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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
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Article: “Viedo Darryll Stallworth, Former Prosecutor supports SAFE California”
By SAFE California, on 8 September 2020
Academic report
United States
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Short video of Darryl Stallworth, a former California Deputy DA who once sought the death penalty as a prosecutor — and now wants to replace the death penalty with life without parole. Darryl believes Prop. 34 is right step for California, and I wanted to share his story with you, too
- Document type Academic report
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Public debate, Trend Towards Abolition,
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Film “THE ROAD TO LIVINGSTON”
By The Austin Film Society / Chelsea Hernandez, on 8 September 2020
Academic report
United States
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Delia Perez-Meyer, an elementary school teacher, has taken a weeklyjourney from the classroom to death row for the past 12 years. She tells of her personal voyage, beginning from a place of frustration to acceptanceand hopeful activism.
- Document type Academic report
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Women, Innocence,
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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)
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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)
Freedom Inside The Walls
By Penal Reform International, on 1 January 2005
2005
Arguments against the death penalty
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Shot in Benin, Kenya and Malawi ‘Freedom Inside These Walls’ provides disturbing footage of prison conditions inside these countries, which are common to many other prisons in Africa. It highlights the challenges in accessing justice faced by poor people in conflict with the law.
- Document type Arguments against the death penalty
- Themes list Death Row Conditions, Country/Regional profiles,
Document(s)
Survivor on Death Row
By Amazon Digital Services / Clare Nonhebel, on 1 January 2012
2012
Book
United States
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Survivor on Death Row, a new e-book co-authored by death row inmate Romell Broom and Clare Nonhebel, tells the story of Ohio’s botched attempt to execute Broom by lethal injection in 2009. In September of that year, Broom was readied for execution and placed on the gurney, but the procedure was terminated after corrections officials spent over two hours attempting to find a suitable vein for the lethal injection.
- Document type Book
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment,
Document(s)
The Death of the American Death Penalty
By L. Koch / Northeastern University Press / J. Galliher, on 1 January 2012
Book
United States
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A new book by Larry Koch, Colin Wark and John Galliher discusses the status of the death penalty in the U.S. in light of recent legislative activity and court decisions. In The Death of the American Death Penalty, the authors examine the impact of factors such as economic conditions, public sentiment, the role of elites, the media, and population diversity on the death penalty debate.
- Document type Book
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Public opinion, Public debate,
Document(s)
Public Executions in Virginia
By Harry M. Ward / McFarland Publishing, on 1 January 2012
Book
United States
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A new book by Professor Harry M. Ward of the University of Richmond examines the death penalty in Virginia at a time when executions were carried out for all to see.
- Document type Book
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Country/Regional profiles,
Document(s)
Life After Death Row: Exonerees’ Search for Community and Identity
By Kimberly J Cook / Saundra D Westervelt / Rutgers University Press, on 1 January 2012
Book
United States
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n Life After Death Row: Exonerees’ Search for Community and Identity, the authors focus on three central areas affecting those who had to begin a new life after leaving years of severe confinement: the seeming invisibility of these individuals after their release; the complicity of the justice system in allowing that invisibility; and the need for each of them to confront their personal trauma
- Document type Book
- Countries list United States
Document(s)
Justice Advocates Project
By Death Penalty Focus, on 1 January 2012
Multimedia content
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The Death Penalty Focus Justice Advocates Project empowers people with firsthand experience of the death penalty system to become advocates for fairness and justice by telling their personal stories to the public. Justice Advocates include the wrongfully convicted and law enforcement professionals, who bring their varied experiences of the flaws and dangers of the death penalty system to the public discourse
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list Innocence,
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DNA and the Death Penalty
By Brandon Garrett / Joshua Marquis / CATO Unbound / Jeffrey Kirchmeier / George H. Smith, on 1 January 2012
Article
United States
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Essays on the theme of the issue of the DNA and the Death Penalty
- Document type Article
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Innocence,
Document(s)
Training Resource: Advocacy Tools in the Fight Against the Death Penalty and Alternative Sanctions that Respect International Human Rights Standards
on 1 January 2011
2011
NGO report
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The aim of this resource is to build and strengthen civil society organisation’s (CSOs) knowledge and awareness of advocacy and what advocacy methods are available for the fight against the death penalty and for alternative sanctions that respect international human rights standards. This resource covers issues related to using the media to influence, and how to build coalitions to strengthen your advocacy work.
- Document type NGO report
Document(s)
Training Resource: Reporting on the Death Penalty
on 1 January 2011
NGO report
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This resource targets journalists. The aim of this resource is to build and strengthen the knowledge and raise awareness of how to report on the death penalty and alternative sanctions. This training resource has been developed in conjunction with PRI’s partner, Inter Press Service (IPS).
- Document type NGO report
Document(s)
Awaiting Death
By Penal Reform International, on 1 January 2008
2008
Multimedia content
Kyrgyzstan
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This film gives an insight into prison life for 174 men convicted and sentenced to death or to life imprisonment in Kyrgyzstan.
- Document type Multimedia content
- Countries list Kyrgyzstan
- Themes list Retribution, Country/Regional profiles,
Document(s)
Behind Bars
By Penal Reform International, on 1 January 2012
2012
Multimedia content
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This 2012 documentary film ‘Behind Bars’ was produced under the EU funded project ‘Progressive Abolition of the Death Penalty and Alternatives that Respect International Human Rights Standards’.The film reflects the application of life sentence, conditions of lifers and long sentenced prisoners and the State’s attitude towards these offenders in the countries of the South Caucasus.
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list Death Row Conditions,
Document(s)
Death Penalty: Trials and Tribulations
By Penal Reform International, on 1 January 2012
Multimedia content
Uganda
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In Uganda, 28 crimes can attract the death penalty – including robbery, smuggling, acts of treason and terrorism, and non-lethal military sentences, and death sentences continue to be handed out after judicial proceedings which fail to meet international standards for a fair trial. This film produced by PRI’s Ugandan partner the Foundation for Human Rights Initiative provides a moving insight into the situation of prisoners on death row and others serving life sentences in the country.
- Document type Multimedia content
- Countries list Uganda
- Themes list Most Serious Crimes, Country/Regional profiles,
Document(s)
No to the Death Penalty
By Penal Reform International, on 1 January 2008
2008
Multimedia content
Kazakhstan
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This film is based on the death penalty in Kazakhstan. The death penalty was formerly a common charge for the most obscene crimes, and was at its greatest prominence in 1995, when 101 males on charges of death sentences were executed by the firing squad.
- Document type Multimedia content
- Countries list Kazakhstan
- Themes list Most Serious Crimes, Country/Regional profiles,
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Guía práctica para la sociedad civil: FONDOS, SUBVENCIONES Y BECAS DE DERECHOS HUMANOS
By Oficina del Alto Comisionado para los Derechos Humanos, on 1 January 2013
2013
Working with...
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Esta Guía práctica para la sociedad civil: fondos, subvenciones y becas de derechos humanos contiene una breve descripción de las fuentes de financiación, las subvenciones y las becas administradas por o con la participación de la Oficina del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos (ACNUDH).
- Document type Working with...
- Themes list International law, Networks,
- Available languages 民间社会实用指南 人权基金、赠款和研究金Практическое руководство для гражданского общества: права человека Фонды, гранты и стипендииGuide pratique pour la société civile: FONDS, SUBVENTIONS ET BOURSES EN FAVEUR DES DROITS DE L’HOMME
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The Final Request
By Penal Reform International, on 1 January 2012
2012
Multimedia content
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This 2012 animation “The Final Request” was produced under the EU funded project ‘Progressive Abolition of the Death Penalty and Alternatives that Respect International Human Rights Standards’. The three-minute animation provides a basic overview of the application of the death penalty in the Middle East and North African region.
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment,
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Death penalty abolition, Death penalty as inhuman and degrading treatment
By European Court of Human Rights, on 1 January 2012
International law - Regional body
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Factsheet regarding cases concerning the Death Penalty
- Document type International law - Regional body
- Themes list International law,
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Moving Away From the Death Penalty: National Experiences
By Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) , on 1 January 2012
International law - United Nations
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Why do states retain the death penalty? Any suggestions that the death penalty has a meaningful deterrent effect have been overstated, with little research supporting such an assertion. The OHCHR is organising a series of global panel discussions on the abolition of the death penalty. This publication is based on the first of these discussions, held at the United Nations in New York on 3 July 2012.
- Document type International law - United Nations
- Themes list International law, Trend Towards Abolition, Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment,
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Extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions
By United Nations, on 1 January 2012
International law - United Nations
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In States in which the death penalty continues to be used, international law imposes stringent requirements that must be met for it not to be regarded as unlawful. In the present report, the Special Rapporteur considers the problem of error and the use of military tribunals in the context of fair trial requirements. He also examines the constraint that the death penalty may be imposed only for the most serious crimes: those involving intentional killing. Lastly, he considers the issues of collaboration and complicity, in addition to transparency in respect of the use of the death penalty.
- Document type International law - United Nations
- Themes list Fair Trial, Most Serious Crimes, Statistics,
- Available languages Записка Генерального секретаряExécutions extrajudiciaires, sommaires ou arbitraires法外处决、即决处决或任意处决Exécutions extrajudiciaires, sommaires ou arbitrairesالإعدام خارج القضاء أو بإجراءات موجزة أو تعسفا
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Interim report of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
By United Nations, on 1 January 2012
International law - United Nations
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In the present report, submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 66/150, the Special Rapporteur addresses issues of special concern and recent developments in the context of his mandate.
- Document type International law - United Nations
- Themes list International law, Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment,
- Available languages التقرير المؤقت للمقرر الخاص المعني بالتعذيب وغيره من ضروب المعاملة أو العقوبة القاسية أو اللاإنسانية أو المهينةПромежуточный доклад Специального докладчика по вопросу о пытках и других жестоких, бесчеловечных или унижающих достоинство видах обращения и наказанияRapport intérimaire du Rapporteur spécial sur la torture et autres peines ou traitements cruels, inhumains ou dégradants酷刑和其他残忍、不人道或有辱人格的待遇或处罚问题特别 报告员的临时报告Informe provisional del Relator Especial sobre la tortura y otros tratos o penas crueles, inhumanos o degradantes
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2012 Report – Moratorium on the use of the death penalty
By United Nations, on 3 August 2012
2012
United Nations report
Moratorium
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The present report is submitted to the General Assembly pursuant to its resolution 65/206. It discusses the trend towards abolition of the death penalty and the establishment of a moratorium on execution. The report also reflects on the application of international standards relating to the protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty. It further discusses the importance of making available relevant information with regard to the use of the death penalty, which can contribute to transparent national debates and international and regional initiatives for the promotion of the universal abolition of the death penalty.
- Document type United Nations report
- Themes list Moratorium
- Available languages تقرير 2012 - وقف العمل بعقوبة الإعدامInforme 2012 - Moratoria del uso de la pena de muerteRapport 2012 - Moratoire sur l’application de la peine de mortДоклад 2012 - Мораторий на применение смертной казни2012报告 - 暂停使用死刑
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Elimination of all forms of religious intolerance
By United Nations, on 1 January 2012
2012
International law - United Nations
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In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, Heiner Bielefeldt, provides an overview of his mandate activities since the submission of the previous report to the General Assembly (A/66/156), including his country visits, communications and other activities.
- Document type International law - United Nations
- Themes list Moratorium ,
- Available languages القضاء على جميع أشكال التعصّب الدينيЛиквидация всех форм религиозной нетерпимостиÉlimination de toutes les formes d’intolérance religieuse消除一切形式宗教不容忍Eliminación de todas las formas de intolerancia religiosa
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The Death Penalty for Drug Offences: Global Overview 2012 Tipping the Scales for Abolition
By Patrick Gallahue / Fifa Rahman / Ricky Gunawan / Harm Reduction International / Karim El Mufti / Najam U Din / Rita Felten, on 1 January 2012
International law - United Nations
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There are many routes towards abolition of the death penalty. The courtroom is just one of them, as is the reduction of the number of offences for which the death penalty may be applied. However, considering how clearly international human rights bodies have set out the international norms against these laws, governments should now be forced to defend these international standards against the use of the death penalty.
- Document type International law - United Nations
- Themes list Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment, Drug Offences,
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Report on roundtable on the abolition of the death penalty, Madrid October 2012
By International Commission Against the Death Penalty, on 1 January 2013
2013
NGO report
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The purpose of the Round Table was to review developments on the death penalty and to identify legal and political challenges and opportunities for the coming five years. The meeting covered country, regional and thematic questions.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Trend Towards Abolition,
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The death penalty and the “most serious crimes”: A country -by -country overview of the death penalty
By International Commission Against the Death Penalty, on 1 January 2013
NGO report
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This document provides brief commentary on the concept of “most serious crimes”, followed by a country by country overview of criminal offences punishable by death in retentionist states
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Trend Towards Abolition, Statistics,
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Annual Report: Death Penalty in Iran 2012
By Iran Human Rights (IHR), on 1 January 2013
Article
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
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The report denounces the judicial use of the death penalty in Iran in 2012
- Document type Article
- Countries list Iran (Islamic Republic of)
- Themes list Statistics,
- Available languages گزارش سالانھ مجازات اعدام در ایران سال ۲۱۰۲Rapport Annuel sur la peine de mort en Iran 2012Annual Report: Death Penalty in Iran 2011گزارش سالانه اعدام در ایرا سال ۱۱۲۲Rapport annuel sur la peine de mort en Iran 2011
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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
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Stakeholder Submission to the United Nations Universal Periodic Review on the United States
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 submission addresses the United States’ compliance with its human rights obligations with regard to its use of the death penalty. This submission concludes that the United States, in continuing to allow a sentence of death, does not guarantee its citizens adequate protection against cruel and unusual punishment, freedom from discrimination, rights to life, liberty and security of person, due process, and equal protection. It also is failing to provide an adequate remedy for those whose rights are violated.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Due Process , Right to life, Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment, Innocence, Discrimination, Foreign Nationals, Lethal Injection, Country/Regional profiles,
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Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions
By University of Pittsburgh Law Review / Christof Heyns , on 1 January 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
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Perspectives on Capital Punishment in America
By CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform / Charles E. MacLean, on 1 January 2013
2013
Book
United States
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Searching inquiry into the contours of capital punishment in America. Containing over 1300 footnotes, the chapters by ten young scholars explore the sometimes-ignored fine details of the death penalty. Topics include the impropriety of applying the death penalty to felony murder, the implications of death row exonerations and their impact on access to post-conviction DNA testing, media impacts on capital cases, death qualification of capital juries and its impact on the right of prospective capital jurors to enjoy First Amendment protection of the free exercise of their religions, the fiscal conservative and social conservative argument favoring abolition of the death penalty, the need for a heightened standard of proof – greater than beyond a reasonable doubt – at the penalty phase of capital trials, federal habeas corpus protections for state-sentenced capital offenders and the constitutionality of limits on “actual innocence” equitable tolling, tips and techniques for capital defense counsel representing defendants who were acutely substance-impaired at the time of the crime or have a history of chronic substance abuse or chemical dependency, the impropriety of allowing counsel to argue fiscal matters to the jury, such as that either execution or life imprisonment is the “cheapest” option for society, and the role the death penalty should and does play within the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
- Document type Book
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Due Process ,
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David R. Dow: Lessons from death row inmates
By David R. Dow / TED, on 1 January 2012
2012
Multimedia content
United States
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What happens before a murder? In looking for ways to reduce death penalty cases, David R. Dow realized that a surprising number of death row inmates had similar biographies. In this talk he proposes a bold plan, one that prevents murders in the first place.
- Document type Multimedia content
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Due Process ,
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Bryan Stevenson: We need to talk about an injustice
By TED / Bryan Stevenson, on 1 January 2012
Multimedia content
United States
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In an engaging and personal talk — with cameo appearances from his grandmother and Rosa Parks — human rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson shares some hard truths about America’s justice system, starting with a massive imbalance along racial lines: a third of the country’s black male population has been incarcerated at some point in their lives. These issues, which are wrapped up in America’s unexamined history, are rarely talked about with this level of candor, insight and persuasiveness.Speaker starts talking about the death penalty at the 8 minute mark.
- Document type Multimedia content
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Discrimination,
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Infographic: the Death Penalty in the Americas
By IACHR , on 1 January 2014
2014
Multimedia content
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On the occasion of the International Day against the Death Penalty, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) urges member States of the Organization of American States (OAS) that retain the death penalty to abolish it, or to impose a moratorium on its application as a step toward abolition, and to ensure full compliance with decisions of the IACHR concerning death penalty cases. While a majority of the member States of the OAS has abolished capital punishment, a substantial minority retains it. The United States is currently the only country in the Western hemisphere to carry out executions.
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list Death Penalty, Statistics, Country/Regional profiles,
- Available languages Infografía: la Pena de Muerte en las Américas
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Go With God
By Frank Harriman / Filmbay Ltd., on 1 January 2012
2012
Multimedia content
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
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David Taylor has just half an hour to live. He is alone in his cell, in a foreign country, facing execution for something that isn’t even a crime back home in Britain.David has committed the crime of adultery in Iran, a fundamentalist Islamic nation. In the last minutes of his life he tries to come to terms with terrifying finality of his seemingly insignificant actions.Written to be shot in real-time, we follow every second of every minute of the last half hour of David’s life. As he chain smokes his way through to his upcoming oblivion, David is a mess of emotions. From tears and rage to laughter and even calm, he is trying to wrench everything… anything… from his dwindling life.As he interacts with different people, each having a different agenda – the prison governor, the Swedish consul, the guards and his best friend – we see a mirror being held up to reflect the wider world we live in.And finally, it is a simple study of raw human emotion, of friendship and of love.
- Document type Multimedia content
- Countries list Iran (Islamic Republic of)
- Themes list Foreign Nationals, Death Penalty,
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Just Punishment
By Kim Beamish / Liz Burke Films, on 1 January 2006
2006
Multimedia content
Australia
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In December 2005 Van Nguyen, a 24 year-old Australian, was hanged by the state of Singapore for heroin trafficking. Filmed across two years, ‘Just Punishment’ tells the remarkable story behind the fight to save his life.
- Document type Multimedia content
- Countries list Australia
- Themes list Foreign Nationals,
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What Strategies Towards the Abolition of the Death Penalty in West Africa? : Report of the Symposium in Dakar
By FIACAT, on 1 January 2012
2012
NGO report
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The regional seminar on the abolition of the death penalty in West Africa took place inDakar (Senegal) from 12-14 November 2012. This workshop brought together nineteenACAT members affiliated to FIACAT. It was therefore possible for each of the nine West Afri-can ACATs1to be represented by two participants (with the exception of Senegal, whichwas represented by three members).Participants at the workshop attended lectures and had the opportunity to developnational action plans for achieving abolition in their countries. According to feedbackreceived at the end of the seminar, attendees found the practical nature of the lectures,and the opportunity to network with other ACATs and learn from the experiences of otherparticipants, particularly beneficial.This document is a collection of all of the lectures from the Dakar seminar, as well asinternational and African texts relating to the death penalty. It is intended as a practicaltool to assist us as we progress towards abolition in Sub-Saharan Africa.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Trend Towards Abolition, Member organizations, Country/Regional profiles,
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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,
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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
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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
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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
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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)
A Wild Justice: The Death and Resurrection of Capital Punishment in America
By Evan J. Mandery / W. W. Norton & Company, on 1 January 2013
2013
Book
United States
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For two hundred years, the constitutionality of capital punishment had been axiomatic. But in 1962, Justice Arthur Goldberg and his clerk Alan Dershowitz dared to suggest otherwise, launching an underfunded band of civil rights attorneys on a quixotic crusade. In 1972, in a most unlikely victory, the Supreme Court struck down Georgia’s death penalty law in Furman v. Georgia. Though the decision had sharply divided the justices, nearly everyone, including the justices themselves, believed Furman would mean the end of executions in America.Instead, states responded with a swift and decisive showing of support for capital punishment. As anxiety about crime rose and public approval of the Supreme Court declined, the stage was set in 1976 for Gregg v. Georgia, in which the Court dramatically reversed direction.A Wild Justice is an extraordinary behind-the-scenes look at the Court, the justices, and the political complexities of one of the most racially charged and morally vexing issues of our time.
- Document type Book
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Due Process , Country/Regional profiles,
Document(s)
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,
Document(s)
Filling The Void
By CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform / Bill Leonard / Maggie Smart, on 1 January 2014
Book
United States
More details See the document
‘Filling The Void’ is a brutal record of Bill Leonard’s troubled childhood and youth.The memoir provides a shocking insight into the neglect and abuse that he suffered as a child at the hands of his parents and stepfather and gives a frank account of the murders that led to his incarceration. It reveals the horrendous conditions in which Bill is held in Ely State Prison, Nevada and gives a graphic description of the barbarous treatment that he has received at the hands of his prison guards. It also details and examines the flawed process that earned him the death penalty and describes his struggle for self-rehabilitation through a process called neuroplasticity. This is the life story of a man who has suffered a great deal, who has passions that aren’t always under control. A man who loves order and truth but hasn’t always been able to engage in them. Someone who is hugely motivated to learn and develop his abilities. Someone who ought to be alive for a long time. This is Bill Leonard – and this is his story.
- Document type Book
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Death Row Conditions, Death Penalty,
Document(s)
Social survey: public attitudes in Kazakhstan to the death penalty for terrorist offences
By Penal Reform International, on 1 January 2014
NGO report
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This survey polled public opinion in Kazakhstan towards the use of the death penalty for terrorist offences resulting in death, and also for especially grave crimes committed inwartime.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Public opinion,
Document(s)
Death Penalty: Sociological Survey of Public Opinion on the Abolition of the Death Penalty in the Republic of Tajikistan
By Penal Reform International, on 1 January 2013
2013
NGO report
More details See the document
The present study of public opinion on the death penalty in Tajikistan was conductedbetween June and August 2013. The main purpose of the study was to obtain reliableinformation about public opinion on the deathpenalty in Tajikistan, its awareness ofthe changes that have occurred in this areaand to see any changes in attitude since2010.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Public opinion,
Document(s)
Death Row Fall 2014
By Criminal Justice Project / NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., on 1 January 2014
2014
International law - Regional body
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The latest edition of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund’s Death Row, USA showed a continuing decline in the size of the death row population. The new total of 3,035 represented a 13% drop from 10 years earlier, when the death row population was 3,471. The racial demographics of death row have been steady, with white inmates making up 43% of death row, black inmates composing 42%, and Latino inmates 13%. California continued to have the largest death row, with 745 inmates, followed by Florida (404), Texas (276), Alabama (198), and Pennsylvania (188). Arkansas, which last carried out an execution nearly nine years ago, had a 13% decrease in its death row population since last year. The report also contains information about executions. Since 1976, 10% (143) of those executed were defendants who gave up their appeals.
- Document type International law - Regional body
- Themes list Due Process , Trend Towards Abolition,
Document(s)
Pictures at an execution: The condemned in art
By BBC / Jason Farago, on 1 January 2014
Article
United States
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This article discusses a new art exhibition in Los Angeles which aims to humanise condemned prisoners. It continues to situate the exhibition in the greater context of the depiction of the death penalty in art history. The conversation this article raises is the link the death penalty in art history has with creating a public discussion. From the sword to the electric chair, the death penalty has inspired challenging art, writes Jason Farago.
- Document type Article
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Public debate,
Document(s)
The Death Penalty in 2014: video summary
By Death Penalty Information Center, on 1 January 2014
NGO report
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DPIC’s 2014 Year-End Report. Death sentences were at a 40-year low and executions were at a 20-year low. Texas, Missouri, and Florida accounted for 80% of all the executions in the United States. There were 7 exonerations this year and it took an average of 30 years to discover their innocence.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Innocence, Statistics,
Document(s)
The Death Penalty in 2014: infographic
By Death Penalty Information Center, on 1 January 2014
NGO report
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DPIC’s 2014 Year-End Report. Death sentences were at a 40-year low and executions were at a 20-year low. Texas, Missouri, and Florida accounted for 80% of all the executions in the United States. There were 7 exonerations this year and it took an average of 30 years to discover their innocence.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Innocence, Statistics,
Document(s)
Report : Third World Congress Against the Death Penalty
By Ensemble contre la peine de mort (ECPM), on 1 January 2008
2008
NGO report
frMore details See the document
Participants in the Third World Congress Against the Death Penaltyin Paris have repeated again and again that the universal abo-lition of the death penalty is underway. The work carried outin Paris 2007 has clearly shown it: an irreversible downwardtrend in the number of death sentences and executions is vis-ible worldwide. Above all an increasing number of nations haveabandoned this useless and cruel practice.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Trend Towards Abolition, World Coalition Against the Death Penalty,
- Available languages Actes : 3e Congrès mondial contre la peine de mort
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)
Written Statement to the 22nd Session of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review on Malawi
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty / The Advocates for Human Rights, on 1 January 2014
NGO report
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This submission informs on Malawi’s international human rights obligations with regard to its use of the death penalty. 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 prison conditions and access to justice for the vast majority of individuals accused of crimes for which the death penalty is a possible punishment. This report has been compiled from a combination of sources, including the Malawi Penal Code, experts, news reports, non-governmental organizations, and other commentary. Further, this report makes recommendations that steps be taken to alleviate such conditions. These steps include both reducing the maximum possible sentence from death to one that is fair, proportionate and respects international human rights standards, complete abolition of capital punishment, universal access to adequate legal representation and provision of clean, safe, and appropriate prison conditions as well as regular monitoring.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Due Process , Death Row Conditions, Country/Regional profiles,
Document(s)
Exile and Embrace: Contemporary Religious Discourse on the Death Penalty
By Northeastern / Anthony Santoro, on 1 January 2013
2013
Book
United States
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With passion and precision, Exile and Embrace examines the key elements of the religious debates over capital punishment and shows how they reflect the values and self-understandings of contemporary Americans. Santoro demonstrates that capital punishment has relatively little to do with the perpetrators and much more to do with those who would impose the punishment. Because of this, he convincingly argues, we should focus our attention not on the perpetrators and victims, as is typically the case in debates pro and con about the death penalty, but on ourselves and on the mechanisms that we use to impose or oppose the death penalty.
- Document type Book
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Religion ,
Document(s)
Quest for Justice: Defending the Damned
By Richard Jaffe / New Horizon Press, on 1 January 2012
2012
Book
United States
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In Quest For Justice, the author takes readers into the Bo Cochran and Eric Rudolph cases, along with those of Randall Padgett and Judge Jack Montgomery, in a conversational, story-driven narrative that offers personal insights and intimate views into these complex individuals and cases.
- Document type Book
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Due Process ,
Document(s)
أحكام الإعدام وما نُفذ منها في عام 2012
By Amnesty International, on 1 January 2013
2013
NGO report
enMore details See the document
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)
Death sentences and executions 2013
By Amnesty International, on 1 January 2014
2014
NGO report
arfarufresMore details See the document
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)
How States Abolish the Death Penalty
By International Commission Against the Death Penalty, on 1 January 2013
2013
International law - Regional body
rufresMore details See the document
This document reviews the processes towards abolition of capital punishment through studying the experiences of 13 States. Drawing on these lessons and experiences, the document provides guidance to States on how to abolish the Death penalty.
- Document type International law - Regional body
- Themes list Trend Towards Abolition, Death Penalty,
- Available languages Как госуда́рствa отменяют смертная казньComment les Etats abolissent la peine de mortLa abolicion de la pena de meurte en los estados
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)
Foreign nationals facing the death penalty in the USA: the important role of consular officials
By Reprieve, on 1 January 2012
2012
Lobbying
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This video explains the role of consular officers in protecting their nationals when they face the death penalty abroad.
- Document type Lobbying
- Themes list Foreign Nationals,
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
More details See the document
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)
A Matter of Life and Death: films, an assembly, lessons and information on the death penalty to inspire students aged 14+
By Amnesty International UK, on 8 September 2020
2020
Campaigning
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Through A Matter of Life and Death lessons, assembly and films, students aged 14+ can explore the issues surrounding the use of the death penalty, one of Amnesty’s oldest and most established campaigns.
- Document type Campaigning
- Themes list Public opinion,
Document(s)
The Death Penalty in China and the World
By Amnesty International UK, on 8 September 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)
Trial and Errors : The Texas Death Penalty
By Lisa Maxwell / AMITI, on 1 January 2013
2013
Book
United States
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TRIAL & ERROR takes a thorough look at the most controversial issues of the Texas Death Penalty that have raised questions of fairness and equality. Read words of inmates on death row in interviews conducted by the Amiti Organization, then judge for yourself whether the Death Penalty is administering justice or injustice.
- Document type Book
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Death Row Conditions, Death Penalty, Country/Regional profiles,
Document(s)
A Death Before Dying: Solitary Confinement on Death Row
By American Civil Liberties Union, on 1 January 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)
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
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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)
Death penalty in Iran: A State terror policy – Special Update for 11th World Day against the Death Penalty
By International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), on 8 September 2020
NGO report
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
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The change of administration in the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and taking of office by a new president on 3 August 2013 has not brought any change as far as the death penalty is concerned. Between the 14 June presidential election and 1st October, more than 200 people have been reportedly executed, including possibly three people who may have been younger than 18 at the time of the commission of the alleged crimes.Against this backdrop, FIDH and its member organisation, LDDHI, have decided topublish the present report to analyse the new penal laws in force in Iran that are invoked consistently to violate the right to life in general and to execute child offenders. Coinciding with 10 October 2013, World Day against the Death Penalty, this report aimsto serve as an update on the current state of application of the death penalty in the IRI.
- Document type NGO report
- Countries list Iran (Islamic Republic of)
- Themes list Juveniles, Drug Offences, Hanging, Country/Regional profiles,
- Available languages مجازﺯاﺍتﺕ اﺍعداﺍمﻡ دﺩرﺭ اﺍﯾﻳراﺍنﻥ - سﯿﻴاست دﺩوﻭلتﯽﻲ اﺍﯾﻳجادﺩ وﻭحشت - وﻭﯾﻳژهﻩ ﯾﻳازﺯدﺩهمﯿﻴن رﺭوﻭزﺯ جهانﯽﻲ ضد مجازﺯاﺍتﺕ اﺍعداﺍمﻡ
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
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)
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
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)
Crime and punishment: Public perception, judgment and opinion
By Penal Reform International / M. Chernyanskaya / A. Akulenko / SATIO Group, on 1 January 2013
2013
NGO report
ruMore details See the document
In 2013, PRI commissioned a detailed survey of public opinion about crime, punishment and the death penalty in Belarus.Market researchers, Satio, conducted the survey, interviewing 1,000 participants. The results show that opinions around capital punishment are more varied and nuanced than is often stated, while public attitudes about crime in general are strongly affected by respondents’ social position, background and emotions.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Public opinion,
- Available languages Преступление и наказание: восприятие, оценки, отношение общества
Document(s)
The death penalty, terrorism and international law
By Penal Reform International, on 1 January 2014
2014
Academic report
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The death penalty is retained for terrorism offences in many countries, but how does it conform with international standards? The global community has had much to say about both terrorism and capital punishment; this paper brings together the key arguments to identify the appropriate state responses in the face of terrorism.
- Document type Academic report
- Themes list International law, Terrorism,
Document(s)
Fighting for clients’ lives: the impact of the death penalty on defence lawyers
By Susannah Sheffer / Penal Reform International, on 1 January 2014
Working with...
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How are lawyers affected by defending death penalty cases, where failure means execution? And how do they respond when their clients are killed?This briefing paper, written by Susannah Sheffer and drawing on her book Fighting for their lives, showcases the voices of the lawyers themselves to demonstrate the profound and long-lasting impacts that the death penalty can have on those indirectly affected by it.
- Document type Working with...
- Themes list Legal Representation,
Document(s)
Counter terrorism in Kazakhstan: why the death penalty is no solution
By Penal Reform International, on 1 January 2013
2013
NGO report
enMore details See the document
This report focuses on the death penalty for terrorism related offences, an issue that has exercised many countries. It looks at evolving standards and practice internationally and considers how Kazakhstan can meet its human rights obligations while countering terrorism and maintaining the security of its people.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Terrorism,
- Available languages Терроризм в Казахстане Смертная казнь не решение проблемы
Document(s)
Терроризм в Казахстане Смертная казнь не решение проблемы
By Penal Reform International, on 1 January 2013
NGO report
enMore details See the document
- Document type NGO report
- Available languages Counter terrorism in Kazakhstan: why the death penalty is no solution
Document(s)
Irreversible Error: Recommended Reforms for Preventing and Correcting Errors in the Administration of Capital Punishment
By The Constitution Project, on 1 January 2014
2014
NGO report
More details See the document
The Committee also offers a host of other recommendations to prevent and correct wrongfulconvictions. These include recommendations regarding the preservation, testing andpresentation of forensic evidence; the creation of statutory remedies for wrongful convictionsand the implementation of procedures for the systemic review to help avoid future errors; thevideotaping of custodial interrogations – where practical – in order to avoid the documentedproblem of false and otherwise inaccurate confessions; the adoption of best practices foreyewitness identifications; the effective implementation of prosecutors’ constitutionalobligation to disclose exculpatory evidence; and enforcement of the Vienna Convention onConsular Relations.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Innocence,
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
Working with...
frMore details See the document
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)
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
frMore details See the document
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)
Last 100 executed: Who are they?
By Death Penalty Information Center, on 1 January 2014
2014
Arguments against the death penalty
More details See the document
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)
International Commission against the Death Penalty (ICDP) Review 2013
By International Commission Against the Death Penalty, on 1 January 2013
2013
NGO report
More details See the document
The International Commission against theDeath Penalty (ICDP) undertook anumber of activities in 2013 to reinforce andconsolidate the global trend toward abolition ofcapital punishment. This is a full report on ICDP’s workin 2013 as well as statistics on global trends on capital punishment.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Trend Towards Abolition, Statistics,
Document(s)
The Death Penalty Project’s Annual Lecture 2014
By William A. Schabas / Death Penalty Project, on 8 September 2020
2020
Multimedia content
More details See the document
On 28th January 2014, DPP’s 3rd lecture was held at the Inner Temple, London. Professor William Schabas delivered a lecture entitled “Universal Abolition: Only a Decade Away“. This video recording of the lecture includes the Q&A session.
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list Trend Towards Abolition,
Document(s)
Financial Costs of the Death Penalty
By Office of Performance Evaluations Idaho Legislature, on 1 January 2014
2014
Government body report
More details See the document
Idaho’s death penalty involves many criminal justicestakeholders at both the local and state levels and in all three branches of government. Because death penalty processes involve so many entities, legislators asked for a better understanding of the structure, workings, and costs. The following events also sparked legislative interest: (1) two offenders sentenced to death werelater released from prison in 2001 and (2) two recent executions after a 17-year pause.Legislators wanted to know whether costs of sentencingdefendants to death could be compared with costs of sentencing them to life in prison.
- Document type Government body report
- Themes list Statistics, Financial cost,
Document(s)
Cut This: The Death Penalty
By ABC7 / YouTube, on 1 January 2010
2010
Arguments against the death penalty
More details See the document
An anti death penalty video which advocates the abolition of the death penalty. The personalities in the video suggest using the money which is currently used on the death penalty for improving the community.
- Document type Arguments against the death penalty
- Themes list Networks,