Your search “Keep the Deacth Penalty Abolished fin the philippines /page/www.humanrights.asia/resources/report/2011/AHRC-sur-008-2011/act_download/file ”
Document(s)
Failure to Apply the Flynn Correction in Death Penalty Litigation: Standard Practice of Today Maybe, but Certainly Malpractice of Tomorrow
By John E. Wright / John Niland / Cecil R. Reynolds / Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment / Michal Rosenn, on 1 January 2010
2010
Article
United States
More details See the document
The Flynn Effect is a well documented phenomenon demonstrating score increases on IQ measures over time that average about 0.3 points per year. Normative adjustments to scores derived from IQ measures normed more than a year or so prior to the time of testing an individual have become controversial in several settings but especially so in matters of death penalty litigation. Here we make the argument that if the Flynn Effect is real, then a Flynn Correction should be applied to obtained IQs in order to obtain the most accurate estimate of IQ possible. To fail to provide the most accurate estimate possible in matters that are truly life and death decisions seems wholly indefensible.
- Document type Article
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Networks,
Document(s)
Why Do White Americans Support the Death Penalty?
By Journal of Politics / Alan R. Metelko / Laura Langbein, on 1 January 2003
2003
Article
United States
More details See the document
This article explores the roots of white support for capital punishment in the United States. Our analysis addresses individual-level and contextual factors, paying particular attention to how racial attitudes and racial composition influence white support for capital punishment. Our findings suggest that white support hinges on a range of attitudes wider than prior research has indicated, including social and governmental trust and individualist and authoritarian values. Extending individual-level analyses, we also find that white responses to capital punishment are sensitive to local context. Perhaps most important, our results clarify the impact of race in two ways. First, racial prejudice emerges here as a comparatively strong predictor of white support for the death penalty. Second, black residential proximity functions to polarize white opinion along lines of racial attitude. As the black percentage of county residents rises, so too does the impact of racial prejudice on white support for capital punishment.
- Document type Article
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Public opinion,
Document(s)
When Law and Ethics Collide — Why Physicians Participate in Executions
By Atul Gawande / New England Journal of Medecine 354(12), 1-13., on 1 January 2006
2006
Article
United States
More details See the document
Evidence from execution logs showed that six of the last eight prisoners executed in California had not stopped breathing before technicians gave the paralytic agent, raising a serious possibility that prisoners experienced suffocation from the paralytic, a feeling much like being buried alive, and felt intense pain from the potassium bolus. This experience would be unacceptable under the Constitution’s Eighth Amendment protections against cruel and unusual punishment. So the judge ordered the state to have an anesthesiologist present in the death chamber to determine when the prisoner was unconscious enough for the second and third injections to be given — or to perform the execution with sodium thiopental alone.The California Medical Association, the American Medical Association (AMA), and the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) immediately and loudly opposed such physician participation as a clear violation of medical ethics codes. “Physicians are healers, not executioners,” the ASA’s president told reporters. Nonetheless, in just two days, prison officials announced that they had found two willing anesthesiologists. The court agreed to maintain their anonymity and to allow them to shield their identities from witnesses. Both withdrew the day before the execution, however, after the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit added a further stipulation requiring them personally to administer additional medication if the prisoner remained conscious or was in pain. This they would not accept. The execution was then postponed until at least May, but the court has continued to require that medical professionals assist with the administration of any lethal injection given to Morales. This turn of events is the culmination of a steady evolution in methods of execution in the United States.
- Document type Article
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Lethal Injection,
Member(s)
Coordination Eveil et cause pour l’Unité nationale et la lutte contre l’esclavage
on 30 April 2020
The Coordination Eveil et cause pour l’Unité nationale et la lutte contre l’eclavage is a non-governmental organization focused on the fight against slavery and its aftereffects. Created on 22 February 2012, it promotes a culture of Human rights and strenghten the national unity and and the bonds of love and brotherhood between every part of […]
2020
Mauritania
Document(s)
ICCPR Case Law on Detention, the Prohibition of Cruel Treatment and Some Issues Pertaining to the Death Row Phenomenon
By Eva Rieter / Journal of the Institute of Justice and International Studies, on 1 January 2002
2002
Article
More details See the document
This paper discusses some case law on detention issues by the Human Rights Committee (HRC) that supervises the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), as well as HRC case law on the so-called “death row phenomenon,” which involves forcing a person to live under conditions that spawn intense fear, distress, and the virtual destruction of the personality while awaiting execution.
- Document type Article
- Themes list Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment, Death Row Phenomenon,
Document(s)
Furman Fundamentals
By Corinna Barrett Lain / Washington Law Review, on 1 January 2007
2007
Article
United States
More details See the document
For the first time in a long time, the Supreme Court’s most important death penalty decisions all have gone the defendant’s way. Is the Court’s new found willingness to protect capital defendants here to stay? Or is it a passing fancy that will dissipate in less hospitable times? At first glance, history allows for optimism. Furman v. Georgia, the 1972 landmark that invalidated the death penalty, provides a seemingly perfect example of the Court’s ability and inclination to protect capital defendants when no one else will. Furman looks countermajoritarian, scholars have claimed it was countermajoritarian, and even the Justices saw themselves as playing a heroic, countermajoritarian role in the case. But the lessons of Furman are not what they seem. Rather than proving the Supreme Court’s ability to withstand majoritarian influences, Furman teaches the opposite – that even in its more countermajoritarian moments, the Court never strays far from dominant public opinion, tending instead to reflect the social and political movements of its time. This Article examines the historical context of Furman v. Georgia and its 1976 counterpart, Gregg v. Georgia, to highlight a fundamental flaw in the Supreme Court’s role as protector of minority rights: its inherently limited inclination and ability to render countermajoritarian change. In theory, the Court might protect unpopular minorities, but in practice it is unlikely to do so unless a substantial (and growing) segment of society supports that protection. Even then, Furman reminds us that the Court’s “help” may do more harm than good. If the past truly is a prologue, Furman portends that the Court’s current interest in restricting the death penalty will not last forever. Like the fair-weather friend, the Court’s protection will likely be there in good times but gone when needed the most.
- Document type Article
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Networks,
Document(s)
Preventing the Reinstatement of Capital Punishment in the Maldives
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, Nasheen Kalkat - Reprieve, on 10 August 2021
2021
Campaigning
Maldives
Public Opinion
frMore details Download [ pdf - 261 Ko ]
Findings from a preliminary study concerning the local abolitionist movement, risksto related civilsociety organizations and the identification of capacity building opportunities.
- Document type Campaigning
- Countries list Maldives
- Themes list Public Opinion
- Available languages Empêcher le retour de la peine capitale aux Maldives
Document(s)
Staying Alive: Executive Clemency, Equal Protection, and the Politics of Gender in Women’s Capital Cases
By Elizabeth Rapaport / Buffalo Criminal Law Review, on 1 January 2001
2001
Article
United States
More details See the document
In this Article, I will review the matrix in which executive decisions in women’s capital clemency cases are made, a matrix supplied by modern equal protection law, the nature and scope of the clemency power, gender politics, and contemporary death row. I will then conduct two thought experiments. Each invented case tests the relevance of gender in legally and politically acceptable contemporary clemency decisions. The goal is to understand the politics and law of granting or denying that very rare boon-commutation of sentence – to a female death row prisoner. The exercise offers support for two conclusions. In the age of formal equality, women cannot be granted clemency simply because they are women. The rhetoric of chivalry is untenable for the contemporary executive. A governor who is courageous and rhetorically skillful, however, can sometimes successfully defend the commutation of the death sentence of a woman as a proper use of the power to grant mercy, done for her sake, the class she exemplifies, the conscience of the governor, and the public.
- Document type Article
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Women, Clemency,
Document(s)
Article: “Viedo Darryll Stallworth, Former Prosecutor supports SAFE California”
By SAFE California, on 8 September 2020
2020
Academic report
United States
More details See the document
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,
Document(s)
Factsheet for Medical Professions
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 1 January 2014
2014
Working with...
frMore details Download [ pdf - 518 Ko ]
While the death penalty remains, persons with mental disabilities are at risk of being sentenced to death and executed in breach of international standards. This briefing paper provides concrete examples of what can be done to address this risk, including by the adoption by national medical professional bodies of codes of conduct ensuring that professionals do not act unethically or unprofessionally in capital cases.
- Document type Working with...
- Themes list Mental Illness, Intellectual Disability,
- Available languages Fiche pour les professions médicales
Document(s)
Crackdown on China’s human rights lawyers deepens
By Amnesty International, on 1 January 2011
2011
NGO report
More details See the document
This report updates Amnesty International’s Breaking the law: Crackdown on human rights lawyers and legal activists in China (ASA 17/042/2009) published in 2009. It makes little mention of death penalty but it is an excellent source on the situation of human rights lawyers in China.
- Document type NGO report
Document(s)
Eight case sheets (covering China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Singapore, Taiwan)
By Amnesty International / Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network, on 1 January 2011
Academic report
More details See the document
In compiling this report, a number of cases have been reviewed which clearly demonstrate the very real dangers of applying the death penalty. Eight case sheets: Leng Guoquan (China), Devender P. Singh (India), Humphrey Eleweke (Indonesia), Hakamada Iwao (Japan), Reza Shah (Malaysia), Aftab Bahadur (Pakistan), Yong Vui Kong (Singapore), Chiou Ho-shun (Taiwan)
- Document type Academic report
- Themes list Networks,
Document(s)
Leaflet – 2020 World Day
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
2020
Academic report
frMore details Download [ - 0 Ko ]
2020 World Day 8-page leaflet
- Document type Academic report
- Themes list Fair Trial, World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, Death Penalty,
- Available languages Brochure - Journée mondiale 2020
Document(s)
Social Media Toolkit
By Harm Reduction International, on 1 January 2015
2015
Campaigning
frMore details Download [ pdf - 502 Ko ]
This document has been developed to support you in getting behind and amplifying the World Day and launch of the report ‘The Death Penalty for Drug Offences Report – Global Overview 2015’ via social media on 8 October 2015.
- Document type Campaigning
- Themes list Drug Offences,
- Available languages Kit Réseaux sociaux
Document(s)
3 questions to Ndume Olatushani, former death row prisoner
By Ensemble contre la peine de mort (ECPM), on 1 January 2018
2018
Academic report
United States
More details See the document
Ndume, 56 years old, spent 28 years in prison in the US, 20 of which on death row, for a crime he did not commit. Today, he is human rights activist, and fight with us for the abolition of the death penalty. He is also a very gifted painter.
- Document type Academic report
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Death Row Conditions, Death Penalty,
Document(s)
Cost
By National Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 1 January 2014
2014
Arguments against the death penalty
More details See the document
This document provides information on the cost of death penalty cases in the United States.
- Document type Arguments against the death penalty
- Themes list Networks, Financial cost,
Document(s)
DEATH ROW PHENOMENON VIOLATES HUMAN RIGHTS
By Human Rights Advocates, on 1 January 2012
2012
NGO report
More details See the document
Conditions surrounding the death penalty and its application necessitate examination and recognition of the tortuous experience endured by death row inmates, as it culminates in the onset of the death row phenomenon
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Death Row Phenomenon,
Document(s)
Execution by lethal injection – a quarter century of state poisoning
By Amnesty International, on 1 January 2007
2007
NGO report
esMore details See the document
Any potential increase in executions or lobbying for the death penalty as a result of the use of lethal injection is of serious concern. The increased pressure on medical professionals to participate in executions also raises serious ethical and human rights issues. This paper reviews developments with respect to lethal injection executions over the past decade.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Lethal Injection, Statistics,
- Available languages Ejecución por inyección letal: Un cuarto de siglo de muertes por envenenamiento a manos del Estado
Document(s)
Fight for Life on Death Row (Greg Tomson)
By 60 Minutes / CBS News, on 1 January 2008
2008
Legal Representation
More details See the document
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)
Myuran Sukumaran: Another Day in Paradise
By Myuran Sukumaran / Bendigo Art Gallery, on 1 January 2018
2018
Working with...
More details See the document
Another Day in Paradise is the first major exhibition by Myuran Sukumaran along with a series of newly commissioned artworks by leading Australian artists, Abdul-Rahman Abdullah, Megan Cope, Jagath Dheerasekara, Taloi Havini, Khaled Sabsabi, Matthew Sleeth.It presents the significant body of work produced while incarcerated in Bali’s Kerobokan Prison, Denpasar and during the final 72 hours of his life spent on Nusa Kambangan Island. For Myuran, painting was a means of communicating with the world and a redemptive practice.
- Document type Working with...
- Themes list Death Row Conditions, Death Row Phenomenon, Death Penalty,
Document(s)
Innocence Lost: A Play About Steven Truscott
By Beverley Cooper / Centaur Theater Company, on 1 January 2013
2013
Working with...
More details See the document
In 1959, the Canadian justice system nearly killed an innocent 14-year-old boy. The fact that Steven Truscott was wrongly convicted of the rape and murder of 12-year-old Lynne Harper that year, and sentenced to hang, now seems surreal. All the more so since he’s alive and well and living quietly with his family after 10 years of unjust incarceration – and many more years as an obscure factory worker, father and grandfather, after suffering the consequences of a destroyed reputation.
- Document type Working with...
- Themes list Public opinion, Innocence,
Document(s)
AFRICAN CHARTER ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES’ RIGHTS
By African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, on 8 September 1981
1981
United Nations report
frMore details See the document
ARTICLE 4Human beings are inviolable. Every human being shall be entitled to respect for his life and the integrity of his person. No one may be arbitrarily deprived of this right.ARTICLE 5Every individual shall have the right to the respect of the dignity inherent in a human being and to the recognition of his legal status. All forms of exploitation and degradation of man, particularly slavery, slave trade, torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment and treatment shall be prohibited.
- Document type United Nations report
- Themes list International law,
- Available languages Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples
Document(s)
Innocence
By The North Atlantic Innocence Project / The Innocence Project / YouTube, on 1 January 2009
2009
Arguments against the death penalty
More details See the document
This event was held by the North Atlantic Innocence Project. The video explores post conviction evidence that can prove innocence after conviction. Testimonials from the exonerated, a victim and from a police officier who works on post conviction cases.
- Document type Arguments against the death penalty
- Themes list Innocence,
Document(s)
In Their Own Words (Black and White)
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 1 January 2019
2019
NGO report
enMore details Download [ pdf - 802 Ko ]
A tool with testimonies of children with a parent on death row, compiled by the World Coalition thanks to its member organizations (to be printed).
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Juveniles, World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, Death Penalty,
- Available languages Paroles d'enfant (noir et blanc)
Document(s)
Factsheet for Parlementarians 2017
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 1 January 2017
2017
Working with...
frMore details Download [ pdf - 527 Ko ]
Parlementarians Factsheet for the World Day Against the Death Penalty.
- Document type Working with...
- Themes list Public opinion, Public debate, Discrimination, Death Penalty,
- Available languages Fiche d'information pour les parlementaires 2017
Document(s)
Student Resource Centre
By Canadian Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
2020
Campaigning
More details See the document
A resource centre for students researching the death penalty. It provides student essays as an example on how to write an essay on the death penalty. It also contains a contact list of – death row inmates, activists, jurists, families of inmates, and others that have agreed to make themselves available to answer students’ questions regarding capital punishment.
- Document type Campaigning
- Themes list Networks,
Document(s)
Death Sentencing Database
By Brandon L. Garrett / End of its Rope, on 1 January 2018
2018
Working with...
More details See the document
This resource website displays data concerning death sentencing in the United States from 1990 to present. Research using these data includes a book, “End of its Rope: How Killing the Death Penalty Can Revive Criminal Justice” published by Harvard University Press in Fall 2017. This research was conducted by Professor Brandon L. Garrett with the support of the University of Virginia School of Law.
- Document type Working with...
- Themes list Death Penalty, Statistics,
Document(s)
Ratification Kit for Parliamentarians
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 1 January 2017
2017
Working with...
fresMore details Download [ pdf - 523 Ko ]
Parliamentarians are essential to the process of abolition in several ways. They are central to law-making in their own countries and in most countries, the ultimate decision on ratification rests with parliament, which must approve ratification. This new tool will help them understand the importance and the process of ratification and it will help civil society engage with them.
- Document type Working with...
- Themes list International law,
- Available languages Kit de ratification pour les parlementairesKit de ratificación para los parlamentarios
Document(s)
Mobilisation Kit
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 1 January 2018
2018
Campaigning
zh-hantfreszh-hantMore details Download [ pdf - 494 Ko ]
Produced to guide organisers, the kit suggests action and provides information about World Day and the theme chosen. For example, the section called “10 things you can to do on 10.10” suggests 10 activities to carry out within the framework of World Day such as participation in an art project, organisation of an event, or writing to those sentenced to death. It also proposes 10 tips for successful action.
- Document type Campaigning
- Themes list Public debate,
- Available languages 海報 - 2013 年世界反死刑日Kit de mobilisationKit de movilización动员材料大全
Document(s)
Kit Cities for Life – 2016
By Community of Saint Egidio, on 8 September 2020
2020
Academic report
fresMore details Download [ pdf - 344 Ko ]
The International DayCities for Life – Cities against the DeathPenalty, is the largest international mobilization ofthe abolitionist movement.Its objective is to establish a dialogue within thecivil society on the topic and involve localadministrators, aiming at abolishing the deathpenalty and making the rejection of violence thetrue identity of a city and its citizens.
- Document type Academic report
- Available languages Kit pour les Villes contre la peine de mort - 2016Kit Ciudades contra la Pena de Muerte - 2016
Document(s)
Annual Report: Death Penalty in Iran 2012
By Iran Human Rights (IHR), on 1 January 2013
2013
Article
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
fafrenfafrMore details See the document
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
Document(s)
The Contradictions of American Capital Punishment
By Franklin E. Zimring / Oxford University Press, on 1 January 2003
2003
Book
United States
More details See the document
Why does the United States continue to employ the death penalty when fifty other developed democracies have abolished it? Why does capital punishment become more problematic each year? How can the death penalty conflict be resolved?In The Contradictions of American Capital Punishment, Frank Zimring reveals that the seemingly insoluble turmoil surrounding the death penalty reflects a deep and long-standing division in American values, a division that he predicts will soon bring about the end of capital punishment in our country. On the one hand, execution would seem to violate our nation’s highest legal principles of fairness and due process. It sets us increasingly apart from our allies and indeed is regarded by European nations as a barbaric and particularly egregious form of American exceptionalism. On the other hand, the death penalty represents a deeply held American belief in violent social justice that sees the hangman as an agent of local control and safeguard of community values.
- Document type Book
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Networks,
Document(s)
The Egypt Death Penalty Index
By Reprieve / Daftar Ahwal Data Research Center, on 1 January 2019
2019
Multimedia content
More details See the document
The Egypt Death Penalty Index is a joint initiative of Reprieve and the Daftar Ahwal Data Research Center. The Index tracks Egypt’s use of capital punishment between 25 Janurary 2011 and 23 Septembrer 2018.
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list Death Penalty, Country/Regional profiles,
Document(s)
Compounded Violence: Domestic Abuse and the Mandatory Death Penalty in Ghana and Sierra Leone
By Anjuli Peters / University of Oxford, on 1 January 2019
Arguments against the death penalty
More details See the document
This paper applies a gendered perspective to women sentenced to a mandatory death penalty in the West African countries of Ghana and Sierra Leone. At present, there are six women on death row in Ghana and two women on death row in Sierra Leone. All eight women are sentenced to mandatory death for murder. However, interviews with the women on death row suggest that their offenses do not meet the threshold of ‘most serious crimes.’ Instead, many are convicted for acts committed in retaliation following violence against them.
- Document type Arguments against the death penalty
- Themes list Women,
Document(s)
Public support for the death penalty ticks up
By Pew Research Center / J. Baxter Oliphant, on 1 January 2018
2018
Article
United States
More details See the document
Public support for the death penalty, which reached a four-decade low in 2016, has increased somewhat since then. Today, 54% of Americans favor the death penalty for people convicted of murder, while 39% are opposed, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted in April and May.
- Document type Article
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Public opinion,
Document(s)
End of its Robe: How Killing the Death Penalty can Revive Criminal Justice
By Brandon L. Garrett , on 1 January 2017
2017
Book
United States
More details See the document
Brandon Garrett hand-collected and analyzed national data, looking for causes and implications of this turnaround. End of Its Rope explains what he found, and why the story of who killed the death penalty, and how, can be the catalyst for criminal justice reform.
- Document type Book
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Due Process , Public debate, Death Penalty, Country/Regional profiles,
Document(s)
Most Deserving of Death? An Analysis of the Supreme Court’s Death Penalty Jurisprudence
By Kenneth Williams / Ashgate Publishing, on 1 January 2012
2012
Book
United States
More details See the document
The book looks at issues such as jury selection, ineffective assistance of counsel, innocence, and race, and how these issues reflect on who is sentenced to death. Prof. Williams concludes that that application of the death penalty is inconsistent and incoherent, partly because of the Supreme Court’s jurisprudence, and this leads to a lack of public confidence in the system.
- Document type Book
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Due Process , Fair Trial, Capital offences,
Document(s)
Tagalog : Poster – 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Tagalog)
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
2020
Multimedia content
enenenenenarfarufrzh-hantesenMore details Download [ pdf - 1650 Ko ]
Poster- 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Tagalog)
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list World Coalition Against the Death Penalty,
- Available languages Indonesian : Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Cebuano)Japanese : Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Japanese)Italian : Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Italian)Divehi : Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Dhivehi)German : Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (German)Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Arabic)Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Farsi)Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Russian)Affiche - 18ème Journée mondiale contre la peine de mortPoster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Chinese)Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Spanish)Poster- 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (English)
Document(s)
Poster – 17th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Black and White)
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
Multimedia content
frMore details Download [ pdf - 35 Ko ]
17th World Day Against the Death Penalty Poster in black and white
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list Juveniles, Public debate, World Coalition Against the Death Penalty,
- Available languages Affiche - 17ème Journée mondiale contre la peine de mort (noir et blanc)
Document(s)
Poster- 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (English)
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 1 January 2020
2020
Multimedia content
enenenenenenarfarufrzh-hantesMore details Download [ pdf - 1148 Ko ]
Poster- 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (English)
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list World Coalition Against the Death Penalty,
- Available languages Indonesian : Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Cebuano)Tagalog : Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Tagalog)Japanese : Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Japanese)Italian : Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Italian)Divehi : Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Dhivehi)German : Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (German)Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Arabic)Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Farsi)Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Russian)Affiche - 18ème Journée mondiale contre la peine de mortPoster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Chinese)Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Spanish)
Document(s)
Japanese : Poster – 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Japanese)
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
2020
Multimedia content
enenenenenarfarufrzh-hantesenMore details Download [ pdf - 1148 Ko ]
Poster- 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Japanese)
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list World Coalition Against the Death Penalty,
- Available languages Indonesian : Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Cebuano)Tagalog : Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Tagalog)Italian : Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Italian)Divehi : Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Dhivehi)German : Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (German)Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Arabic)Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Farsi)Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Russian)Affiche - 18ème Journée mondiale contre la peine de mortPoster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Chinese)Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Spanish)Poster- 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (English)
Document(s)
Restraints on Death Penalty in Europe: A Circular Process
By Stefano Manacorda / Journal of International Criminal Justice, on 1 January 2003
2003
Article
More details See the document
That the European area is a zone free of capital punishment is the result of a complex process of restraints that has evolved over the last 50 years. Domestic, regional and universal international law, as well as certain components within each level, have influenced each other to produce a dynamic, circular movement towards abolition. Starting from the internal level, restraints on the death penalty rose up to the regional and universal levels, and then descended back down into domestic law. This process, however, has not produced a completely closed circle, and certain countries in Europe retain legislation permitting recourse to the death penalty for certain crimes, especially war crimes and, according to recent interpretations, criminal offences related to terrorist activity. Extradition or other administrative mechanisms of expulsion also illustrate potential disjunctions in the circle, as they may allow persons to be transferred to retentionist countries. Even though the legislative framework has significantly evolved in the last few years, the dominant role played by political evaluations creates new fissures in the abolitionist circle. Only recently have new abolitionist perspectives emerged from the ‘right of interference’ in foreign death penalty cases, which some countries try to exercise when their own nationals are involved.
- Document type Article
- Themes list Networks,
Document(s)
German : Poster – 17th World Day Against the Death Penalty (German)
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
2020
Multimedia content
enenarfarufrzh-hantesMore details Download [ pdf - 34 Ko ]
17th World Day Against the Death Penalty Poster in German
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list Juveniles, Public debate, World Coalition Against the Death Penalty,
- Available languages Malay : Poster - 17th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Malay)Poster - 17th World Day Against the Death PenaltyPoster - 17th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Arabic)Poster - 17th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Persian)Poster - 17th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Russian)Affiche - 17ème Journée mondiale contre la peine de mortPoster - 17th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Chinese)Cartel - 17º Día Mundial Contra la Pena de Muerte
Document(s)
Malay : Poster – 17th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Malay)
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
Multimedia content
enenarfarufrzh-hantesMore details Download [ pdf - 35 Ko ]
17th World Day Against the Death Penalty Poster in Malay
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list Juveniles, Public debate, World Coalition Against the Death Penalty,
- Available languages German : Poster - 17th World Day Against the Death Penalty (German)Poster - 17th World Day Against the Death PenaltyPoster - 17th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Arabic)Poster - 17th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Persian)Poster - 17th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Russian)Affiche - 17ème Journée mondiale contre la peine de mortPoster - 17th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Chinese)Cartel - 17º Día Mundial Contra la Pena de Muerte
Document(s)
German : Poster – 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (German)
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
Multimedia content
enenenenenarfarufrzh-hantesenMore details Download [ pdf - 1150 Ko ]
Poster- 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (German)
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list World Coalition Against the Death Penalty,
- Available languages Indonesian : Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Cebuano)Tagalog : Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Tagalog)Japanese : Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Japanese)Italian : Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Italian)Divehi : Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Dhivehi)Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Arabic)Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Farsi)Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Russian)Affiche - 18ème Journée mondiale contre la peine de mortPoster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Chinese)Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Spanish)Poster- 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (English)
Document(s)
FINAL DECLARATION – 7th World Congress Against the Death Penalty
By Ensemble contre la peine de mort (ECPM) / World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
Multimedia content
frMore details Download [ pdf - 129 Ko ]
FINAL DECLARATION7TH World Congress Against the Death PenaltyBrussels, 1st March 2019
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list Capital offences, Public debate, Right to life, Member organizations, World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, Death Penalty,
- Available languages DECLARATION FINALE - 7ème Congrès contre la peine de mort
Document(s)
Divehi : Poster – 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Dhivehi)
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
Multimedia content
enenenenenarfarufrzh-hantesenMore details Download [ pdf - 1165 Ko ]
Poster- 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Dhivehi)
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list World Coalition Against the Death Penalty,
- Available languages Indonesian : Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Cebuano)Tagalog : Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Tagalog)Japanese : Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Japanese)Italian : Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Italian)German : Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (German)Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Arabic)Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Farsi)Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Russian)Affiche - 18ème Journée mondiale contre la peine de mortPoster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Chinese)Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Spanish)Poster- 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (English)
Document(s)
Italian : Poster – 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Italian)
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
Multimedia content
enenenenenarfarufrzh-hantesenMore details Download [ pdf - 1148 Ko ]
Poster- 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Italian)
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list World Coalition Against the Death Penalty,
- Available languages Indonesian : Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Cebuano)Tagalog : Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Tagalog)Japanese : Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Japanese)Divehi : Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Dhivehi)German : Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (German)Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Arabic)Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Farsi)Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Russian)Affiche - 18ème Journée mondiale contre la peine de mortPoster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Chinese)Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Spanish)Poster- 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (English)
Document(s)
Indonesian : Poster – 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Cebuano)
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
Multimedia content
enenenenenarfarufrzh-hantesenMore details Download [ pdf - 4406 Ko ]
Poster- 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Cebuano)
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list World Coalition Against the Death Penalty,
- Available languages Tagalog : Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Tagalog)Japanese : Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Japanese)Italian : Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Italian)Divehi : Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Dhivehi)German : Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (German)Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Arabic)Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Farsi)Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Russian)Affiche - 18ème Journée mondiale contre la peine de mortPoster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Chinese)Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Spanish)Poster- 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (English)
Document(s)
Joint Statement on the Death Penalty in Bahrain
By Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy, on 1 January 2015
2015
Multimedia content
Bahrain
More details See the document
Joint statement calling on the government to immediately commute all death sentences; to investigate all allegations of torture made by persons sentenced to death, and to dismiss any and all convictions made on the basis of confessions obtained under conditions of torture; to re-impose a moratorium on the death penalty with a view towards abolishing the practice.
- Document type Multimedia content
- Countries list Bahrain
- Themes list Country/Regional profiles,
Document(s)
Poster – 14th Wold Day against the death penalty
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
2020
Multimedia content
enenfaruzh-hantzh-hantesfrMore details Download [ jpeg - 239 Ko ]
Poster of the 14th Wold Day against the death penalty dedicated to terrorism: Execution is a terrorist’s tool. Stop the cycle of violence
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list Terrorism,
- Available languages German : Poster - 14. Welttag gegen die TodesstrafeItalian : Poster - 14° Giornata mondiale contro la Pena di morteپوستر - رد روز جهانی علیه مجازات اعدام 2016плакат - Всемирный день 2016海報 - 世界反对死刑日 2016 繁體海報 - 世界反对死刑日2016 简化字Cartel - Día Mundial 2016Affiche Journée Mondiale 2016
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
More details See the document
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)
In the Executioner’s Shadow
By Maggie Burnette Stogner, on 8 September 2020
2020
Multimedia content
United States
More details See the document
What would you do if someone you love was raped, tortured, or murdered? How would you seek justice? The very thought evokes horror— we shudder to even consider it. But it is a reality faced by Vicki and Syl Scheiber after their daughter’s rape and murder; faced by Karen Brassard in the traumatic aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing; faced by former Virginia state executioner Jerry Givens after performing 62 executions.As wrongful convictions, botched executions, and a broken justice system inch further into the spotlight, we must consider: What is justice? What part should the death penalty play?In the Executioner’s Shadow allows a glimpse into Jerry’s rarely seen world of death row and execution. It explores Karen’s moral conflict as she attends the accused bomber’s trial, a young man the same age as her son. It defies our perception of justice as Vicki and Syl fight for the life of their daughter’s murderer.In the Executioner’s Shadow illuminates the oft hidden realities entangled in death row, the death penalty, and the U.S. Justice system at large.
- Document type Multimedia content
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Public opinion, Death Penalty, Country/Regional profiles,
Document(s)
Digital Security and Privacy for Human Rights Defenders
By Frontline, on 1 January 2007
2007
Working with...
enesMore details See the document
What do we do when things go wrong? When our computers break down and annihilate years of hard work? When our emails do not reach the addressees or when we cannot access a website? How do we react to a news story of a virus damaging computers around the world, or to an email purportedly from a friend, asking to open the attached file? Uninformed decisions lead to bad choices, and blind reliance on technology often results in costly mistakes. This book is not aimed at a computer wizard. Its purposes are educating ordinary computer users and providing them with solutions to problems of privacy and security in a modern digital environment.
- Document type Working with...
- Themes list Networks,
- Available languages Viêt Namese : Những biến chuyển về mặt Pháp Lý về sự riêng tư trên Internet và quyền tự do ngôn luận ảnh hưởng đến công việc và sự an toàn của những nhà Đấu Tranh Nhân Quyền toàn cầu.Seguridad y Provicidad Digital para los Defendores de los Derechos Humanos
Document(s)
Children of parents sentenced to death
By Helen F. Kearney / Quaker United Nations Office, on 1 January 2012
2012
NGO report
More details See the document
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)
Illegal Racial Discrimination in Jury Selection: A Continuing Legacy
By Equal Justice Initiative, on 1 January 2010
2010
NGO report
More details See the document
Today in America, there is perhaps no arena of public life or governmental administration where racial discrimination is more widespread, apparent, and seemingly tolerate than in the selection of juries. Nearly 135 years after Congress enacted the 1875 Civil Rights Act to eliminate racially discriminatory jury selection, the practice continues, especially in serious criminal and capital cases.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Networks,
Document(s)
MVFHR 飄洋過海來看你:看見被害人 20100704 台北信義誠品
By Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty / Murder Victims' Families for Human Rights / YouTube, on 1 January 2011
2011
Working with...
enMore details See the document
這部短片是2010年美國被害人團體來台的報導(很抱歉,晚了一年才整理出來),今年,MVFHR將再度來台,並且也邀請日本的被害人團體一起在台灣巡迴演講「夜照亮了夜:身為被害人」(http://www.taedp.org.tw/index.php?load=read&id=964)
- Document type Working with...
- Themes list Murder Victims' Families,
- Available languages MVFHR Asia Speech Tour in Korea & Japan
Document(s)
Victim’s son objects as Texas sets execution in hate crime death
By Karen Brooks / Reuters, on 8 September 2020
2020
Academic report
United States
More details See the document
As Texas prepares to execute one of his father’s killers, Ross Byrd hopes the state shows the man the mercy his father, James Byrd Jr., never got when he was dragged behind a truck to his
- Document type Academic report
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Murder Victims' Families,
Document(s)
Lobbying Kit
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 1 January 2017
2017
Lobbying
frMore details Download [ pdf - 798 Ko ]
The kit aims at providing step-by-step advice on how to lobby government decision-makers at all stages of the ratification process. It includes: model letters , model press release, advice on how and when to use information contained in this kit.
- Document type Lobbying
- Themes list Networks,
- Available languages Kit de Lobbying
Document(s)
I don’t want another kid to die: Families of Victims Murdered by Juveniles Oppose Juvenile Executions
By Robert Renny Cushing / Susannah Sheffer / Murder Victims' Families for Human Rights, on 8 September 2020
2020
NGO report
United States
More details See the document
“I don’t want another kid to die” is a report about the juvenile death penalty from the perspective of family members of victims killed by juvenile offenders and parents of juvenile offenders who have been executed.
- Document type NGO report
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Juveniles, Murder Victims' Families,
Document(s)
Advancing drug policy reform: a new approach to decriminalization
By Global Commission on Drug Policy, on 1 January 2016
2016
NGO report
More details See the document
The Global Commission produces technical and policy reports to ground evidence-based recommendations in human rights, health and development. Political reports focus on drug policy reform generally and provide recommendations to countries in areas such as decriminalization; health and security; alternatives to incarceration for low-level people involved in the production, transport or selling of drugs; more intelligent measures against violent organizations and policy innovations such as legal, regulated markets.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Drug Offences, Sentencing Alternatives, Death Penalty,
Document(s)
A Death Before Dying: Solitary Confinement on Death Row
By American Civil Liberties Union, on 1 January 2013
2013
NGO report
More details See the document
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)
European Aid for Executions : How European Counternarcotics Aid Enables Death Sentences & Executions in Iran and Pakistan
By Reprieve, on 8 September 2020
2020
NGO report
More details See the document
Information gathered by Reprieve andpublished for the first time in this reportexposes how counter-narcotics aidprovided to Iran and Pakistan by Europeangovernments has ended up enabling andencouraging death sentences and executionsfor drug offences in those countries. Thereport’s findings are the product of two yearsof research, synthesising unpublished deathrow data obtained from Iranian and Pakistaniprisons with data on European counter-narcotics aid delivered through the UnitedNations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Drug Offences, Networks, Statistics,
Document(s)
3 questions to Arthur Judah, former death row prisoner
By Ensemble contre la peine de mort (ECPM), on 1 January 2018
2018
Working with...
More details See the document
Sentenced to death in Nigeria for murder, Arthur Judah was finally released in 2000 after 16 years of incarceration. Today, he works as writer and painter, and fight with us for the abolition of the death penalty.
- Document type Working with...
- Themes list Death Row Conditions, Death Penalty,
Document(s)
Saudi Arabia: Defying world trends – Saudi Arabia’s extensive use of capital punishment
By Amnesty International, on 8 September 2020
2020
NGO report
Saudi Arabia
arfrMore details See the document
This document examines the death penalty in Saudi Arabia and how it is sustained by a mixture of legal, judicial and political factors, whose redress requires a strong political will from the Saudi Arabian government together with a consistent concern and assistance by the international community.
- Document type NGO report
- Countries list Saudi Arabia
- Themes list Religion , Country/Regional profiles,
- Available languages السعودية :تحدي الاتجاهات العالميةالاستخدام الواسع لعقوبة الإعدام في السعوديةArabie Saoudite: Un recours massif à la peine capitale
Document(s)
Searchable Execution Database
By Death Penalty Information Center, on 1 January 2011
2011
NGO report
More details See the document
This new database search includes the county of conviction, as well as gender of victim. All results will display in chronological order by default. To sort by other criteria, click on the headings for those fields in the search results.
- Document type NGO report
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)
Film: “Execution”
By Steven Scaffidi / Ghost Rider Pictures, on 8 September 2020
2020
Academic report
More details See the document
Amnesty International Presents a Groundbreaking Film Event That Takes the Audience to the Front Row of an Execution–Regal Cinemas opens its doors in eight major cities across America for this first-of-a-kind motion picture less than 1 week after California’s attempt to repeal the death penalty fails.
- Document type Academic report
- 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)
Death Row USA – Spring 2020
By NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. / Deborah Fins, on 8 September 2020
2020
NGO report
United States
More details See the document
Spring 2020 edition of Death Row USA, on the situation of the death penalty in the USA as of April 2020
- Document type NGO report
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Statistics,
Document(s)
Coping with Innocence after Death Row
By Kimberly J Cook / Saundra D Westervelt / Contexts, on 1 January 2008
2008
Working with...
More details See the document
The enduring images of exonerees are of vindicated individuals reunited with family and friends in a moment of happiness and relief, tearful men embraced by supporters who have long fought for their release.We think of these moments as conclusions, but really they’re the start of a new story, one that social science is beginning to tell about how exonerees are greeted by their communities, their homes, and their families, and how they cope with the injustice of their confinement and rebuild their lives on the outside.
- Document type Working with...
- Themes list Networks,
Document(s)
Article: “Troy Davis: Why Poster Boys Don’t Matter”
By David R. Dow / Guerinca, on 8 September 2020
2020
Academic report
United States
More details See the document
Is the Troy Davis case the tipping point on the capital punishment debate? Unfortunately, not until the majority of Americans believes that killing—even an unquestionably guilty murderer—is wrong.
- Document type Academic report
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Innocence,
Document(s)
Fundraising from Trusts, Foundations and Companies
By Billy Bruty / Bond - For International Development, on 1 January 2010
2010
Working with...
More details See the document
Each trust has a legally binding trust deed that defines the beneficiaries, objectives and geographical area for its charitable activities. The more narrowly defined trusts may only support a certain age group, cause or locality. Those trusts with a wide remit will often be legally defined with objectives that are for “General Charitable Purposes” with “Worldwide Beneficiaries”. Many trusts will also change their policies to focus on topical or specific geographical priorities. It’s important to know where the heart of decision making lies and it can be very different across a number of trusts, and change according to the different stages of their ‘lifecycle’.
- Document type Working with...
- Themes list Networks,
Document(s)
A global approach to human rights case law
By HURIDOCS, on 1 January 2013
2013
Working with...
More details See the document
Our vision is to build a database that brings together all the case law of international human rights bodies. It will be the first to make human rights case law available in a coherent manner, break new grounds in terms of accessibility and on top of that will encourage sense-making by adding tools that help the user to go beyond the text.
- Document type Working with...
- Themes list Public opinion,
Document(s)
Department of Public Information Non-Governmental Organizations
By United Nations / Department of Public Information Non-Governmental Organizations, on 8 September 2020
2020
Working with...
eszh-hantfrruMore details See the document
The NGO Relations Cluster is the link to over 1,500 Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) associated with the Department of Public Information and supports their efforts to interact effectively with the United Nations in their areas of expertise.
- Document type Working with...
- Themes list Networks,
- Available languages Sección de las Organizaciones no Gubernamentales联合国新闻部非政府组织Section des Organisations Non GouvernementalesНеправите Неправительственные организации (льственные организации)
Document(s)
Pennsylvania capital post-conviction reversals and subsequent dispositions
By Death Penalty Information Center / Robert Brett Dunham, on 1 January 2018
2018
NGO report
More details See the document
In Pennsylvania, death-row prisoners whose convictions or death sentences are overturned in state or federal post-conviction appeals are almost never resentenced to death, a new Death Penalty Information Center study has revealed. Since Pennsylvania adopted its current death-penalty statute in September 1978, post-conviction courts have reversed prisoners’ capital convictions or death sentences in 170 cases. Defendants have faced capital retrials or resentencings in 137 of those cases, and 133 times—in more than 97% of the cases—they received non-capital dispositions ranging from life without parole to exoneration. Only four prisoners whose death sentences were reversed in post-conviction proceedings remain on death row
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Death Penalty, Statistics, Country/Regional profiles,
Document(s)
Paroles d’enfant (noir et blanc)
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
2020
Academic report
enMore details Download [ pdf - 900 Ko ]
Témoignages d’enfants dont un parent a été condamné à mort ou exécuté, compilés par la Coalition mondiale contre la peine de mort, avec le soutien de ses organisation membres pour la collecte et le partage des témoignages.
- Document type Academic report
- Themes list Juveniles, World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, Death Penalty,
- Available languages In Their Own Words (Black and White)
Document(s)
Factsheet for Lawyers 2017
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 1 January 2017
2017
Working with...
frMore details Download [ pdf - 810 Ko ]
Factsheet for lawyers – World Day Against the Death Penalty 2017
- Document type Working with...
- Themes list Due Process , Fair Trial, Legal Representation, Death Penalty,
- Available languages Fiche pratique pour les avocats 2017
Document(s)
Poster – 12th World Day
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
2020
Academic report
ruzh-hantesarfafrMore details Download [ jpeg - 608 Ko ]
Poster of the 12th World Day against the Death Penalty dedicated to mental health:Mental disorder is never a crimeCare. Don’t kill
- Document type Academic report
- Themes list Mental Illness, Intellectual Disability,
- Available languages плакат - Всемирный день海報 - 2014 年世界反死刑日Cartel - Día Mundial 2014بوستر اليوم العالمى 2014پوستر روز جهانی سال 2014Affiche Journée mondiale 2014
Document(s)
Fact Sheet – Judges
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
Academic report
More details Download [ pdf - 519 Ko ]
While the death penalty remains, persons with mental disabilities are at risk of being sentenced to death and executed in breach of international standards. This briefing paper provides concrete examples of what can be done to address this risk, including by implementing existing standards barring the imposition of death sentences or executions on those with intellectual disabilities and those who are seriously mentally ill.
- Document type Academic report
- Themes list Mental Illness, Intellectual Disability,
Document(s)
Capital Punishment Curriculum
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 1 January 2009
2009
Campaigning
zh-hantMore details Download [ pdf - 36 Ko ]
This course is intended to introduce a comparative study of the death penalty in abolitionist versus retentionist countries, based on the prohibition of this punishment in International conventions. It is designed primarily for use in US law schools, with emphasis on US law, but should prove instructive in other locations.
- Document type Campaigning
- Themes list Networks,
- Available languages 世界反死刑联盟 2009 年废除死刑教材 以法学院为对象之课程设计
Document(s)
Factsheet for Journalists
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 1 January 2014
2014
Working with...
enMore details Download [ pdf - 417 Ko ]
While the death penalty remains, persons with mental disabilities are at risk of being sentenced to death and executed in breach of international standards. This briefing paper provides concrete examples of what can be done to address this risk, including by working towards the reduction of stigma against persons with mental or intellectual disabilities, particularly where media reports promote inaccurate public beliefs about risks posed by such persons.
- Document type Working with...
- Themes list Mental Illness, Intellectual Disability,
- Available languages Fiche pour les journalistes
Document(s)
Ratification Kit – Sierra Leone
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
2020
Academic report
Sierra Leone
esfrMore details Download [ pdf - 199 Ko ]
This Ratification Kit is designed for government decision-makers. It gives the procedure to ratify or accede to the Protocol and arguments to convince target countries to endorse it. Governments are not likely to have an expert understanding of the Second Optional Protocol. This document may contain answers to government concerns that will be addressed to you during your lobbying action.
- Document type Academic report
- Countries list Sierra Leone
- Themes list International law,
- Available languages Kit de Ratificación – Sierra LeoneKit de ratification - Sierra Leone
Document(s)
Ratification Kit – Madagascar
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
Academic report
Madagascar
frMore details Download [ pdf - 524 Ko ]
This Ratification Kit is designed for government decision-makers. It gives the procedure to ratify or accede to the Protocol and arguments to convince target countries to endorse it. Governments are not likely to have an expert understanding of the Second Optional Protocol. This document may contain answers to government concerns that will be addressed to you during your lobbying action.
- Document type Academic report
- Countries list Madagascar
- Themes list International law,
- Available languages Kit de ratification - Madagascar
Document(s)
Ratification Kit – Togo
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
Academic report
Togo
frMore details Download [ pdf - 143 Ko ]
This Ratification Kit is designed for government decision-makers. It gives the procedure to ratify or accede to the Protocol and arguments to convince target countries to endorse it. Governments are not likely to have an expert understanding of the Second Optional Protocol. This document may contain answers to government concerns that will be addressed to you during your lobbying action.
- Document type Academic report
- Countries list Togo
- Themes list International law,
- Available languages Kit de ratification - Togo
Document(s)
Ratification Kit – Dominican Republic
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
Academic report
Dominican Republic
fresMore details Download [ pdf - 144 Ko ]
This Ratification Kit is designed for government decision-makers. It gives the procedure to ratify or accede to the Protocol and arguments to convince target countries to endorse it. Governments are not likely to have an expert understanding of the Second Optional Protocol. This document may contain answers to government concerns that will be addressed to you during your lobbying action.
- Document type Academic report
- Countries list Dominican Republic
- Themes list International law,
- Available languages Kit de ratification - République dominicaineKit de ratificación - República Dominicana
Document(s)
Ratificationt Kit Angola
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 1 January 2017
2017
Lobbying
fresMore details Download [ pdf - 525 Ko ]
This Ratification Kit is designed for government decision-makers. It gives the procedure to ratify or accede to the Protocol and arguments to convince target countries to endorse it. Governments are not likely to have an expert understanding of the Second Optional Protocol. This document may contain answers to government concerns that will be addressed to you during your lobbying action.
- Document type Lobbying
- Themes list International law,
- Available languages Kit de ratification AngolaKit de ratificación Angola
Document(s)
Ratification Kit – Morocco
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
2020
Academic report
Morocco
fresMore details Download [ pdf - 189 Ko ]
This Ratification Kit is designed for government decision-makers. It gives the procedure to ratify or accede to the Protocol and arguments to convince target countries to endorse it. Governments are not likely to have an expert understanding of the Second Optional Protocol. This document may contain answers to government concerns that will be addressed to you during your lobbying action.
- Document type Academic report
- Countries list Morocco
- Themes list International law,
- Available languages Kit de ratification - MarocKit de ratificación - Marruecos
Document(s)
Ratificationt Kit – Cambodia
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
Academic report
Cambodia
fresMore details Download [ pdf - 189 Ko ]
This Ratification Kit is designed for government decision-makers. It gives the procedure to ratify or accede to the Protocol and arguments to convince target countries to endorse it. Governments are not likely to have an expert understanding of the Second Optional Protocol. This document may contain answers to government concerns that will be addressed to you during your lobbying action.
- Document type Academic report
- Countries list Cambodia
- Themes list International law,
- Available languages Kit de ratification - CambodgeKit de ratificación - Camboya
Document(s)
Ratification Kit – Samoa
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 13 July 2022
2022
Academic report
Samoa
esfrfresMore details Download [ pdf - 199 Ko ]
This Ratification Kit is designed for government decision-makers. It gives the procedure to ratify or accede to the Protocol and arguments to convince target countries to endorse it. Governments are not likely to have an expert understanding of the Second Optional Protocol. This document may contain answers to government concerns that will be addressed to you during your lobbying action.
- Document type Academic report
- Countries list Samoa
- Themes list International law,
- Available languages Kit de Ratification - SamoaKit de ratification - SamoaKit de ratificación - Samoa
Document(s)
Digital Proceedings Oslo 2016 – 6th World congress against the death penalty
By Ensemble contre la peine de mort (ECPM), on 8 September 2020
2020
Multimedia content
frMore details See the document
This publication brings together the contributions of experts and discussions among participants at the 6th World Congress against the Death Penalty held in Oslo, Norway, in June 2016.
- Document type Multimedia content
- Available languages Actes numériques Oslo 2016 - 6ème Congrès mondial contre la peine de mort
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)
The Truth About False Confessions and Advocacy Scholarship
By Richard A. Leo / Criminal Law Bulletin, on 1 January 2001
2001
Article
United States
More details See the document
In 1998 Richard A. Leo and Richard J. Ofshe published a study of false confession cases entitled, The Consequences of False Confessions: Deprivations of Liberty and Miscarriages of Justice in the Age of Psychological Interrogation, which drew a response from Paul Cassell (1999), The Guilty and the Innocent : An Examination of Alleged Cases of Wrongful Conviction from False Confessions. In this article, the authors demonstrate that Cassell s article misreports the research and analysis contained in Leo and Ofshes 1998 article, and that Cassell s attempt to challenge Leo and Ofshes classifications of nine out of sixty false confessions is erroneous because Cassell excludes or presents an incomplete picture of important facts in his case summaries, selectively ignores enormous inconsistencies, implausibilities and/or contradictions in the prosecution s cases, and fails to acknowledge the existence of substantial exculpatory, if not dispositive, evidence. To illustrate the problems and biases in Cassell s commentary, this article discusses at length one of Cassell s challenges, the Barry Lee Fairchild case, in the main body of the article and in a detailed appendix analyzes the eight other cases (Joseph Giarratano, Paul Ingram, Richard Lapointe, Jessie Misskelley, Bradley Page, James Harry Reyos, Linda Stangel, and Martin Tankleff). Leo and Ofshe provide a point by point refutation of Cassell s assertions in all nine cases, demonstrating that all nine individuals were, as originally classified, almost certainly innocent of the crimes to which they had confessed.
- Document type Article
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Networks,
Document(s)
Chinas Death Penalty: History, Law and Contemporary Practices
By Terance D. Miethe / Hong Lu / Routledge, on 1 January 2007
2007
Book
China
More details See the document
This book examines the death penalty within the changing socio-political context of China. The authors’ treatment of China’s death penalty is legal, historical, and comparative. In particular, they examine; the substantive and procedures laws surrounding capital punishment in different historical periods the purposes and functions of capital punishment in China in various dynasties changes in the method of imposition and relative prevalence of capital punishment over time the socio-demographic profile of the executed and their crimes over the last two decades and comparative practices in other countries. Their analyses of the death penalty in contemporary China focus on both its theory – how it should be done in law – and actual practice – based on available secondary reports/sources.
- Document type Book
- Countries list China
- Themes list Networks,
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)
Putting Them There, Keeping Them There, and Killing Them: An Analysis of State-Level Variations in Death Penalty Intensity
By William S. Lofquist / Iowa Law Review, on 1 January 2002
2002
Article
United States
More details See the document
The landscape of the American death penalty is diverse. Though death penalty attitudes show a remarkable and increasing degree of homogeneity by region, race, gender, religion, and other factors, the actual practice of the death penalty varies substantially from region to region, and even from state to state. While these variations are widely recognized, they are not widely studied or understood. The lack of attention paid to the actual practice of the death penalty in different states and regions, the patterns that contribute to its use, and the factors associated with these patterns represents a substantial and troubling gap in our knowledge of an issue as widely studied as the death penalty.
- Document type Article
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Networks,
Document(s)
Poster – 15th World Day against the Death Penalty
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
2020
Multimedia content
enenfaruzh-hantzh-hantfresMore details Download [ jpeg - 374 Ko ]
Poster of the 15th World Day against the Death Penalty dedicated to poverty. Poverty and Justice: a Deadly Mix.
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list Discrimination,
- Available languages German : Poster - 15. Welttag gegen die TodesstrafeItalian : Poster - 15° Giornata mondiale contro la Pena di morteپوستر - رد روز جهانی علیه مجازات اعدام 2017плакат - Всемирный день 2017海報 - 世界反对死刑日 2017 繁體海報 - 世界反对死刑日2017 简化字Affiche Journée Mondiale 2017Cartel -15° Día mundial contra la pena de muerte
Document(s)
Poster – 16th World Day against the Death Penalty
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
Multimedia content
More details Download [ pdf - 2084 Ko ]
Poster of the 16th World Day against the Death Penalty dedicated to living conditions on death row. Dignity For All.
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list Death Row Conditions, Death Row Phenomenon,
Document(s)
The Death Penalty: America’s Experience with Capital Punishment
By Ray Paternoster / Robert Brame / Oxford University Press / Sarah Bacon, on 8 September 2020
Book
United States
More details See the document
This book addresses one of the most controversial issues in the criminal justice system today—the death penalty. Paternoster et al. present a balanced perspective that focuses on both the arguments for and against capital punishment. Coverage draws on legal, historical, philosophical, economic, sociological, and religious points of view.
- Document type Book
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Due Process , Public opinion, Country/Regional profiles,
Document(s)
Views on the death penalty among college students in India
By Eric G. Lambert / Sudershan Pasupuleti / Punishment and Society / Shanhe Jiang / K. Jaishankar / Jagadis V. Bhimarasetty, on 1 January 2008
2008
Article
India
More details See the document
While research abounds on attitudes toward capital punishment in the United States, such work has been lacking in non-western nations — particularly in India, the world’s largest democracy. Data recently collected have revealed variance in levels of support for the death penalty among Indian college students: 44 percent express some degree of opposition, 13 percent are uncertain, and 43 percent express some degree of support. Reasons for support or opposition also exhibited variance. According to a multivariate analysis, statistically significant reasons for support included retribution, instrumentalist goals, and incapacitation; while significant reasons for opposition included morality and the belief that deterrence could be achieved by imposing sentences of life without parole.
- Document type Article
- Countries list India
- Themes list Public opinion, Public debate,