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…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…

…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…

…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…

…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…

…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…

…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…

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…

…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…

…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…

…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…

…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…

…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…

…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…

…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…

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…

…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…

Today, 139 countries from all regions of the world have abolished the death penalty in law or in practice and ‘only’ 25 countries carried out executions in 2008. According to…

…offenders who were under 18 years old at the time of the crime. 2009 also saw a decrease in the number of death sentences, and the number of executions is…

…death sentence was delivered after an unfair trial, and in six of the cases conviction relied on confession extracted through torture.  Over half of Asian countries have abolished the death…

…the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights said: “About 140 of the 192 States Members of the United Nations are believed to have abolished the death penalty or…

…evolving standards and values that indicate that the death penalty has no place in civilised society.” While two-thirds of the world’s states have already abolished the death penalty in law…

…reality. Out of the 41 countries from Asia and the Pacific, 27 have abolished the death penalty in law and in practice. Of the 14 countries that still retain the…

…have already abolished the death penalty, and at a minimum, to maintain the de facto moratorium”. Cruel, inhuman and degrading Courts in India have previously commuted death sentences for delayed…

A total of 31 countries abolished the death penalty in law or in practice during the last 10 years but China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, the USA and Yemen remain amongst…

…World Coalition must recognize the importance of victims’ rights. We are against the death penalty, but we also are against impunity.” US federal executions Although it has been abolished locally,…

…was abolished in law with its removal from the Penal Code. At an international level Kyrgyzstan voted in favour of the United National General Assembly resolutions on a moratorium on…

The European Union (EU) invited partner NGOs, including the World Coalition, to a joint forum in Brussels on July 12. Many abolitionist organizations were present, in keeping with the EU’s…

…ground, Latvia abolished the death penalty for all crimes on 1st January 2012 and ratified Protocol No. 13 to the European Convention for Human Rights on 5 January 2012. On…

…people to decide, if after various discussions the majority of public opinion is for the death penalty to be abolished,” she said, according to Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper. The executions –…

…countries that have removed capital punishment entirely from their laws rose to 95 as Burundi and Togo abolished the death penalty for all crimes. For the first year since Amnesty…

…like to cite the examples of Burundi and Togo who both abolished capital punishment in 2009. The different abolitionist movements, including the African Commission for Human Rights, have numerous tools….

…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…

…months after a debate started there on the reinstatement of capital punishment, which was abolished in 2007. In 2009, President Kurmanbek Bakiyev commissioned a report on the death penalty from…

…considered for repeal,” DPIC’s report noted. New Mexico abolished the death penalty last year, and legislatures in ten other states considered similar moves, often citing cost as an issue. Some…

…Provisional Authority in 2003 and there was no reference to the death penalty in the provisional constitution. However, beginning on August 8, 2004, the Interim Iraqi Government, headed by Iyad…

On December 15, 2009, the UN Protocol to abolish the death penalty celebrates its 20th anniversary. 72 States have ratified the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil…

…issue, most modern legal systems have included the death penalty. In Iraq, the provisional authority set up during the US occupation abolished capital punishment by ministerial decree No7 on 10…

…out in a fair and humane manner. The death penalty is not acceptable and should be abolished or a moratorium applied. A moratorium will give a chance to re-examine both…

…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…

…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…

…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.”…

…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….

…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…

…main argument. Yet a comparison within the region shows that crime rates are in fact lower in those countries that have abolished capital punishment. In the Caribbean, 12 countries are…

…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…

…death penalty as a necessary step to signal their commitment to human rights. In recent years two of Malawi’s neighbouring countries, South Africa and Mozambique have abolished the death penalty….

…Guatemala, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, The Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America and 19 have abolished it in…

…the compulsory death penalty for drug mules. In March this year, the Malaysian Bar unanimously passed a resolution at its annual general meeting calling for capital punishment to be abolished….

…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…