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World Coalition members call for increased scrutiny of Iran

By Thomas Hubert, on 31 March 2014

According to the 2013 Annual report on the death penalty in Iran published by World Coalition member organisations Iran Human Rights (IHR) and Together Against the Death Penalty (ECPM), most…

2014

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

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Belarus ends more than one year without execution

By Daria Gribanova, on 14 April 2014

in cooperation with Belarusian Helsinki Committee and Amnesty International in Minsk, they initiated the campaign “Human Rights Defenders against the Death Penalty in Belarus”. Its coordinator, Andrei Poluda, believes that…

2014

Belarus

Belarus

Moratorium

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Abolitionists from the whole Arab World hold their first congress

By Aurélie Plaçais, on 22 October 2012

…for a reflection on the death penaltyThe participants to the congress noted in their final declaration: “For several years, particularly since the Arab Spring of 2011, the countries of…

2012

Algeria

Egypt

Jordan

Mauritania

Moratorium

Morocco

Public Opinion 

Tunisia

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Flurry of educational events on World Day Against the Death Penalty

on 6 November 2009

penalty. Houston “teach-inIn the United States, the Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty held its second “teach-in” at the University of St Thomas. Activists received training into educating…

2009

Australia

Clemency

Democratic Republic of the Congo

India

Indonesia

Innocence

Public Opinion 

Taiwan

United States

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Campaigners and political leaders unite against the death penalty

on 24 February 2010

penalty regulations in California. “As the letter from our member in Togo, which had abolished the death penalty just a few days before, was read in French in the capital…

2010

Belarus

France

Italy

Mongolia

Norway

Qatar

Senegal

Spain

Switzerland

Viet Nam

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Thai seminars explore religious perspectives on the death penalty

on 4 August 2008

Four meetings on religious support for the abolition of the death penalty have taken place in the past weeks at different locations in Thailand, with one more seminar scheduled in

2008

Murder Victims' Families

Public Opinion 

Thailand

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Day of the Endangered Lawyer: spotlight on China

By Emmanuel Trépied, on 14 February 2017

…on the families, travel bans, etc.: the authorities have established a real climate of terror. Chinese lawyers and the death penalty politics The submission of the judiciary to the political…

2017

China

Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment

Legal Representation

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Taiwan visit tarnished by six executions

By Patrick Kamenka, on 25 April 2013

…of the population” in favour of death penalty according to the President The head of the executive nevertheless indicated that his country “maintained the death penalty as most of the

2013

Death Row Conditions 

Public Opinion 

Taiwan

Taiwan

World Coalition Against the Death Penalty

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PRESS RELEASE – Indignation after 30 death sentences in Kinshasa

By Michel Kalemba, Suzanne Mangomba, Xavière Prugnard and Bertin Leblanc, on 4 August 2021

…commitments to the abolition of the death penalty, in particular by supporting the upcoming UN resolution calling for a moratorium on the use of the death penalty in December 2022….

2021

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Fair Trial

Legal Representation

Moratorium

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Between hope and disillusion: the Iranian death penalty reform

By Thalia Gerzso, on 13 September 2017

…Africa at Amnesty International. Despite the replacement of the death penalty by a 30 years’ imprisonment sentence for drug related offenses, the parliament, under the pressure of the Iran’s judiciary…

2017

Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

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Human Rights Council tackles death penalty

By Aurélie Plaçais, on 29 March 2013

As soon as the UN Human Rights Council convened in Geneva in late February, the International Commission against the Death Penalty held a high-level side event to the session. Senior…

2013

Algeria

Belgium

Benin

Costa Rica

Egypt

France

Moldova

Mongolia

Rwanda

Switzerland

United States

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The future of the death penalty in the United States

on 27 March 2011

…tide is turning against the death penalty in the United States, it is probably due to a combination of several factors, among them an increasing public awareness about the death

2011

Public Opinion 

United States

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Joint Declaration on the Death Penalty and Women’s Rights

By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 10 October 2021

the death penalty/ still retain the death penalty: A) Abolish the death penalty for all offences, regardless of gender; B) Pending full abolition, we call on governments to: Eliminate the

2021

Women

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U.S. sees second fewest death sentences and executions in 25 Years

By Death Penalty Information Center, on 22 March 2018

the death penalty since the 1990s suggests that in most of the country, the death penalty is becoming obsolete,” Dunham said. DPIC provides information and analysis and tracks data on the

2018

United States

World Coalition Against the Death Penalyt

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Statement delivered to ACHPR on its 68th Ordinary Session 

By FIACAT, FIDH, WCADP, Avocats Sans Frontières, COJESKI-RDC, ECPM, RAL and Reprieve, on 12 May 2021

the process of adopting the draft Protocol to the Banjul Charter on the abolition of the death penalty in Africa by the African Union has been stalled. Therefore, we call…

2021

Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment

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Awareness Building Workshop with African Union Members

By Bronwyn Dudley, on 14 May 2019

…and the Comoros met at the initiative of the ACHPR’s Working Group on the Death Penalty in partnership with FIACAT, the World Coalition and the OIF. The aim was to…

2019

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While we wait for the Supreme Court

on 17 January 2008

…dignity for the dying death row prisoners. Unless the international political community and the media get involved, as they should have done decades ago,  barbarity made in USA will go…

2008

Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment

Public Opinion 

United States

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The State of Palestine commits to abolishing the death penalty

By Louis Linel, Aurélie Plaçais, on 10 April 2019

…acceding to the ICCPR in April 2014 and five other treaties in May 2014. An uncertain situation of the death penalty in Palestine From the founding of the Palestinian Authority…

2019

State of Palestine

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Call for tenders for printing, design and layout services

By Carlos Valera, on 7 July 2020

…supplies requested throughout the contract, the World Coalition’s prior approval and the submission of an invoice by the selected tenderer, specifying the actions carried out throughout the month and the

2020

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Caribbean Court of Justice strikes down mandatory death penalty in Barbados

By Death Penalty Project, on 27 June 2018

…of murder in Barbados, their death sentences were imposed automatically without any consideration of the mitigating factors in their cases or their individual circumstances. In its judgment the CCJ accepted…

2018

Barbados

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World Forum an opportunity to gather abolitionists

on 4 July 2008

the Death Penalty denounced the “incoherence” between government announcements and actual progress on the death penalty in his country. Renny Cushing of Murder Victims’ Families for Human Rights gave some…

2008

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First executions under Abe government raise fears of more

By Thomas Hubert, on 21 February 2013

the executions while the Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN) said in a statement it “fears that today’s executions raise the genuine fear that use of the death penalty in Japan…

2013

Japan

Moratorium

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Building a death penalty-free future in Asia

By Aurélie Plaçais, on 6 December 2012

…out against the death penalty (in Malaysia and Japan) and progress made in individual countries. For example, Mongolia has established a moratorium on the death penalty and ratified the Second…

2012

Australia

Bangladesh

China

India

Indonesia

Japan

Malaysia

Mongolia

Moratorium

Pakistan

Philippines

Republic of Korea

Singapore

Taiwan

Thailand

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Moroccan parliamentary network a new step towards abolition

By Delphine Judith, on 15 March 2013

the International Criminal Court and of the UN Protocol on the abolition of the death penalty. The MPs’ goal is also to lead their country to accept the universal moratorium…

2013

Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment

Moratorium

Morocco

A candlelight vigil to protest the execution of Nagaenthran K. Dharmalingam in Singapore (Mohd Rasfan/AFP via Getty Images)

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Death penalty: Singapore’s growing abolition movement

By Kirsten Han, on 5 September 2022

in discourse on the death penalty in the country that is underway. On 3 April, a protest against the death penalty drew a crowd of about 400; three weeks later…

2022

Singapore

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Africa’s human rights body takes a stance against the death penalty

on 30 November 2008

…resolutions on the subject. It also calls on them to ratify the UN Second Optional Protocol, the only international treaty establishing the abolition of the death penalty, without the possibility…

2008

Fair Trial

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Children and the death penalty in Sub-Saharan Africa: NGO Forum and the 65th ACHPR Session

By Connie Numbi and Bronwyn Dudley, on 9 December 2019

…ACAT Benin). Each speaker dove into various elements of how children experience the socio-psychological impact of the death penalty of a parent and what steps the State should take in

2019

Juveniles

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Worldwide abolitionists to focus on South-East Asia

By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 30 April 2015

…concerning the death penalty, given the recent executions in Indonesia? Surprisingly, in Kuala Lumpur, nobody spoke about the executions, neither in the street nor in the media. I attended a…

2015

Malaysia

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The history of Chinese law is an argument for abolition

on 27 September 2007

the death penalty in the imperial penal codes. By referring to Chinese legal sources, the researcher has observed that the death penalty was originally only used for proven killers. “As…

2007

Afghanistan

China

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Puerto Rico pressures Obama to abolish unwanted federal death penalty

on 25 June 2011

…mobilized the Commonwealth government’s resources to help federal authorities impose the death penalty on Puerto Rico.” Sovereignty, federalism and the death penalty Under the Federal Death Penalty Act 1994 signed…

2011

Fair Trial

Puerto Rico

United States

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12 Years Without an Execution: Is Zimbabwe Ready for Abolition?

By Death Penalty Project, on 24 May 2018

in 2011 revealed that 89% of the public were in favour of keeping the death penalty. Moreover, the reluctance of Zimbabweans to impose the death penalty in different cases where…

2018

Public Opinion 

Zimbabwe

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Groundbreaking Survey Reveals Iranians’ Attitudes Towards the Death Penalty

By GAMAAN Institute / World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 23 October 2020

…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

2020

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Public Opinion 

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Mali: is abolition in sight?

on 4 June 2008

…spectators in the local language about the ineffective and inhuman nature of the death penalty. “These events are appreciated and we are making great progress”, confirmed Bernard Sagara, President of…

2008

Innocence

Mali

Mali

Moratorium

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The Greater Caribbean for Life rejects the call for the resumption of the death penalty

By Leela Ramdeen, on 9 November 2017

The Greater Caribbean for Life (GCL), an independent, not-for-profit regional civil society organization working towards the abolition of the Death Penalty in the region, rejects the recommendation for the resumption…

2017

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US death sentences hit new low in 2009

By Death Penalty Information Center, on 7 January 2010

there in 2009, again the lowest number since 1976. In its annual report, the Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (TCADP) concluded: “Concerns about innocence, arbitrariness, cost, and fairness…

2010

Mental Illness

United States

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Welcome to the United States of torture

on 2 May 2008

…fifteen execution warrants have already been signed (one in Georgia, one in South Dakota, one in Arkansas, one in Illinois, one in Oklahoma, two in Louisiana, three in Virginia and…

2008

Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment

United States

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World’s nations call for execution freeze

By Maria Donatelli, on 20 December 2012

…abolition of the death penalty. This paragraph, which also targets abolitionist States, points in the same direction as the campaign led by the World Coalition regarding the Second Optional Protocol…

2012

Bahrain

Central African Republic

Chad

Dominica

Juveniles

Maldives

Moratorium

Oman

Papua New Guinea

Seychelles

Sierra Leone

South Sudan

Sri Lanka

Tunisia

Women

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Death Sentences in the Democratic Republic of the Congo More Numerous than Previously Thought

By Bronwyn Dudley, on 12 March 2020

…previously estimated, systemic problems in the DRC’s judiciary and the question of torture on death row. THE PROFILE OF THOSE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN THE DRC The report found that there…

2020

Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Fair Trial

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Indonesian executions on the rise as election looms

By Emile Carreau, on 10 December 2013

…through with more. The only way to end the death penalty in Indonesia is therefore to abolish it outright. Why are the executions secret? Since the death penalty is debatable,…

2013

Indonesia

Indonesia

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Strong mobilization in Sub-Saharan Africa on World Day

By Thalia Gerzso, on 19 October 2017

the abolition at the center of political debates. In Tanzania, for instance the newspaper The Citizen stated: “Pressure is mounting to abolish the death penalty”. In Ivory Coast, the newspaper…

2017

Public Opinion 

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How Colorado became the 22nd abolitionist State in the USA

By Aurélie Plaçais, on 30 March 2020

…leaders also participated in community events and signed a letter condemning the immorality of the death penalty. Finally, they organised an “End the Death Penalty Lobby Day” at the beginning…

2020

United States

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10.10.10 Looking back on the World Day in Asia

on 3 December 2010

…silent action in the city centre to raise awareness about the death penalty (photo), and there was an in-house discussion on the arguments for and against the death penalty. Film…

2010

Australia

Bangladesh

India

Indonesia

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Italy

Japan

Pakistan

Singapore

Terrorism

United States

Article(s)

Asia develops into hub of abolitionist dialogue

By Emile Carreau, on 6 November 2014

the abolition of death penalty in the entire area.“ Filipina Justice Secretary Leila M. De Lima told the conference: “The death penalty kills innocent people. The death penalty disproportionately burdens…

2014

Cambodia

India

Indonesia

Japan

Lao People's Democratic Republic

Philippines

Sri Lanka

Viet Nam

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Gambia and Madagascar commit to irreversible abolition

By Aurelie Placais, on 22 September 2017

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

2017

Gambia

Participants split into groups working on research practical exercises. Copyright World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, November 2022.

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Advocacy Seminar Held in Berlin for French-Speaking Sub-Saharan Africa Members

By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 26 January 2023

In the margins of the 8th World Congress Against the Death Penalty, member organizations of the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty (World Coalition) and FIACAT’s African ACATs (Féderation international…

2023

Benin

Burkina Faso

Cameroon

Central African Republic

Chad

Congo

Côte d'Ivoire

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Guinea

Madagascar

Mali

Niger

Senegal

Togo

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3rd World Congress Report: a 400-page strategy

on 22 April 2008

…lobby in this direction.” He announced that, on the invitation of the Swiss government, the next World Coalition Against the Death Penalty will take place in Geneva in 2010. International…

2008

Article(s)

Tanzania: President Magufuli declares his position against the death penalty.

By Thalia Gerzso, on 20 September 2017

…single comment was made in favor of the death penalty. “People consider the death penalty as a colonial inheritance. No one is in favor of it.  I think it is…

2017

United Republic of Tanzania

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Abolitionist movement turns to parliamentarians

By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 11 October 2013

the World Coalition’s handbook: ICDP/IPU joint event for parliamentarians in Geneva In Geneva, the International Commission against the Death Penalty (ICDP) and the Inter-Parliamentary Union celebrated the World Day against…

2013

Algeria

Egypt

France

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Lebanon

Libya

Mauritania

Morocco

State of Palestine

Tunisia

United Kingdom

World Coalition Against the Death Penalyt

Article(s)

Women sentenced to death: An invisible reality

By Advocates for Human Rights, International Federation of ACAT (Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture), International Harm Reduction Association (IHRA), non-governmental organizations in special consultative status, on 4 August 2021

the death penalty: Promote awareness of World Day Against the Death Penalty on 10 October 2021. Eliminate the death penalty for non-violent offenses, particularly for drug offenses and “crimes of…

2021

Drug Offenses

Fair Trial

Women

Article(s)

Call to end flawed Caribbean death penalty

By Thomas Hubert, on 10 December 2012

…most Caribbean islands retain the death penalty. However, when looking at the practice, Caribbean governments’ calls for the death penalty seem a populist measure to keep the electorate happy,” Javier…

2012

Antigua and Barbuda

Bahamas

Barbados

Belize

Dominica

Fair Trial

Grenada

Guyana

Intellectual Disability

Jamaica

Mental Illness

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Lucia

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Trinidad and Tobago

Article(s)

Burkina Faso has joined the global trend toward abolition of the death penalty in Africa

By International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH), on 6 June 2018

…vast majority of regional and international human rights instruments, including the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, which excludes the death penalty. At the domestic level, Burkina Faso was…

2018

Burkina Faso

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7th World Congress – Opening ceremony and first day

By World coaltion against death penalty, on 27 February 2019

included a conference organized by the International Commission against the Death Penalty. Drawing on the example of 29 abolitionist States, the ICDP questioned the lessons that can be learned in

2019

Public Opinion 

Article(s)

World Coalition General Assembly: all eyes on the UN

on 29 June 2007

…as we do in the death penalty domain, to see the faces of the people who are affected first”, commented Piers Bannister, Coordinator of the Amnesty International Death Penalty office….

2007

Article(s)

Spain and world academics join forces against the death penalty

on 22 December 2009

…would campaign to achieve a global moratorium on the death penalty by 2015. He also told the 40 experts in human rights and the death penalty in attendance that the

2009

Benin

Chile

France

Mental Illness

Spain

Women

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Civil society steps up against the end of a 60-year moratorium in the Maldives.

By Lorène du Crest, on 21 March 2017

…row prisoners to highlight inconsistencies in domestic and international law. The civil society of Maldives continues to work with death row prisoners’ families to raise awareness against the death penalty….

2017

Fair Trial

Juveniles

Maldives

Moratorium

Article(s)

Regarding the execution in Japan of seven people

By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 10 July 2018

international dimension of the fight against the death penalty. Its ultimate objective is to obtain the universal abolition of the death penalty. The World Coalition is striving to achieve these…

2018

Japan

Article(s)

The UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly for a 6th resolution calling for a universal moratorium on executions

By Elise Guillot et Aurélie Plaçais, on 20 December 2016

…procedures. To increase the transparency, the UNGA also called upon the States to disaggregate the information on the use of the death penalty by sex, age and race (Paragraph 6(c))….

2016

Clemency

Moratorium

Article(s)

Organisation of American States considers moratorium

By Tiziana Trotta, on 15 March 2013

…focus this year’s World Day Against the Death Penalty (10 October) on the Caribbean owes nothing to chance. While most states in the region have abolished the death penalty in

2013

Argentina

Brazil

Costa Rica

Cuba

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

Guatemala

Mexico

Moratorium

Panama

Suriname

Trinidad and Tobago

United States

Article(s)

Fear of mass executions in Iraq

on 4 January 2010

…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…

2010

Clemency

Iraq

Iraq

Women

Statement Singapore 2024 signatories

Article(s)

Calling on Singapore to respect international safeguards and halt executions

on 3 May 2024

…or commutation of the sentence”. In the narrow circumstances in which the death penalty may be imposed under international law – which do not include drug trafficking – the criminal…

2024

Drug Offenses

Fair Trial

Legal Representation

Singapore

Article(s)

DPIC Report on the 2019 Death Penalty Usage in the US

By Dinda Royhan, on 20 December 2019

A year-end report published on 17 December 2019 by the Death Penalty Information Center highlights the death penalty usage in the US, public opinion, federal death penalty, and problematic executions….

2019

United States

Article(s)

A Moratorium acts as a “truce” for the death penalty

on 23 August 2012

…Optional Protocol to ICCPR). In July 2012, Benin has also acceded to the Second Optional Protocol. In the United States, the State of Connecticut abolished the death penalty in April…

2012

Benin

Burundi

Ethiopia

Ghana

Guinea

Latvia

Maldives

Mauritania

Mongolia

Moratorium

Morocco

Myanmar

Nigeria

Rwanda

Sierra Leone

South Africa

Suriname

Uganda

United States

Zambia

Article(s)

Sweden and Amnesty International raise death penalty issue in New York

on 7 October 2009

…row.” Also addressing the New York event, Elizabeth Zitrin (photo) of Death Penalty Focus in the US, representing the World Coalition, presented the 4th World Congress Against the Death Penalty….

2009

Moratorium

Sweden

United States

Article(s)

EU-NGO forum: death penalty is a priority

on 6 August 2010

…have recently abolished the death penalty, which could lead to the creation of a network of parliamentarians for the abolition of the death penalty. Maiko Tagusari, the secretary of the

2010

Innocence

Japan

Murder Victims' Families

Article(s)

World Coalition to celebrate 10th anniversary in Jordan

By Aurélie Plaçais, on 28 May 2012

…June addresses the progress made in the past 10 years and challenges ahead – the theme of the 10th World Day against the Death Penalty. The two-day meeting in Amman…

2012

Jordan

Article(s)

World Coalition takes part in UN death penalty report launch

on 30 May 2010

…is in charge of the death penalty at the UNODC, chaired the meeting and re-stated the position of the Office for the abolition of the death penalty. Speedy Rice of…

2010

Death Row Conditions 

Innocence

Juveniles

Legal Representation

Article(s)

Illinois embraces “a culture of life” and outlaws the death penalty

on 11 March 2011

“The historic moment has arrived!” These jubilant words from the website of World Coalition collaborator Illinois Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty echo the feelings of the entire abolitionist community,…

2011

United States

Article(s)

Death Sentences and Executions in 2016

By Amnesty International, on 11 April 2017

…and Saudi Arabia remained among the top executioners •    Two countries abolished the death penalty for all crimes (Benin and Nauru); Guinea abolished the death penalty for ordinary crimes only….

2017

Article(s)

State-sponsored report finds California’s death penalty is “dysfunctional”

on 9 July 2008

…of abolition, its report suggests “alternatives” to the use of the death penalty: “First, to reduce the number of death penalty cases in the system by narrowing the list of…

2008

Innocence

United States

Article(s)

Asian progress paves the way for new strategies

By Thomas Hubert, on 20 June 2013

Bhutan, Nepal, Cambodia and the Philippines are the four Asian countries which have abolished the death penalty in domestic law, with Mongolia in the process of following suit after it…

2013

India

Japan

Malaysia

Mongolia

Moratorium

Singapore

Article(s)

International conference addresses Caribbean outlook on capital punishment

By Emile Carreau, on 26 October 2011

the violent crime rate”, he said Similarly, the assumption that public opinion in the Caribbean overwhelmingly favours the death penalty was refuted by Arif Bulkan from the University of the

2011

Murder Victims' Families

Public Opinion 

Article(s)

The death penalty for drugs must go, it has no place in a civilised society

By Aurélie Plaçais, on 21 October 2015

…report: Death Penalty for Drug Offenses, Global Overview 2015. Tripti Tandon, from the Lawyer’s Collective in India explained how they have challenged the constitutionality of the mandatory death penalty in

2015

China

Drug Offenses

India

Indonesia

Malaysia

Article(s)

ADPAN network strengthens abolitionists across Asia

By Aurélie Plaçais (in Taipei, Taiwan), on 9 December 2014

…‘are you in favour of the death penalty’, but ‘are you in favour of letting go of the death penalty for an alternative punishment given all the flaws in the

2014

China

Japan

Malaysia

Mongolia

Public Opinion 

Republic of Korea

Taiwan

Taiwan

Article(s)

Roundtable on terrorism at the 6th World Congress against the death penalty

By Marion Gauer, on 28 June 2016

…most appropriate way to address the arguments for retaining the death penalty in cases of terrorism. The compatibility of the fights against terrorism and against death penalty in Tunisia Basma…

2016

Norway

Terrorism

Article(s)

3rd Regional Congress Against the Death Penalty

By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 13 March 2018

The event is organised by ECPM, in partnership with the World Coalition Against The Death Penalty, FIACAT and the CNDH-CI. More than 300 participants are expected to attend these two…

2018

Article(s)

Can the US move towards abolition under Obama?

on 20 January 2009

the backdrop of a reduction in the use of the death penalty in the US in the past year. According to statistics compiled by the Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC),…

2009

United States

Article(s)

Taiwan activists battle in death penalty-triggered political crisis

on 19 March 2010

…Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty (TAEDP) and the Taiwan section of Amnesty International, both member organisations of the World Coalition. Supporters of the death penalty, including popular performer…

2010

Moratorium

Public Opinion 

Taiwan

Taiwan

Article(s)

Child rights highlighted on the 17th World Day Against the Death Penalty

By Dinda Royhan, Majdoulin Sendadi, on 25 November 2019

…AFRICA: ADVOCATING FOR MORE RATIFICATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL PROTOCOL TO ABOLISH THE DEATH PENALTY The latest ratification of the OP2-ICCPR by Angola this month has increased the hope among citizens…

2019

Juveniles

Article(s)

Abolitionists of Central Africa met in Kinshasa

By Amina Jacquemin with CPJ and ECPM, on 12 April 2012

the death penalty, 20 have abolished entirely and 21 no longer use it. The question of the death penalty is still very sensitive in the region, which recorded 42 executions…

2012

Burundi

Cameroon

Central African Republic

Chad

Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Kenya

Uganda

United Republic of Tanzania

Community of Sant’Egidio

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Community of Sant’Egidio Calls for Universal Abolition with Cities for Life, Cities Against the Death Penalty

By Louis Linel, on 8 December 2020

death row, also explained that the abolition of the death penalty is very much in line with Islamic teachings. Although murder is theoretically eligible for the death penalty under Qisas…

2020

Italy

Malaysia

Public Opinion 

United States

Article(s)

Death sentences in Morocco

on 9 May 2007

The World Coalition against the death penalty, the FIDH and the Moroccan Coalition against the Death Penalty are concerned with the continued pronunciation of death sentences by Moroccan courts. The

2007

Morocco

Article(s)

Study explores variety of national paths to abolition

By Thomas Hubert, on 3 May 2013

…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…

2013

Cambodia

Haiti

Mongolia

Norway

Public Opinion 

Rwanda

Senegal

South Africa

United States

Article(s)

US activists turn spotlight on executed innocent man

on 28 September 2009

…again.The National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (NCADP) has launched the “Shouting from the rooftops” campaign. Its aim is to inform the public that the existence of capital…

2009

Innocence

United States

Global Consortium for Death Penalty Abolition

Article(s)

Strengthening the Abolitionist Movement: Launch of the Global Consortium for Death Penalty Abolition

By World coalition against the death penalty, on 12 July 2024

the threat of capital punishment. The Global Consortium for Death Penalty Abolition is led by the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, together with twelve members including 4 co-leads, and…

2024

Trend Towards Abolition

Article(s)

Japan’s death penalty under scrutiny

By The Advocates for Human Rights, on 5 November 2012

“incredibly interesting and promising, connecting many of the Japanese groups, some social, cultural and political and religious forces” in the debate about the death penalty. Very few people in the

2012

Clemency

Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment

Death Row Conditions 

Fair Trial

Intellectual Disability

Japan

Legal Representation

Mental Illness

Article(s)

Asia still top executioner but more divided than ever: Hands Off Cain Report

By Aurélie Plaçais, on 11 August 2011

…its intention to abolish the death penalty, as announced in the human rights plan for the years 2009-2013. In January 2010, Mongolia’s President announced a moratorium on the death penalty

2011

China

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Drug Offenses

India

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Mongolia

Moratorium

Myanmar

Viet Nam

Article(s)

Is the death penalty a cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment under international law?

on 20 March 2009

…suggested that a “more comprehensive legal study” be carried out to take modern interpretations of the law into account. “I proposed to interpret the death penalty in light of the

2009

Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment

Article(s)

Moroccan Coalition tackles death penalty for terrorism

By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 13 March 2015

…Arab country, a public debate was held on the theme of terrorism and the death penalty. According to Together against the death penalty (ECPM), a partner in the event, the

2015

Morocco

Terrorism

Article(s)

Book: a victory on the road to abolition

on 19 January 2010

The book argues that Chong does not deserve the death penalty, and calls for stronger safeguards for the rights of death row inmates and defendants in death penalty cases. This…

2010

Fair Trial

Legal Representation

Taiwan

Taiwan

Article(s)

Iraq’s frantic executions pace linked to serious human rights violations

By Thomas Hubert, on 27 March 2014

the Sunni minority in the application of capital punishment and “the dramatic increase in civilian deaths in Iraq even after the government executed more people”. They now call on the

2014

Fair Trial

Iraq

Iraq

Terrorism

Article(s)

Iran: Annual report on the death penalty 2019

By Iran Human rights and ECMP (Together Against the Death Penalty), on 4 May 2020

…all will increase the use of the death penalty as their only and most efficient weapon to confront the unrest. The international community and especially Iran’s European dialogue partners must…

2020

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Article(s)

USA: reaching for the dream

on 3 February 2008

…and racism. Most research on the subject has reached these conclusions, as has the work carried out by the commissions on the death penalty introduced in certain States and, more…

2008

Public Opinion 

United States

Article(s)

World Coalition opens dialogue with Iraq

By Florence Bellivier, on 16 September 2013

…why the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty will do everything it can to raise awareness among Iraq’s civil society of the absurdity of using the death penalty intensively. The

2013

Iraq

Moratorium

Terrorism

How to work with national human rights institutions to abolish the death penalty

Article(s)

Publication of a New Guide on Working with National Human Rights Institutions to Abolish the Death Penalty

By Bronwyn Dudley, World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 17 November 2022

the occasion of the round table dedicated to NHRIs at the 8th World Congress Against the Death Penalty, ‘How to Work with NHRIs for the Abolition of the Death Penalty’…

2022

Trend Towards Abolition

Article(s)

Kazakh criminal law reform could add capital crimes

By Thomas Hubert, on 15 February 2013

…of the criminal code. The current review of the criminal code aims to further broaden the scope of application of the death penalty, in direct contravention to stated Kazakhstan policy…

2013

Kazakhstan

Moratorium

Public Opinion 

Article(s)

China refuses to consider 250,000-strong petition

on 16 June 2008

in the morning, the WCADP held a press conference in Hong Kong to present its demands and compare the death penalty situation in China with global trends in Asia and…

2008

China

Fair Trial

Innocence

Moratorium

Article(s)

Inside Tunisia’s death row

By Delphine Judith, on 4 June 2013

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

2013

Death Row Conditions 

Tunisia

Article(s)

Joint Italian-Congolese effort against capital punishment

on 16 June 2009

…value certain concepts such as the right to life. They then introduced them to techniques that favour the emergence of such attitudes among the public, including writing methods and keywords….

2009

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Italy

Moratorium

Article(s)

California Democratic Party endorses abolition of the death penalty

on 12 May 2010

The Californian Democratic Party has decided to include the abolition of capital punishment in its political platform. California-based Elizabeth Zitrin, who represents Death Penalty Focus in the World Coalition, described…

2010

Public Opinion 

United States

Article(s)

Greater Caribbean for Life addresses Inter-American Commission on death penalty in their region

on 19 March 2015

the international and regional instruments which aim at the abolition of the death penalty. 2.    Strengthen the criminal justice systems in our countries by, among others actions, improving their law…

2015

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