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…squad. The Second Optional Protocol turns 20 The Second Optional Protocol entered into force on the 11 July 1991 and to mark its 20th anniversary Belgium is organising a side-event…

…the Rights of the Child, on 20 November, 2009 in the morning. Although the diplomatic representations of Sudan and Yemen received each a quarter of the petitions received to date…

…Aurélie Plaçais told them that, after two years of research and campaign design, the time was right to kick-start lobbying efforts as we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Protocol….

…to the ICCPR aiming at the abolition of the death penalty will mark its 20th anniversary. WCADP is hopeful that by that date support for the protocol, in terms of…

…In this regard, we commend Chad for resisting this distraction and for abolishing the death penalty on 20th May 2020. We would like to take the opportunity of having his…

For this occasion, we wanted to give the floor to our founding member organizations. 20 years of memories, meetings, activism and fight with the hope to see one day a…

Take action now! The 20th World Day Against the Death Penalty is an excellent opportunity to publicly oppose the use of this inhumane punishment and to support those who are…

…suffered for 20 years, the stress, the untreated diseases, and the poor hygiene.” 10 October 2022 marked the 20th anniversary of the World Day Against the Death Penalty (World Day)…

…safe from judicial error and innocent people are likely to be sentenced to death. –    It is inefficient and does not keep society safe. It has never been conclusively shown…

…the 20 executions in 2016 were lower. Fourteen states and the federal government are projected to impose 39 new death sentences in 2017, the second lowest annual total since the…

…Optional Protocol to the ICCPR aiming at the abolition of the death penalty and Kenyan judges keep issuing death sentences. That is why abolitionists’ work remains more important than ever….

…The members of ImpactIran say increased coordination has helped them achieve a wider international reach and stronger impact through joint submissions to the UN – and they will keep up…

…keeping the heart beating so that the organs can be sold openly for transplantation. He cited Pope Francis in calling on the assembly to be “rebels against global indifference”. Europe…

…sentence, but she begged us to keep them secret and make sure he could not be identified because she had received threats that her other children would be targeted if…

…international community puts pressure on one specific case, the authorities give up on that case, because individual cases do not matter to them: as long as they keep the number…

…abolitionists, and putting more pressure on those countries that keep capital punishment in their legislation. Equally, the Coalition aims to create a network of abolitionist players and to support them. …

…January Supreme Court decision according to which it is unconstitutional to keep a person on death row for more than three years. The court argued that any longer term would…

…in 2009. Even though the government intends to keep the death penalty there are positive signs that it is moving away from capital punishment. Vietnam has shown positive action towards…

…Ma on March 12. American law professor and World Coalition treasurer Speedy Rice, who visited President Ma two years ago and was told that Taiwan would keep moving towards abolition,…

…these stories, raise awareness among people. Let’s keep this flame alive after we leave here, let’s unite in our various projects.” Message from Mongolian President Elbegdorj Tsakhia: “As the Head…

…Mongolia could not keep using a punishment that “degrades human dignity”. He referred to the global trend towards abolition, including at the United Nations, and said: “The State of Mongolia…

…signal to abolitionist countries that might consider the struggle against the death penalty as a thing of the past. April 3, 2009 update: The World Coalition also wrote to Montana’s…

…protest for Amnesty International France, urges the public to keep signing the petition addressed to the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles, “even though it had turned a blind…

…the largest population on death row, with 670 inmates. The CCFAJ found that the average delay between sentence and execution was over 20 years. “Just to keep cases moving at…

…was reaffirmed by our Supreme Court this past week.  Snyder v. Louisiana, No. 06-10119, 2008 WL 723750, at *4 (Mar. 19, 2008).” The judge concluded that everyone “is entitled to…

…join forces and take action. Watch Capital-“X” explain the reasons behind Walk4Life on Onloq.com Keep track on the Walk4Life blog Visit Capital-“X”‘s MySpace page Watch the Walk4Life launch video below…

…doing business with a state, keep human rights issues in mind. Legal, financial and lobbying efforts The delegates also discussed the importance of the international community in stressing that the…

…is up to the youth to stand up and protest when countries keep using the death penalty. Today’s youth is a bit selfish, young people tend to focus on issues…

…the World Day Against the Death Penalty a grass-roots event, with educational and militant actions being prepared worldwide. Just keep an eye on the World Day section on this site…

…of the WCADP “Iranian authorities, eager to keep the death penalty, are quick to point out that they are carrying out the will of the people, claiming that the death…

…program or classes, there is no point. There is no purpose in going out [of the ward]. I just keep to myself. My family used to come for open visits…

…executions in 2021 is significantly higher than the numbers recorded in 2020 (267 people executed), 2019 and 2018. The launch of the report raises awareness on Iran’s worrying situation and…

…Rights). According to Amiry-Moghaddam, “the people in Iran might face a mass execution” for Iran to keep their political repression intact. As Jean Asselborn (8th World Congress participant, Minister of…

…and “sentencing illegality” keep coming up and has been a matter of discussion for a long time. As Taiwan gradually incorporates international human rights conventions into its laws, the fundamental…

…religious pushback than political Maintaining an unofficial moratorium is a low-risk but high-reward choice for governments that wish to keep capital punishment as a political tool at home while winning…

…renunciation of a religion – and gay sex. However, the latter remains a criminal offense punishable with prison sentences. Capital punishment was also abolished for children and persons over 70…

Extract from Death Penalty Project, publish on april 7. Click here To read the full study. This independent empirical study, which presents the views of 100 ‘opinion formers’, drawn from…

…that, “Regarding whether Taiwan’s death penalty should be retained or be abolished, the Ministry of Justice always upholds the principle of performing administrative duties according to law and has never…

…murder of Jyoti Singh Pandey in New Delhi, Vinay Kumar Sharma, Pawan Gupta, Mukesh Singh and Akshay Thakur were executed by hanging on 20 March 2020, although the country had…

In 2006, the Philippines abolished the death penalty for all crimes. A year later, the country gained the reputation of a regional leader in the campaign against death penalty for…

…retain the death penalty and those who have abolished it.” •    Welcome the publication by Amnesty International of research highlighting multiple layers of arbitrariness in the use of capital punishment….

…since they have already abolished the death penalty. Rather, they are working for others, spending time and money to help others, you just feel very grateful. Their work benefits the…

…crimes and has never carried out any executions. Armenia signed the Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR on 26 September. Angola abolished the death penalty in 1992 and in January…

…from different African countries to participate in the continental training. It was an opportunity for various actors from countries that have abolished the death penalty in their legislation, those respecting…

…the threshold of the “most serious crimes” to which the use of this punishment must be restricted in countries that have not yet abolished it.  State practice and decreasing figures…

…all executions until capital punishment can be legally abolished. A crucial tool in encouraging African governments to openly deal with the issue of the death penalty, the draft protocol once…

…1989 that the legal vacuum was partially filled, urging the signatory states to the ICCPR abolish the death penalty. However, 2018 marked a significant turning point with the adoption of…

…competition on the topic “Why should the death penalty be abolished?”, and member organization Greater Caribbean for Life (GCL) presented a paper at a conference organized by the EU delegation…

…join the 106 states around the world including 20 African states that have abolished the death penalty both in law and practice.” If the taskforce’s recommendations are adopted this coming…

…des droits de l’homme (FIDH), i.e. that: “The death penalty is a discriminatory practice, often used against the most vulnerable people, and must be abolished. Poverty and the death penalty…

…followed the regional seminar held in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) on 19 and 20 October 2016 by ECPM and the Fédération internationale des Actions des Chrétiens pour l’abolition de la torture…

…1990, only Cape Verde had abolished the death penalty, today 40 of the 55 African Union member States are abolitionist in law or practice. Although Botswana and Sudan have both…

…punishment to two years imprisonment. Although his sentence has expired, the authorities continue to detain him. The National Assembly passed a law on April 27, 2018 that replaces article 306…

…of sub-Saharan Africa will have abolished the death penalty”. Let us hope that the Regional Congress is only the beginning of an intergenerational and consensual gathering for the abolition of…

…Currently in Malaysia, even after the mandatory death penalty is abolished for drug trafficking, there still remains about 11 other offences that provide for the mandatory death penalty, while about…

…demonstrated its inefficiency. 2000 people were on Rwandan death row when the country abolished the death penalty in 2007. Today, the former prisoners have reintegrated society and obtained a second…

…in our communities. GCL supports the sentiments expressed in the Editorial of the Nassau Guardian dated 20 October 2017: “We do not think the death penalty will help reduce any…

According to the judges of the highest court, the death penalty violates the Constitution and international conventions such as the American Convention on Human Rights. Thus, it abolished capital punishment…

…29, 2017, with 27 votes in favor, 13 votes against and 7 abstentions. As it was expected, Egypt and Saudi Arabia wanted to amend the text. These amendments, however, were…

…Death Penalty. The final step for irreversible abolition in Madagascar Madagascar signed the Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR in September 2012, during the UN Treaty Event and abolished the…

…airport. See ADPAN’s statement. The discussions also focused on the case of foreign nationals sentenced to death around Asia and the importance of keeping up the fight against the death…

…have abolished it” and emphasized on the obligation held by States to recognize the commitment both in terms of human rights principles and legal obligations once they have signed a…

…On 20 February the House of Representatives of the Philippines is expected to vote on a Bill to reintroduce the death penalty for a wide range of offences. The move…

…Asia. The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mangala Samaraweera, recalled on that occasion that the death penalty had already been abolished in the past in Sri Lanka and that “the vast…

…penalty is abolished”. The Ivorian National Assembly might soon vote a bill foreseeing the ratification of OP2. To this end, a working group has been set up and is composed…

…France, recalled, those events support the growing consensus in favour of the universal abolition of the death penalty. To date, 105 States are abolitionist, 7 have abolished the death penalty…

…non-derogability of the right to life. The 2006 law n°06/018 has abolished the death penalty for charges of rape followed by death, replacing it by a life sentence, while the…

…death sentences brings Kenya closer to the growing community of nations, which have abolished the death penalty, calling it a cruel and inhuman form of punishment. Although Kenya last executed…

…the waste crisis, so people are moving to these problems. WC. No execution has been registered since 2004, but Lebanon has not abolished the death penalty yet. Why? KG. I…

A process initiated in 2009 in Togo Togolese MPs abolished the death penalty unanimously on 23 June 2009; the death penalty was then removed from the criminal laws of the…

…UNGA moratorium and to set an example for other Asian countries, launching a clear message: “Mongolia abolished the death penalty. We have done it. Why don’t other countries join us?”…

…but they were confirmed by the Constitutional Court and the new constitution was promulgated on November 6, 2015. Death penalty was historically little required in Congo, which made its abolition…

…or use capital punishment, it also takes a firm stance in advocating that the death penalty should in fine be abolished everywhere. 2015 marks the 4th edition of this Joint…

An official panel discussion on capital punishment in Africa took place at the ACHPR session on April 22, 2015. The debate organized by FIACAT, FIDH and the World Coalition Against…

Parliamentarians for Global Action welcomes the abolition of the death penalty  by the Parliament of Suriname on 3 March, 2015, in the framework of the discussions regarding the adoption of…

…addition to six states that have abolished the practice since 2007. In a public memorandum explaining his decition, Tom Wolf wrote that this was a campaign pledge, adding: “If the…

…2014, for the first time, Fiji voted in favour of the resolution entitled “Moratorium on the use of the death penalty”. Fiji abolished the death penalty for ordinary crimes in…

The United Nations agency charged with combating illicit drug trafficking should withdraw its support for counter-narcotics police operations in Iran until the death penalty for drug offenses is abolished, six…

…who claim the alleged deterrent effect, tell them that they are barking up the wrong tree.” Watch her speech below. The Philippines has abolished the death penalty but is surrounded…

…20 years. “It’s so good to be alive,” McCarty said when he started to recount his experience. His story based on “a perverse notion of justice” was a sobering and…

…11 June 2014. 20 years moving away from the death penalty The 1959 Penal Code of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (in force until 1998) contained 25 capital crimes, including…

…death penalty have been stalled by the Senate, it is clear to me that a group like this will not rest until it is abolished, and that is really encouraging.”…

…are, in fact, growing more and more isolated,” said Amnesty International’s Secretary General Salil Shetty. Although the number of countries that have abolished the death penalty in law for all…

…instruments of ratification as we mark the Protocol’s 25th anniversary at the treaty event in New York later this year,” he told the participants in the 5 March, 2014 event…

…there on 20 January 2004. He called on Lebanese leaders to follow the global trend towards abolition and take concrete steps this year. Justice Minister Chakib Cortbawi made a firm…

…while he was being prosecuted. The Mexican authorities were not notified of Tamayo’s arrest as he stood accused of murdering a policeman in Houston 20 years ago. In 2004, the…

…of the countries of the Caribbean. The IACHR expects that additional progress will be made in this direction until mandatory imposition of this punishment is abolished in all the countries…

…9.7% of respondents believe capital punishment has been abolished, 7.1% say death sentences have not been passed in many years, 5.5% that the country has signed a moratorium on capital…

…and firearms offences, which “would give strong support to those who believe that the death penalty could be abolished for both these offences without a public outcry,” Prof Hood wrote….

…of retentionist countries could be perfected in an ideal world, the death penalty would remain a form of torture that should be abolished. The Secretary General’s presence was an answer…

…the Council of Europe continues to monitor the capital punishment issue although all its member states have abolished it. It conducts a dialogue on a range of issues including the…

…interviewees came from the deprived Siliana region, which explains the title used for the Tunisian edition of the publication: “The Siliana syndrome: why the death penalty should be abolished in…

…that international law can be a useful tool to national leaders: in 2012, Mongolia abolished the death penalty by acceding to the UN Protocol on the death penalty – an…

…abolished under all circumstances”) and a “wide” retentionist one (“the death penalty is unavoidable in some cases”). Dr Sato then examined detailed results and conducted separate surveys using more neutral…

…two thirds of the countries in the world have abolished capital punishment. The time has come for Indonesia to lead the way for emerging global powers by abolishing the death…

…the nation’s death sentences. The number of states with the death penalty declined this year as Connecticut joined 16 other states that have repealed the death penalty. Illinois abolished the…