January 2020
2020
NGO report
Antigua and Barbuda
Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Djibouti
Dominica
Eswatini
Guinea
Lebanon
Libya
Nauru
Niger
Pakistan
Philippines
Republic of Korea
Sierra Leone
Solomon Islands
South Sudan
Tonga
Uganda
Zimbabwe
More details See the document
- Document type NGO report
- Countries list Antigua and Barbuda / Congo / Democratic Republic of the Congo / Djibouti / Dominica / Eswatini / Guinea / Lebanon / Libya / Nauru / Niger / Pakistan / Philippines / Republic of Korea / Sierra Leone / Solomon Islands / South Sudan / Tonga / Uganda / Zimbabwe
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Voting record – Draft resolution A/C.3/75/L.41 as amended, Moratorium on the use of the death penalty
By United Nations General Assembly, on 18 November 2020
2020
International law - United Nations
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Moratorium on the use of the death penalty. Report of the Secretary-General (2020)
By United Nations Secretary-General, on 1 January 2020
2020
United Nations report
aresfrruzh-hantMore details See the document
- Document type United Nations report
- Available languages (2020) وقف العم بعقوبة اإلعدام. تقرير األمين العامMoratoria del uso de la pena de muerte. Informe del Secretario General (2020)Moratoire sur l'application de la peine de mort. Rapport du Secrétaire général (2020)Мораторий на применение смертной казни. Доклад Генерального секретаря (2020)暂停使用死刑。 秘书长的报告 (2020)
Document(s)
Мораторий на применение смертной казни. Доклад Генерального секретаря
By Генеральный секретарь ООН, on 11 December 2020
2020
Доклад Организации Объединенных Наций
More details See the document
- Document type Доклад Организации Объединенных Наций
Document(s)
Moratoria del uso de la pena de muerte. Informe del Secretario General (2020)
By Secretario General de las Naciones Unidas, on 11 December 2020
Informe de las Naciones Unidas
More details See the document
- Document type Informe de las Naciones Unidas
Document(s)
Moratoire sur l’application de la peine de mort. Rapport du Secrétaire général
By Secrétaire général des Nations Unies, on 11 December 2020
Rapport des Nations Unies
More details See the document
- Document type Rapport des Nations Unies
Document(s)
Resolution 75/183 – Moratorium on the use of the death penalty
By United Nations General Assembly, on 12 January 2021
2021
International law - United Nations
Moratorium
aresfrruzh-hantMore details See the document
United Nations General Assembly Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 16 December 2020 [on the report of the Third Committee (A/75/478/Add.2, para. 89) 75/183. Moratorium on the use of the death penalty.
- Document type International law - United Nations
- Themes list Moratorium
- Available languages قرار اتخذته الجمعية العامة في 16 كانون الأول/ديسمبر 2020Resolución 75/183 - Moratoria del uso de la pena de muerteRésolution 75/183 - Moratoire sur l'application de la peine de mortРезолюция 75/183 - Мораторий на применение смертной казни大会决议75/183 - 暂停使用死刑
Document(s)
Enduring Injustice. The Peristence of Racial Discrimination in the U.S. Death Penalty
By Death Penalty Information Center / Ngozi Ndulue, on 1 January 2020
2020
NGO report
United States
More details See the document
- Document type NGO report
- Countries list United States
Document(s)
Resolution 73/175 – Moratorium on the use of the death penalty
By United Nations General Assembly, on 14 October 2020
2020
International law - United Nations
aresfrruzh-hantMore details See the document
United Nations General Assembly Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 17 December 2018 [on the report of the Third Committee (A/73/589/Add.2) 73/175. Moratorium on the use of the death penalty.
- Document type International law - United Nations
- Available languages قرار اتخذته الجمعية العامة في 17 كانون الأول/ديسمبر 2018Resolución 73/175 - Moratoria del uso de la pena de muerteRésolution 73/175 - Moratoire sur l'application de la peine de mortРезолюция 73/175 - Мораторий на применение смертной казни大会决议73/175 - 暂停使用死刑
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2018 Report – Moratorium on the use of the death penalty
By United Nations, on 14 October 2020
United Nations report
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- Document type United Nations report
- Available languages تقرير 2018- وقف العمل بعقوبة الإعدامInforme 2018 - Moratoria del uso de la pena de muerteRapport 2018 - Moratoire sur l'application de la peine de mortДоклад 2018 - Мораторий на применение смертной казни2018报告 - 暂停使用死刑联合国
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Note verbale dated 13 September 2019 from the Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General
By United Nations, on 15 October 2020
2020
United Nations report
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Botswana
Brunei Darussalam
Chad
China
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Egypt
Ethiopia
Grenada
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Iraq
Jamaica
Kuwait
Libya
Moratorium
Nigeria
Oman
Pakistan
Papua New Guinea
Qatar
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
Sudan
Syrian Arab Republic
United Arab Emirates
Yemen
Zimbabwe
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The Permanent Missions to the United Nations inNew York listed below have the honour to refer to General Assembly resolution 73/175, entitled “Moratorium on the use of the death penalty”, which was adopted by the Assembly on 17 December 2018 by a recorded vote. The Permanent Missions wish to place on record that they are in persistent objection to any attempt to impose a moratorium on the use of the death penalty or its abolition in contravention of existing stipulations under international law, for the following reasons:
- Document type United Nations report
- Countries list Bahrain / Bangladesh / Botswana / Brunei Darussalam / Chad / China / Democratic People's Republic of Korea / Egypt / Ethiopia / Grenada / Iran (Islamic Republic of) / Iraq / Jamaica / Kuwait / Libya / Nigeria / Oman / Pakistan / Papua New Guinea / Qatar / Saint Kitts and Nevis / Saint Lucia / Saint Vincent and the Grenadines / Saudi Arabia / Singapore / Sudan / Syrian Arab Republic / United Arab Emirates / Yemen / Zimbabwe
- Themes list Moratorium
- Available languages مذكرة شفوية مؤرخة 13 أيلول/سبتمبر 2019 موجهة إلى الأمين العام من الممثل الدائم لمصر لدى الأمم المتحدةNota verbal de fecha 13 de septiembre de 2019 dirigida al Secretario Generalpor el Representante Permanente de Egipto ante las Naciones UnidasNote verbale datée du 13 septembre 2019, adressée au Secrétaire général par le Représentant permanent de l’Égypte auprès de l’Organisation des Nations UniesВербальная нота Постоянного представителя Египта при Организации Объединенных Наций от 13 сентября 2019 года на имя Генерального секретаря2019年9月13日埃及常驻联合国代表给秘书长的普通照会
Document(s)
Death sentences and executions 2019
on 1 January 2020
2020
NGO report
aresfafrruMore details See the document
Document(s)
Report No. 211/20. Case 13.570. Report on admissibility and mertis. Lezmond C. Mitchell. United States of America
By Inter-american Commission on Human Rights, on 24 August 2020
2020
Regional body report
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- Document type Regional body report
- Available languages Informe No. 211/20. Caso 13.750. Informe sobre admisibilidad y fondo. Lezmond C. Mitchell. Estados Unidos de America
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Human Rights Activists in Iran Annual Report on Executions in Iran 2019-2020
on 1 January 2020
2020
NGO report
More details See the document
- Document type NGO report
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Poster 2022 Turkish – 20.CI ÖLÜM CEZASINA KARŞI DÜNYA GÜNÜ
By the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 5 August 2022
2022
World Coalition
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World Day 2022 Poster in Turkish – ÖLÜM CEZASI: İŞKENCEYLE DÖŞELI BIR YOLDUR
- Document type World Coalition
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Shattered Justice – Crime Victims’ Experiences with Wrongful Convictions and Exonerations
By Kimberly J. Cook, on 12 August 2022
2022
Book
United States
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Shattered Justice presents original crime victims’ experiences with violent crime, investigations and trials, and later exonerations in their cases. Using in-depth interviews with 21 crime victims across the United States, Cook reveals how homicide victims’ family members and rape survivors describe the painful impact of the primary trauma, the secondary trauma of the investigations and trials, and then the tertiary trauma associated with wrongful convictions and exonerations. Important lessons and analyses are shared related to grief and loss, and healing and repair. Using restorative justice practices to develop and deliver healing retreats for survivors also expands the practice of restorative justice. Finally, policy reforms aimed at preventing, mitigating, and repairing the harms of wrongful convictions is covered.
- Document type Book
- Countries list United States
Document(s)
United Nations General Assembly – Resolutions of the 77th Session
By United Nations, on 15 December 2022
2022
United Nations report
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This report provided by the United Nations General Assembly presents the resolutions of the 77th session. It includes reports on the moratorium on the use of the death penalty (A/77/463/Add.2 DR XII) which was adopted on the 15th of December 2022 with a vote (125-37-22) (A/77/PV.54) under item 68(b). Guided by the purposes and principles contained in the Charter of the United Nations, it reaffirms the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Convention on the Rights of the Child and recalls the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty.
- Document type United Nations report
- Available languages الجمعية العامة للأمم المتحدة - قرارات الدورة السابعة والسبعينAsamblea General de las Naciones Unidas - Resoluciones del 77º Período de SesionesAssemblée Générale des Nations Unies - Résolutions de la 77e SessionГенеральная Ассамблея ООН - Резолюции 77-й сессии联合国大会 - 第77届会议的决议
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Poster 21st World Day Against the Death Penalty
By World coalition against the death penalty, on 12 June 2023
2023
Campaigning
World Coalition
aresfafrruzh-hantMore details Download [ pdf - 4027 Ko ]
- Document type Campaigning / World Coalition
- Available languages 2023 ملصق اليوم العال مPoster Spanish – 2023 Día Mundial contra la Pena de MuertePoster Farsi 2023 – بیستمین روز جهانی علیهمجازات مرگPoster 21ème Journée Mondiale contre la peine de mortPoster Russian 2023 — 21-Й ВСЕМИРНЫЙ ДЕНЬ БОРЬБЫ ПРОТИВ СМЕРТНОЙ КАЗНИPoster Chinese 2023- 第21个世界反对死刑日
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From Lynch Mobs to the Killing State : Race and the Death Penalty in America
By Austin Sarat and Charles J. Ogletree, Jr., on 24 August 2023
2023
Book
United States
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Since 1976, over forty percent of prisoners executed in American jails have been African American or Hispanic. This trend shows little evidence of diminishing, and follows a larger pattern of the violent criminalization of African American populations that has marked the country’s history of punishment.
In a bold attempt to tackle the looming question of how and why the connection between race and the death penalty has been so strong throughout American history, Ogletree and Sarat headline an interdisciplinary cast of experts in reflecting on this disturbing issue. Insightful original essays approach the topic from legal, historical, cultural, and social science perspectives to show the ways that the death penalty is racialized, the places in the death penalty process where race makes a difference, and the ways that meanings of race in the United States are constructed in and through our practices of capital punishment.
From Lynch Mobs to the Killing State not only uncovers the ways that race influences capital punishment, but also attempts to situate the linkage between race and the death penalty in the history of this country, in particular the history of lynching. In its probing examination of how and why the connection between race and the death penalty has been so strong throughout American history, this book forces us to consider how the death penalty gives meaning to race as well as why the racialization of the death penalty is uniquely American.
- Document type Book
- Countries list United States
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Poster 2011
on 10 October 2011
2011
Campaigning
World Coalition
Trend Towards Abolition
arfrMore details Download [ pdf - 107 Ko ]
Poster 2011
- Document type Campaigning / World Coalition
- Themes list Trend Towards Abolition
- Available languages Poster Arabic 2011Affiche 2011
Document(s)
Poster World Day 2010
By World Coalition against the death penalty , on 10 October 2010
2010
Campaigning
Trend Towards Abolition
esfrMore details Download [ pdf - 82 Ko ]
Poster World Day against the death penalty 2010
- Document type Campaigning
- Themes list Trend Towards Abolition
- Available languages Poster Spanish 2010Affiche journée mondiale 2010
Document(s)
Poster World Day 2009
By World Coalition against the death penalty , on 10 October 2009
2009
Campaigning
Trend Towards Abolition
frMore details Download [ pdf - 11475 Ko ]
Poster world day against the death penalty 2009
- Document type Campaigning
- Themes list Trend Towards Abolition
- Available languages Affiche journée mondiale 2009
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Poster World Day 2007
By World coalition against the death penalty , on 10 October 2007
2007
Campaigning
Trend Towards Abolition
arfrMore details Download [ pdf - 228 Ko ]
Take action
against the death penalty:
Join the hundreds
of initiatives worldwide
Sign the petition
calling for a universal
moratorium on executions
- Document type Campaigning
- Themes list Trend Towards Abolition
- Available languages Poster Arabic 2007Affiche journée mondiale 2007
Document(s)
Poster World day against the death penalty 2024 – 2025 – Portuguese
By World coalition against the death penalty, on 8 July 2024
2024
Campaigning
World Coalition
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In the Extreme: Women Serving Life Without Parole and Death Sentences in the United States
By The Sentencing Project, National Black Women’s Justice Institute and the Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide, on 14 January 2022
2022
NGO report
Women
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One of every 15 women in prison — amounting to more than 6,600 women — is serving a life sentence and nearly 2,000 of these have no chance for parole. Another 52 women in the U.S. are awaiting execution. Many women serving extreme sentences were victims of physical, sexual, and emotional abuse long before they committed a crime.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Women
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Poster Urdu 2022 – سزائے موت کے خلاف بیسواں عالمی دن
By the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 July 2022
2022
More details Download [ pdf - 19959 Ko ]
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World Day Poster 2022
By the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 9 June 2022
2022
Campaigning
World Coalition
aresfafrruzh-hantMore details Download [ pdf - 4097 Ko ]
20th World Day on “Torture and the death penalty”.
- Document type Campaigning / World Coalition
- Available languages 2022 ملصق اليوم العال مPoster Spanish – 2022 Día Mundial contra la Pena de MuertePoster Farsi 2022 - بیستمین روز جهانی علیهمجازات مرگAffiche Journée mondiale 2022Poster Russian 2022 - 20Й ВСЕМИРНЫЙ ДЕНЬ ПРОТИВ СМЕРТНОЙ КАЗНИPoster Chinese 2022- 第20届世界反死刑日
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Poster 2022 German – 20. Welttag gegen die Todesstrafe
By the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 7 July 2022
2022
More details Download [ pdf - 19959 Ko ]
Welttag gegen die Todesstrafe Poster
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Poster 2022 Houssa – 20TH RANAR YAKI DA HUKUMCIN KISA TA DUNIYA
By the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 7 July 2022
More details Download [ pdf - 19959 Ko ]
- Document type Array
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Poster Italian – 20 GIORNATA MONDIALE CONTRO LA PENA DI MORTE
By the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 7 July 2022
World Coalition
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- Document type World Coalition
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Poster Lingala 2022 – Mokolo ya kobundela etumbu ya liwa na mokili mobimba
By the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 7 July 2022
World Coalition
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- Document type World Coalition
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Poster Singhala 2022 – 20 වන ජගත් මරණ දඬුවමට එෙරහි දිනය
By the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 July 2022
2022
World Coalition
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- Document type World Coalition
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Poster Swahili 2022 – MIAKA 20 YA MAADHIMISHO YA KUPINGA ADHABU YA KIFO DUNIANI
By the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 July 2022
World Coalition
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- Document type World Coalition
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Poster Tamil 2022 – மரண தண்டைனக்ெகதிரான இருபதாவது உலக நாள்
By the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 July 2022
World Coalition
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Discrimination, Torture, and Execution: A Human Rights Analysis of the Deathe Penalty in U.S. Prisons
By International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), on 1 January 2013
2013
NGO report
More details See the document
In May 2013, the Center for Constitutional Rights and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) undertook a fact-finding mission in California and Louisiana to evaluate the death penalty as practiced and experienced in these jurisdictions under a human rights framework. The mission examined whether the death penalty was being applied in a discriminatory manner, and if the conditions on death row met the U.S.’s obligation to prevent and prohibit torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.The mission interviewed death-row prisoners, exonerees and their family members, advocates, legal counsel, and non-governmental organizations in both states, analyzing the information gathered against the backdrop of international human rights law. Based on the interviews conducted and documentary review, the mission concludes that the use of the death penalty in California and Louisiana fails to protect a number of basic rights, rendering the United States in breach of certain fundamental international obligations. Specifically, the mission finds California and Louisiana violate the principle of non-discrimination in the charging, conviction and sentencing of persons to death. Both states treat prisoners condemned to death in a manner that is, at minimum, cruel, inhuman or degrading, and in some cases, constitutes torture.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Mental Illness, Torture, Death Row Conditions, Death Penalty,
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Question of the death penalty: Report of the Secretary-General 2014
By United Nations, on 8 September 2020
2020
NGO report
fresarruzh-hantMore details See the document
Pursuant to Human Rights Council decision 18/117, the present report is submittedin order to update previous reports on the question of the death penalty. The reportconfirms that the trend towards the universal abolition of the death penalty is continuing.However, numerous concerns remain with regard to the lack of respect for internationalhuman rights norms and standards in States that still impose the death penalty. Asrequested in Human Rights Council resolution 22/11, the report also includes informationon the human rights of children of parents sentenced to the death penalty or executed
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Trend Towards Abolition,
- Available languages Question de la peine de mort: Rapport du Secrétaire général 2014La cuestión de la pena capital: Informe del Secretario General 2014مسألةعقوبةالإعدامتقريرالأمينالعام2014Вопрос о смертной казни: Доклад Генерального секретаря 2014死刑问题 秘书长的报告 2014
Document(s)
Not Making Us Safer: Crime, Public Saftey and the Death Penalty
By Amnesty International, on 1 January 2013
2013
NGO report
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Thisdocument aims at providing a generaloverview of how crime and concerns about public safety are often met by government calls forthe death penalty—distracting public attention fromthe much-needed, long-term solutionsthat could more effectively tackle crime and the root causes of crime. It reviews a number ofrecent studies on homicide trends, public perception of safety and the deterrent effect of thedeath penalty. The studies found that, in order toeffectively deter crime, governments shoulduse a multi-faceted approach involving different segments of society and multiple tools—andthat the death penalty is not one of them.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Deterrence ,
- Available languages Así No Hay Mayor Seguridad: Delincuencia, Seguridad Publica y Pena de Muerte
Document(s)
Moving Away from the Death Penalty: Arguments, Trends, and Perspectives
By United Nations / Ivan Šimonovic, on 1 January 2014
2014
International law - United Nations
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Why yet another book on the death penalty? The answer is simple: Aslong as the death penalty exists, there is a need for advocacy against it.This book provides arguments and analysis, reviews trends and sharesperspectives on moving away from the death penalty.
- Document type International law - United Nations
- Themes list Trend Towards Abolition,
Document(s)
The Death Penalty in the OSCE Area
By Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), on 1 January 2014
International law - Regional body
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The 2014 Background Paper covers the period from 1 July 2013 to 30 June2014. It highlights changes in the status of the death penalty in the OSCE areathat have taken place since the publication of the 2013 Background Paper.8As inprevious years, the background paper provides information on two participatingStates – Belarus and the United States of America – that continue to impose thedeath penalty, and on four participating States – Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia andTajikistan – that are de facto abolitionist, but retain the death penalty in law. It alsoprovides an overview of relevant developments in some of the 51 OSCE participatingStates that have an abolitionist status.
- Document type International law - Regional body
- Themes list Statistics,
Document(s)
The Death Penalty and Intellectual Disability: A Guide
By Edward Polloway / AAIDD- American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, on 8 September 2020
2020
Book
United States
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In the 2002 landmark decision Atkins v. Virginia 536 U.S. 304, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that executing a person with intellectual disability is a violation of the Eighth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits “cruel and unusual punishment,” but left states to determine their own criteria for intellectual disability. AAIDD has always advocated against the death penalty for people with intellectual disability and has long provided amicus curiae briefs in Supreme Court cases. Thus, in this comprehensive new book published by AAIDD, notable authors in the field of intellectual disability discuss all aspects of the issues, with a particular focus on foundational considerations, assessment factors and issues, and professional concerns in Atkins assessments.
- Document type Book
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Mental Illness, Intellectual Disability,
Document(s)
Discrimination, Torture, and Execution: A Human Rights Analysis of the Death Penalty in California and Louisiana
By International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) / Jessica Lee and Susan Hu, on 1 January 2013
2013
NGO report
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This report focuses itsanalysis on discrimination and torture, cruel inhuman and degrading treatment and foundnumerous human rights violations, including the most basic right – the right to life – in theuse of the death penalty in California and Louisiana.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment, Discrimination,
Document(s)
Shadow Report on the Death Penalty in the United States of America for the CERD
By The Advocates for Human Rights / Puerto Rican Coalition against the Death Penalty / Greater Caribbean For Life, on 1 January 2014
2014
NGO report
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This report for consideration during the85th Session of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination addresses five main issues with regard to the United States’ use of the death penalty and how the death penalty disproportionately affects minorities in the United States.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Discrimination,
Document(s)
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
More details See the document
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,
Document(s)
Last 100 executed: Who are they?
By Death Penalty Information Center, on 1 January 2014
2014
Arguments against the death penalty
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Some defendants who commit murder are automatically excluded from the death penalty in the U.S., such as juveniles and the intellectually disabled. Others with similar deficits are regularly executed. A new study by Robert Smith (l.), Sophie Cull, and Zoe Robinson examined the mitigating evidence present in 100 recent cases resulting in execution, testing whether the offenders possessed mitigating qualities similar to those spared from execution. This infographic presents some of their findings.
- Document type Arguments against the death penalty
- Themes list Mental Illness, Arbitrariness,
Document(s)
The Death Penalty in North Korea: In the machinery of a totalitarian State
By International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) / Speedy Rice, on 1 January 2012
2012
NGO report
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The death penalty is a violation of the right to life; however, its use in the DPRK has, overthe years, been particularly extensive and substantially different from other countries. Thisis partly due to the DPRK’s totalitarian system, characterized by widespread and systematichuman rights violations that aim at maintaining social order and political control.While the government of the Republic of Korea (also known as South Korea) has retained thedeath penalty, it is considered to be abolitionist in practice, having carried out no executionssince December 1997. By contrast, the DPRK has consistently used the death penalty, and hasnever allowed any organization to investigate the matter. Nevertheless, information derivedfrom witness observations and the few existing reliable reports, reveal thousands of executionssince the 1950s, with the largest numbers in the 1990s and the 2000s. Since 2010, dozens ofpeoplehavebeenexecuted.TheDPRK’sintensesecrecyjustifiestheconclusionthattheselargenumbersarelowerthantheactualfiguresinreality.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Country/Regional profiles,
- Available languages La peine de mort en Corée du Nord : dans les rouages d’un État totalitaire
Document(s)
Manifesto for a Protocol to the African Charter on the abolition of the death penalty
By International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) / FIACAT, on 1 January 2014
2014
Working with...
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Continental Conference on the Death Penalty2-4 July 2014, Cotonou, BeninHuman Rights Organisations’ Manifesto for a Protocolto the African Charter on the Abolition of the Death Penalty in Africa
- Document type Working with...
- Themes list International law,
- Available languages Manifeste pour un Protocole à la Charte africaine sur l’abolition de la peine de mort en Afrique
Document(s)
Stakeholder report for Iraq UPR
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty / The Advocates for Human Rights / Iraqi Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 1 January 2014
NGO report
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The Advocates for Human Rights, in collaboration with the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty and the Iraqi Coalition Against the Death Penalty, submitted a joint stakeholder report to the U.N. Human Rights Council for its October-November 2014 Universal Periodic Review of Iraq. This submission describes Iraq’s international human rights obligations with regard to its use of the death penalty.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Minorities, Due Process , Fair Trial, International law, Transparency, Torture, Discrimination, Legal Representation, Most Serious Crimes, Hanging, Death Penalty, Statistics, Country/Regional profiles,
Document(s)
Death sentences and executions 2013
By Amnesty International, on 1 January 2014
NGO report
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This report covers the judicial use of the death penalty for the period January to December 2013. Amnesty International records figures on the use of the death penalty based on the best available information.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Death Penalty, Statistics,
- Available languages أحكام الإعدام وعمليات الإعدام في عام 2013احکام اعدام و اجرای مجازات اعدام در سال 2013Смертные приговоры и казни в 2013 годуCondamnations à mort et exécutions en 2013Condenas a muerte y ejecuciones en 2013
Document(s)
The Death Penalty in 2013: Year End Report
By Death Penalty Information Center / Richard C. Dieter, on 1 January 2013
2013
NGO report
More details See the document
On December 19, the Death Penalty Information Center released its annual report on the latest developments in capital punishment, “The Death Penalty in 2013: Year End Report.” In 2013, executions declined, fewer states imposed death sentences, and the size of death row decreased compared to the previous year. The number of states with the death penalty also dropped, and public support for capital punishment registered a 40-year low. There were 39 executions in the U.S., marking only the second time in 19 years that there were less than 40. Just two states, Texas (16) and Florida (7), were responsible for 59% of the executions. The number of death sentences (80) remained near record lows, and several major death penalty states, inclucing Virginia, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Louisiana, imposed no death sentences this year. Maryland became the sixth state in six years to abolish capital punishment.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Trend Towards Abolition, Statistics,
Document(s)
Report of the General Secretary of the United Nations 2013
By United Nations, on 1 January 2013
International law - United Nations
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The report contains information on the question of the death penalty, and reports that the international community as a whole is moving towards the abolition of the death penalty in law or in practice. Nevertheless, a small number of States have continued to use the death penalty and in many instances, int ernational standards guaranteeing the protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty were not fully respected. Thereport also discusses the continued difficulties in gaining access to reliable information regarding executions, and issues related to the hum an rights of children of parents sentenced to the death penalty or executed.
- Document type International law - United Nations
- Themes list Death Penalty,
Document(s)
Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions
By University of Pittsburgh Law Review / Christof Heyns , on 1 January 2014
2014
International law - United Nations
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In the present report, the Special Rapporteur provides an overview of hisactivities and considers four topics relating to the protection of the right to life:(a) the role of regional human rights systems; (b) less lethal and unmanned weaponsinlaw enforcement; (c) resumptions of the death penalty; and (d) the role ofstatistical indicators.
- Document type International law - United Nations
- Themes list International law, Statistics,
- Available languages تقريـــر المقـــرِّر الخـــاص المعـــني بحـــالات انعـــداج نـــارا نـــان القـــا ون وو انعداج جرا ات موجزة وو انعداج التعسُّفيДоклад Специального докладчика по вопросу о внесудебных , суммарных или произвольных казняхRapport du Rapporteur spécial sur le s exécutions extrajudiciaires, sommaires ou arbitrairesInforme del Relator Especial sobre las ejecuciones extrajudiciales, sumarias o arbitrarias
Document(s)
أحكام الإعدام وما نُفذ منها في عام 2012
By Amnesty International, on 1 January 2013
2013
NGO report
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يغطي التقرير الحالي اللجوء إلى فرض عقوبة الإعدام على الصعيد القضائي خلال الفترة من يناير/كانون الثانيإلى ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2012 . وتدوّن منظمة العفو الدولية الأرقام المتعلقة بفرض عقوبة الإعدام بناء علىأفضل المعلومات المتوافرة لديها. وكما جرى في سابق السنوات، تُجمع المعلومات من طائفة من المصادر المتنوعة،بما في ذلك الأرقام والإحصاءات الرسمية، والمعلومات المستقاة من الأفراد المحكومين بالإعدام، وعائلاتهم وممثليهم،وتقارير الإبلاغ الواردة من منظمات المجتمع المدني، والتقارير الإعلامية. ولا تبلغ منظمة العفو الدولية إلا عنالأرقام التي يمكن استنباطها على أسس سليمة مستقاة من البحوث التي تقوم بها.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Death Penalty, Statistics,
- Available languages Death Sentences and executions in 2012
Document(s)
Facilitation manual: A guide to using participatory methodologies for human rights education
By Amnesty International, on 1 January 2014
2014
NGO report
More details See the document
This guide is part of Amnesty International’s Education for Human Dignity project and is intended to be used with the project’s substantive modules on poverty and human rights issues. This facilitation manual has been developed, however, with the necessary flexibility to be used alone as a general resource in a diversity of settings.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Public opinion, Public debate,
Document(s)
The Death Penalty in the OSCE Area 2012
By Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), on 1 January 2012
2012
International law - Regional body
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This paper updates The Death Penalty in the OSCE Area: Background Paper 2011. It is intended to provide a concise update to highlight changes in the status of the death penalty in OSCE participating States since the previous publication and to promote constructive discussion of this issue.
- Document type International law - Regional body
- Themes list Trend Towards Abolition,
Document(s)
Paralegal Aid Clinics: A handbook for paralegals working in prisons
By Penal Reform International, on 1 January 2002
2002
Working with...
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The Paralegal Advisory Service (PAS) trainers manual for conducting paralegal aid clinics (PLCs) inside prison has been written for paralegal facilitators who will conduct PLCs in prisons aimed principally at remand prisoners
- Document type Working with...
- Themes list Country/Regional profiles,
Document(s)
Resolution 67/176 – Moratorium on the use of the death penalty
By United Nations General Assembly, on 8 September 2020
2020
International law - United Nations
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Resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 20 December 2012 [on the report of the Third Committee (A/67/457/Add.2 and Corr.1)] 67/176. Moratorium on the use of the death penalty
- Document type International law - United Nations
- Available languages قرار ٦٧/١٧٦ - وقف العمل بعقوبة الإعدامResolución 67/176 - Moratoria del uso de la pena de muerte.Résolution 67/176 - Moratoire sur l'application de la peine de mortРезолюция 67/176 - Мораторий на применение смертной казни大会决议67/176 - 暂停使用死刑
Document(s)
Summary Report for the United Nations Human Rights Council March 2013
By Abdorrahman Boroumand Foundation for the Promotion of Human Rights and Democracy in Iran, on 1 January 2013
2013
Article
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
More details See the document
The report depicts the prisonners convicted of ordinary crimes’s treatment in Iran
- Document type Article
- Countries list Iran (Islamic Republic of)
- Themes list Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment, Torture,
Document(s)
Death Sentences and executions in 2012
By Amnesty International, on 1 January 2013
NGO report
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The report covers the judicial use of death penalty for the period January to December 2012.It summarises Amnesty International’s global research on the death penalty. Information was gathered from various sources including official statistics (where available), non-governmental and inter-governmental organizations, human rights defenders, the media and interviews with survivors of human rights violations
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Death Penalty, Statistics,
- Available languages أحكام الإعدام وما نُفذ منها في عام 2012
Document(s)
Death Penalty in the US Quiz
By The Advocates for Human Rights, on 1 January 2009
2009
Campaigning
More details See the document
Test your knowledge of human rights and the death penalty in the U.S. with our downloadable quiz.
- Document type Campaigning
- Themes list Country/Regional profiles,
Document(s)
Oral Statement from Amnesty International during the Panel on Children of Parents Sentenced to the Death Penalty or Executed (Human Rights Council, 24th Session)
By Amnesty International, on 8 September 2020
2020
Campaigning
More details See the document
Oral Statement from Amnesty International during the Panel on Children of Parents Sentenced to the Death Penalty or Executed, Human Rights Council, 24th Session.
- Document type Campaigning
- Themes list Juveniles, International law, Death Penalty,
Document(s)
Ten myths and facts about the death penalty
By Reprieve / Clive Stafford Smith , on 1 January 2011
2011
Campaigning
More details See the document
Every 3 hours someone is put to death by their government. Is this justice? Watch first-hand testimonies by Reprieve lawyers and clients. Read ten hard facts about the death penalty. Decide for yourself.
- Document type Campaigning
- Themes list Public debate, Death Penalty,
Document(s)
Travelling abroad? Beware the death penalty
By Reprieve / Emmanuelle Purdon , on 1 January 2011
Campaigning
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Many Britons abroad think that the local death penalty cannot be applied to them. Most would not know what to do if they got arrested. Yet well-meaning Britons can indeed find themselves facing execution, even if they are innocent.
- Document type Campaigning
- Themes list Foreign Nationals,
Document(s)
Turning the tide in the Caribbean: towards an end to the death penalty
By Amnesty International, on 1 January 2013
2013
Campaigning
More details See the document
This toolkit is for activists working towards the abolition of the death penalty in the English-speaking Caribbean. Drawing on many years of Amnesty International’s work to promote all human rights and to oppose violations of those rights, including the death penalty, it provides practical tips and suggestions for advocacy and campaigning. It sets out key arguments and relevant international human rights standards and provides information about resources that activists can use to strengthen and broaden the campaign against the death penalty in the English-speaking Caribbean.
- Document type Campaigning
- Themes list Public debate, Country/Regional profiles,
Document(s)
The Death Penalty in China and the World
By Amnesty International UK, on 8 September 2020
2020
Campaigning
More details See the document
In this lesson students aged 11-16 work collectively to use their mathematical skill and appropriate technology to examine and analyse information about the changing use of the death penalty in China and the world. They look for the most effective ways of presenting information using charts, graphs and maps, and comment on the reliability and validity of the data that they have collected.
- Document type Campaigning
- Themes list Country/Regional profiles,
Document(s)
A Death Before Dying: Solitary Confinement on Death Row
By American Civil Liberties Union, on 1 January 2013
2013
NGO report
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Using the results of an ACLU survey of death row conditions nationwide, this briefing paper offers the first comprehensive review of the legal and human implications of subjecting death row prisoners to solitary confinement for years.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Death Row Conditions,
Document(s)
Children of parents sentenced to death or executed: How are they affected? How can they be supported?
By Child Rights Connect , on 8 September 2020
2020
Arguments against the death penalty
More details See the document
From the point of arrest decades after the execution or release of a parent accused of a capital crime, the children’s mental health and wellbeing, living situation, and relationships with others can all be affected, usually in a devastating manner. The inherent trauma of knowing that a loved one is going to be executed can be exacerbated by public indifference or hostility, and by authorities who either fail to recognise or deliberately refuse to consider the situation of these children. This publication addresses the challenges to support the children.
- Document type Arguments against the death penalty
- Themes list Juveniles, International law, Murder Victims' Families,
Document(s)
2014 Report – Moratorium on the use of the death penalty
By United Nations, on 8 September 2020
NGO report
arrufrzh-hantesMore details See the document
The present report is submitted to the General Assembly pursuant to its resolution 67/176. It discusses trends towardsthe abolition of the death penalty andthe establishment of moratoriums on executions. The report also reflects on the application of international standards relating to the protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty and discusses various international and regional initiativesfor the implementation of resolution67/176.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list International law, Moratorium , Trend Towards Abolition,
- Available languages تقرير 2014 - وقف العمل بعقوبة الإعدامДоклад 2014 - Мораторий на при менение смертной казниRapport 2014 - Moratoire sur l’application de la peine de mort2014报告 - 暂停使用死刑Informe 2014 - Moratoria del uso de la pena de muerte
Document(s)
Written Statement to the 20th Session of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review on Iran
By Iran Human Rights (IHR) / United Nations / World Coalition Against the Death Penalty / The Advocates for Human Rights / Abdorrahman Boroumand Foundation for the Promotion of Human Rights and Democracy in Iran / Association for Human Rights in Kurdistan of Iran-Geneva (KMMK-G), on 1 January 2014
2014
NGO report
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This report is being submitted by Abdorrahman Boroumand Foundation, The Advocates for Human Rights, Iran Human Rights (IHR), Association for Human Rights in Kurdistan of Iran-Geneva (KMMK-G), and the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, relevant stakeholders, in conjunction with the Universal Periodic Review of Iran by the United Nations Human Rights Council. Iran will be subject to review during the 20th session (October – November 2014). This report examines the imposition of the death penalty in Iran in light of international human rights standards. This report will also examine and discuss the judicial process applied in cases involving punishment by the death penalty. Reports and commentary indicate that there is a serious problem of access to justice for the vast majority of individuals accused of crimes for which the death penalty is a possible punishment. It has been compiled from a combination of sources, including the penal code, news reports, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and other commentary.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Juveniles, Minorities, Religion , Due Process , International law, Capital offences, Right to life, Drug Offences, Foreign Nationals, Stoning, Statistics,
Document(s)
Children of parents sentenced to death
By Helen F. Kearney / Quaker United Nations Office, on 1 January 2012
2012
NGO report
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This paper will raise awareness of some of the issues facing the child. It will consider and elaborate on each of these issues in as much detail as the current literature permits.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Murder Victims' Families, Country/Regional profiles,
Document(s)
Prison guards and the death penalty
By Penal Reform International, on 1 January 2015
2015
NGO report
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How are prison guards affected by overseeing prisoners on death row or even participating in executions? What effects does it have in the short and the longer term?This short paper draws on research and interviews with prison guards to outline the psychological impact that guards who have worked with prisoners for many years on death row can experience when a prisoner is put to death.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Death Row Conditions, Death Row Phenomenon,
Document(s)
Growing up on death row. The death penalty and juvenile offenders in Iran
By Amnesty International, on 1 January 2016
2016
NGO report
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Two decades after Iran ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the authorities continue to show contempt for one of its core principles – the prohibition of the death penalty for juvenile offenders (people younger than 18 at the time of the crime). Indeed, Iran tops the grim global table of executioners of juvenile offenders.The report analyses the Iranian Penal System with regard to juvenile offenders, acknowledges the reforms, presents the recent trends and points out the major shortcomings that still need to be addressed in view of a full compliance of the Islamic Republic of Iran with the international standards.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Juveniles, Death Penalty, Country/Regional profiles,
- Available languages Iran: Synthèse et les conclusions du rapport sur la peine de mort en Iran.
Document(s)
Texas Death Penalty Developments in 2015: The Year in Review
By Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, on 1 January 2015
2015
NGO report
More details See the document
This year, jurors in Texas imposed the fewest new death sentences since the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the state’s revised capital punishment statute in 1976. According to the Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty’s (TCADP) report, Texas Death Penalty Developments in 2015: The Year in Review, juries newly condemned three individuals to death. They rejected the death penalty in four other trials. The first death sentence of the year was not imposed until October 7, 2015.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Country/Regional profiles,
Document(s)
The Death Penalty in the US in 2015 : Year End Report
By Death Penalty Information Center, on 1 January 2015
NGO report
More details See the document
The use of the death penalty in the U.S. declined by virtually every measure in 2015. The 28 executions this year marked the lowest number since 1991. As of December 15, fourteen states and the federal government have imposed 49 new death sentences this year, a 33% decline over last year’s total and the lowest number since the early 1970s when the death penalty was halted by the U.S. Supreme Court. Only six states conducted executions this year, the fewest number of states in 27 years. Eighty-six percent of executions this year were concentrated in just three states: Texas (13), Missouri (6), and Georgia (5). Executions in 2015 declined 20 percent from 2014, when there were 35. This year was the first time in 24 years that the number of executions was below 30.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Trend Towards Abolition, Statistics, Country/Regional profiles,
Document(s)
Battle Scars: Military Veterans and the Death Penalty
By Death Penalty Information Center / Richard C. Dieter, on 1 January 2015
NGO report
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Veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) who have committed heinous crimes present hard cases for the American system of justice. The violence that occasionally erupts into murder can easily overcome the special respect that is afforded most veterans. However, looking away and ignoring this issue serves neither veterans nor victims. PTSD has affected an enormous number of veterans returning from combat zones. Over 800,000 Vietnam veterans suffered from PTSD. At least 175,000 veterans of Operation Desert Storm were affected by “Gulf War Illness,” which has been linked to brain cancer and other mental deficits. Over 300,000 veterans from the Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts have PTSD. In one study, only about half had received treatment in the prior year.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Mental Illness,
Document(s)
High-level panel discussion on the question of the death penalty
By United Nations / Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) , on 1 January 2019
2019
International law - United Nations
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The Report of the UN Hugh Commissioner for human Rights provides a summary of the high-level discussion on the question of the death penalty, held on 4 March 2015, at the twenty-fifth session of the Council. The aim of the panel discussion was to exchange views on the question of the death penalty, and to address regional efforts aiming at the abolition of the death penalty and the challenges faced in that regard.
- Document type International law - United Nations
- Themes list Death Penalty,
- Available languages Обсуждение вопроса о смертной казни в рамках дискуссионной группы высокого уровня. Доклад Верховного комиссара Организации Объединенных Наций по правам человекаRéunion-débat de haut niveau sur la question de la peine de mort. Rapport du Haut-Commissaire des Nations Unies aux droits de l’homme死刑问题高级别小组讨论会. 联合国人权事务高级专员的报告Mesa redonda de alto nivel sobre la cuestión de la pena de muerte. Informe del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos
Document(s)
Capital punishment and the implementation of the safeguards guaranteeing protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty – Yearly supplement of the Secretary-General to his quinquennial report
By United Nations / Human Rights Council, on 8 September 2020
2020
United Nations report
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The Report examines the possible consequences of the imposition and application of the death penalty on the enjoyment of various human rights, including human dignity, the right to life, the right to freedom from torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, the right to a fair trial and the right to equality and non-discrimination. It further examines the human rights consequences of the lack of transparency in the imposition and application of the death penalty.
- Document type United Nations report
- Themes list Fair Trial, Right to life, Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment,
- Available languages Смертная казнь и осуществление мер, гарантирующих защиту прав лиц, приговоренных к смертной казни. Ежегодное дополнение Генерального секретаря к его пятилетнему докладу по вопросу о смертной казниPeine capitale et application des garanties pour la protection des droits des personnes passibles de la peine de mort. Supplément annuel au rapport quinquennal du Secrétaire général sur la peine capitale死刑和保护死刑犯权利的保障措施的执行情况 秘书长关于死刑问题的五年一度报告的年度补编La pena capital y la aplicación de las salvaguardias para garantizar la protección de los derechos de los condenados a la pena de muerte. Suplemento anual del Secretario General de su informe quinquenal sobre la pena capital
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Flawed Justice: Unfair Trial and the Death Penalty in indonesia
By Amnesty International, on 1 January 2015
2015
NGO report
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Despite strong protests from local and international human rights organisations, the new Indonesian administration under President Joko Widodo has executed 14 people, including Indonesian and foreign nationals, in 2015. All of them had been convicted of drug trafficking. In other occasions President Widodo also stated publicly that the government would deny any application for clemency made by people sentenced to death for drug-related crimes. This report, which builds on Amnesty International’s past work over three decades documenting the use of death penalty in Indonesia, includes research carried out during a March 2015 visit to the country. The report highlights 12 individual cases of death row prisoners, out of a total of 131 people on death row, which point to systemic problems in Indonesia’s administration of justice that resulted in violations of international human rights law and standards.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Fair Trial, Drug Offences, Country/Regional profiles,
- Available languages Indonesian : Kaedilan ang Cacat. Peradilan Yang Tidak Adil Dan Hukuman Mati di IndonesiaUne justice déficiente. Procès iniques et recours à la peine de mort en Indonésie
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2015 World Day Against the Death Penalty: Not the Solution to Drug-Related Crimes
By Amnesty International, on 1 January 2015
NGO report
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Drug-related offences are still punishable with the death penalty in more than 30 countries despite clear restrictions set out in international law to limit use of the death penalty to the “most serious crimes”. The 2015 World Day Against the Death Penalty (10 October) draws attention to the use of the death penalty for drug-related offences as a human rights violation.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Drug Offences,
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Drugs and the Death Penalty
By Patrick Gallahue / Open Society Foundations, on 1 January 2015
NGO report
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Experience has proved that for certain governments it is not easy to balance international drug laws with human rights, public health, alternatives to incarceration, and experimentation with regulation.This Report intends to provide a primer on why governments must not turn a blind eye to pressing human rights and public health impacts of current drug policies.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Drug Offences,
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The Death Penalty for Drug Crimes in Asia
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty / Fédération Internationale des Ligues des Droits de l'Homme (FIDH), on 1 January 2015
NGO report
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The report, published for the 13th World Day against the Death Penalty, analyzes how the death penalty is applied for drug-related crimes in Asia, evaluates the most common arguments used by governments to justify their use of this inhumane and illegal measure, and exposes why these arguments are unjustified. Asia is the continent that executes the most people for drug-related crimes. However, the death penalty has not proven to be effective in reducing drug crimes in Asia.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Drug Offences, Country/Regional profiles,
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Q&A: The Death Penalty and Drug Offenses
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
2020
Academic report
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This Q&A was prepared by Harm Reduction International (www.ihra.net), the International Drug PolicyConsortium (www.idpc.net) and the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty (www.worldcoalition.org) aheadof World Day against the Death Penalty on 10 October 2015.
- Document type Academic report
- Themes list Drug Offences,
- Available languages Questions-Réponses: peine de mort et trafic de drogue
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Killing in the Name of Justice. The Death Penalty in Saudi Arabia
By Amnesty International / Amnesty International UK, on 8 September 2020
NGO report
Saudi Arabia
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The 2015 Amnesty International’s Report on Saudi Arabia gravely confirms that Saudi Arabia remains one of the most prolific executioners in the world. Between January 1985, the earliest year from when information on executions is available, and June 2015 it executed at least 2,200 persons, almost half of whom were foreign nationals. Over one third of these executions were carried out for offences that do not meet the threshold of “most serious crimes” for which the death penalty can be imposed under international law. Most of these crimes, such as drug-related offences, are not mandatorily punishable by death according to the authorities’ interpretation of Islamic Shari’a law.
- Document type NGO report
- Countries list Saudi Arabia
- Themes list Drug Offences, Foreign Nationals, Most Serious Crimes, Death Penalty,
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International Affairs Forum. Capital Punishment Around the World
By Center for International Relations, on 1 January 2015
2015
International law - Regional body
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The summer issue of International Foreign Affaires focuses on the topic of capital punishment around the world. It collects articles and interviews dealing with the issues of death penalty, the path towards abolition, and the situation of capital punishment in the world.
- Document type International law - Regional body
- Themes list Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment, Death Row Conditions, Death Penalty,
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Sharia law and the death penalty
By Penal Reform International, on 1 January 2015
NGO report
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PRI has witnessed the death penalty’s abolition in a majority of the world’s nations, but it continues to be used in most Muslim countries. One of the main reasons for this is the justification that it is permitted by the Quran, the Islamic holy book. In many Islamic countries which continue to carry out executions, the death penalty has become a taboo subject. Governments frequently use Sharia to justify why they retain and apply capital punishment, and this can seem to close discussion on the subject. However, Sharia law is not as immutable on the death penalty as many scholars or states say. Among the misconceptions about Sharia law is the belief that there is a clear and unambiguous statement of what the punishments are for particular offences. In fact, there are several different sources referring to punishments, and different schools of Sharia law give different weight to them.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Religion , Methods of Execution,
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Unfair trials report II: the death penalty is not the common value of Asia
By Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty, on 1 January 2015
Article
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This report highlights the death penalty situation and executions in Asian countries between 2010 and 2013. It also gives an overview over the legal protection measures for the mentally impaired and intellectually disabled in Asian countries where the death penalty is used. Furthermore, we have listed Asian countries that have acceded to the ICCPR and its Second Optional Protocol. We have also collected excerpts from international human rights documents. By using these documents for mutual reference, death penalty activists in Asia will be able to get a more comprehensive picture of the use of the death penalty and executions in Asian countries.
- Document type Article
- Themes list International law, Public debate, Most Serious Crimes,
- Available languages 亞洲不公平審判報告 II : 死刑並非亞洲的共同價值
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Report on the Death Penalty in Iraq UNAMI/OHCHR
By Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) / United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) Human Rights Office, on 1 January 2014
2014
International law - United Nations
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This reporton the death penalty in Iraqis publishedjointlyby the Human RightsOffice of theUnited Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI)andthe Office of the United Nations HighCommissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).The first section of this report outlines the international human rights standards on the use of thedeath penalty. The subsequent sections examine the domestic legal framework for the use of thedeath penalty in Iraq, judicial proceedings in death penalty cases, the implementation of the deathpenalty since 2004, and thejustifications put forward by the Government of Iraq for its continueduse. The report concludes with a set of recommendations tothe Iraqi authorities, the Governmentof Kurdistan Region and the international community.
- Document type International law - United Nations
- Themes list Due Process , Hanging, Country/Regional profiles,