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On Trial: The Implementation of Pakistan’s Blasphemy Laws
By International Commission of Jurists , on 8 September 2020
2020
NGO report
Pakistan
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- Document type NGO report
- Countries list Pakistan
- Themes list Legal Representation, Networks, Death Penalty, Country/Regional profiles,
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Freedom of Thought 2012: A Global Report on Discrimination Against Humanists, and the Nonreligious International Humanist and Ethical Union Atheists
By International Humanist and Ethical Union, on 1 January 2012
2012
NGO report
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This report shows that atheists, humanists and other nonreligious people are discriminated against by governments across the world, sometimes facing death.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Minorities, Religion ,
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Working with the United Nations Human Rights Programme A Handbook for Civil Society
By United Nations / Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, on 1 January 2008
2008
United Nations report
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Speaking to all civil society actors, including but not only non-governmental organizations (NGOs), the Handbook explains how civil society can engage with various United Nations human rights bodies and mechanisms.
- Document type United Nations report
- Themes list Networks,
- Available languages كار با برنامه حقوق بشر سازمان ملل متحد کتابی برای راهنمایی جامعه مدنيКак работать по Программе ООН в области прав человека Справочник для гражданского обществаTravailler avec le programme des Nations Unies pour les droits de l’homme: un manuel pour la société civile参与联合国人权事务 民间社会手册Trabajando con el Programa de las Naciones Unidas en el ámbito de los Derechos Humanos Un manual para la sociedad civil
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Freedom Inside The Walls
By Penal Reform International, on 1 January 2005
2005
Arguments against the death penalty
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Shot in Benin, Kenya and Malawi ‘Freedom Inside These Walls’ provides disturbing footage of prison conditions inside these countries, which are common to many other prisons in Africa. It highlights the challenges in accessing justice faced by poor people in conflict with the law.
- Document type Arguments against the death penalty
- Themes list Death Row Conditions, Country/Regional profiles,
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What is the OSCE?
By Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), on 1 January 2013
2013
Working with...
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Europe faces new threats and challenges. The OSCE, with its multi-faceted approach to security, offers the region a forum for political dialogue and negotiations and a platform for multilateral partnerships that pursue practical work on the ground.
- Document type Working with...
- Themes list Networks,
- Available languages German : Was ist die OSZE?Italian : COS’È L’OSCE?Что такое ОБСЕ?Qu’est-ce que l’OSCE ?¿QUÉ ES LA OSCE?
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Interim report of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
By United Nations, on 1 January 2012
2012
International law - United Nations
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In the present report, submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 66/150, the Special Rapporteur addresses issues of special concern and recent developments in the context of his mandate.
- Document type International law - United Nations
- Themes list International law, Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment,
- Available languages التقرير المؤقت للمقرر الخاص المعني بالتعذيب وغيره من ضروب المعاملة أو العقوبة القاسية أو اللاإنسانية أو المهينةПромежуточный доклад Специального докладчика по вопросу о пытках и других жестоких, бесчеловечных или унижающих достоинство видах обращения и наказанияRapport intérimaire du Rapporteur spécial sur la torture et autres peines ou traitements cruels, inhumains ou dégradants酷刑和其他残忍、不人道或有辱人格的待遇或处罚问题特别 报告员的临时报告Informe provisional del Relator Especial sobre la tortura y otros tratos o penas crueles, inhumanos o degradantes
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The Innocence Network Exonerations 2011
By The Innocence Network, on 1 January 2011
2011
Working with...
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21 people were exonerated by the Innocence Network in 2011. Proving their innocence took years of work by dedicated teams of lawyers and staffers. These 21 represent a small fraction of the thousands of people who are behind bard for crimes they didn’t commit.
- Document type Working with...
- Themes list Innocence,
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State-sponsored Homophobia: A world survey of laws prohibiting same sex activity between consenting adults
By Daniel Ottosson / International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA), on 1 January 2010
2010
NGO report
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The purpose of this annual report on State-sponsored Homophobia, as stated since its first edition in 2007, is to name and shame the states which in the 21st century deny the most fundamental human rights to LGBTI people, i.e. the right to life and freedom, in the hope that with every year more and more countries decide to abandon the ‘community’ of homophobic states.Compared to last year’s report, where we listed the 77 countries prosecuting people on ground of their sexual orientation, this year you will find ―only‖ 76 in the same list, including the infamous 5 which put people to death for their sexual orientation: Iran, Mauritania, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Yemen (plus some parts of Nigeria and Somalia). One country less compared to the 2009 list may seem little progress, until one realizes that it hosts one sixth of the human population.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Homosexuality,
- Available languages Portuguese : Homofobia do Estado: Uma pesquisa mundial sobre legislações que proíbem relações sexuais consensuais entre adultos do mesmo sexoHomophobie d'État: Une enquête mondiale sur les lois qui interdisent la sexualité entre adultes consentants de même sexeHomofobia de Estado: Un informe mundial sobre las leyes que prohiben la actividad homosexual con consentimiento entre personas adultas
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Recommendations on the Capital Punishment System
By Japan Federation of Bar Associations, on 1 January 2002
2002
NGO report
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This report details the reasons for the Japan Federation of Bar Associations recommendation that an immediate moratorium on death sentences takes place.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Networks,
- Available languages Japanese : 死刑制度問題に関する提言
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Reforming Criminal Justice
By Arizona State University (ASU), on 1 January 2017
2017
Academic report
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Reforming Criminal Justice is a four-volume report meant to enlighten reform efforts in the United States with the research and analysis of leading academics. Broken down into individual chapters—each authored by a top scholar in the relevant field—the report covers dozens of topics within the areas of criminalization, policing, pretrial and trial processes, punishment, incarceration, and release. The chapters seek to enhance both professional and public understanding of the subject matter, to facilitate an appreciation of the relevant scholarly literature and the need for reform, and to offer potential solutions. The ultimate goal is to increase the likelihood of success when worthwhile reforms are debated, put to a vote or otherwise considered for action, and implemented in the criminal justice system.
- Document type Academic report
- Themes list Due Process , Fair Trial, Legal Representation, Death Penalty,
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Stress and the Capital Jury: How Male and Female Jurors React to Serving on a Murder Trial
By Michael E. Antonio / National Center for State Courts , on 1 January 2008
2008
Academic report
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Previous research findings gathered by the Capital Jury Project showed that many jurors whoserved on capital murder trials experienced significant stress and suffered extreme emotionalsetbacks. The present analysis extends these findings by focusing on gender-specific variationsin responses given by male and female jurors as revealed through extensive in-depth inter-views. Findings from structured questions and juror narrative accounts about psychologicaland physical suffering revealed that more females than males reported generalized fear, feltan overwhelming sense of loneliness or isolation, and experienced a significant loss of appetiteduring the trial. While male and female jurors both mentioned becoming emotionally upsetabout the crime-scene evidence and trial testimony, experienced sleeping problems, and start-ed using prescription drugs or illicit substances, these issues were discussed more often byfemales.
- Document type Academic report
- Themes list Women, Fair Trial, Arbitrariness,
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Death by hanging
By Nagisa Oshima, on 1 January 1968
1968
Multimedia content
Japan
More details See the document
- Document type Multimedia content
- Countries list Japan
- Themes list Hanging, Death Penalty,
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Inside Death Row with Trevor McDonald Part 1
By YouTube, on 1 January 2014
2014
Multimedia content
United States
More details See the document
- Document type Multimedia content
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Death Row Conditions, Death Row Phenomenon, Death Penalty,
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Inside Death Row with Trevor McDonald Part 2
By YouTube, on 1 January 2014
Multimedia content
United States
More details See the document
- Document type Multimedia content
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Death Row Conditions, Death Row Phenomenon, Death Penalty,
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Mike Farrell: Paul House and Death Row
By Air America Media / YouTube, on 1 January 2009
2009
Arguments against the death penalty
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Mike Farrell talks about the death penalty in the United States. Amongst many things he speaks about innocence, deterrence and retribution.
- Document type Arguments against the death penalty
- Themes list Networks,
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Oleg Alkaev, former head of Belarus’s death row
By Amnesty International / Daily Motion, on 8 September 2020
2020
Academic report
Belarus
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Colonel Oleg Alkaev, who was Director of remand prison (SIZO)6 No. 1 in Minsk and ordered a number of executions. He gave this testimony to Amnesty International, a member of the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty.
- Document type Academic report
- Countries list Belarus
- Themes list Networks,
- Available languages Oleg Alkaev, ex-directeur du couloir de la mort biélorusse
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Killer Art: Florida’s Death Row Artists
By Chris Dahl / CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, on 8 September 2020
Book
United States
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Art and letters from the men who await death in the Union Correctional Institution in Raiford, Florida
- Document type Book
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment, Death Row Conditions, Country/Regional profiles,
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Death Watch Diary
By Robert Towery / Amazon Digital Services, on 1 January 2012
2012
Book
United States
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Robert Towery was denied clemency by the state of Arizona on Friday March 2, 2012 and was executed on Thursday March 8th in Florence, Arizona. He was 47 years old. The last 35 days of his life, Robert was placed on “Death Watch” where his every move was recorded and chronicled by prison officials. Robert kept a diary and he sent his writings to his attorneys. Robert authorized his lawyers to release his diary after his execution.
- Document type Book
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment, Death Row Conditions,
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BN at 6 – Our Stories, Our Miracles: Sentenced to Death, An Innocent Man Steps Out After 24 Years in Prison – Olatunji Olaide shares his story of Survival, Freedom & Hope
By Adeola Adeyemo / Bellanaija, on 8 September 2020
2020
Article
Nigeria
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Olatunji Olaide was wrongfully arrested and subsequently sentenced to death. He shares the harrowing experience of his time in prison and his survival and freedom with BN and how he kept his head high in the face of the storm.We hope that you are inspired by it.
- Document type Article
- Countries list Nigeria
- Themes list Innocence,
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Into the Abyss
By Werner Herzog / Skellig Rock (Werner Herzog Film) / Channel 4 (Spring Films), on 1 January 2011
2011
Legal Representation
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We do not know when and how we will die. Death Row inmates do. Werner Herzog embarks on a dialogue with Death Row inmates, asks questions about life and death and looks deep into these individuals, their stories, their crimes. There are interviews (video).
- Document type Legal Representation
- Themes list Death Row Conditions,
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In the Place of Justice: A Story of Punishment and Deliverance
By Wilbert Rideau / Knopf, on 1 January 2011
Book
United States
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A death row inmate finds redemption as a prison journalist in this uplifting memoir. In 1961, after a bungled bank robbery, Rideau was convicted of murder at the age of 19 and received a death sentence that was later commuted to life in prison.
- Document type Book
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Death Row Conditions,
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The Second Execution of Romell Broom
By Michael Verhoeven / Michael Verhoeven, on 1 January 2012
2012
Multimedia content
United States
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On September 15, 2009, the State of Ohio tried to execute Romell Broom and failed. Ohio claims it has a right to try again. This film explores the legal and moral questions surrounding this unique case.
- Document type Multimedia content
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment, Death Row Conditions, Lethal Injection,
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Facing their last moments with a smile: The Chinese women about to be executed for drug smuggling
By Rick Dewsbury / Mail Online, on 1 January 2011
2011
Campaigning
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The moving images could show any group of young women as they go about their daily lives in prison. But just hours – and in some cases minutes – after the pictures were taken, each of the four women were led into a concrete yard and executed.
- Document type Campaigning
- Themes list Death Row Conditions,
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Film: “The Execution of Wanda Jean”
By Liz Garbus / New Video Group, on 8 September 2020
2020
Academic report
United States
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In THE EXECUTION OF WANDA JEAN, award-winning filmmaker Liz Garbus continues her investigations into the American criminal justice system with the compelling story of convicted murderess Wanda Jean Allen
- Document type Academic report
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Trend Towards Abolition,
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When the State No Longer Kills: International Human Rights Norms and Abolition of Capital Punishment
By Sangmin Bae / State University of New York Press, on 1 January 2007
2007
Book
Republic of Korea
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This book tries to explain what leads a state to abolish capital punishment or impose a moratorium, by offereing in-depth analyses of four countries: Ukraine, South Africa, South Korea and the United States. Focusing on the role of political leadership and domestic political institutions, Bae clarifies the causal mechanisms that lead to state compliance or noncompliance with the norm.
- Document type Book
- Countries list Republic of Korea
- Themes list Moratorium ,
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NGO Media Outreach: Using the Media as an Advocacy Tool
By Coalition for the International Criminal Court, on 1 January 2003
2003
Working with...
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A guide for NGOs to use media effectively. This guide explains the importance of media, how to create contacts, how to prepare a media outreach campaign, how to deliver a campaign to the media and how to use available resources to support your media campaign.
- Document type Working with...
- Themes list Networks,
Member(s)
ACAT Liberia
on 30 April 2020
Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture in Liberia (ACAT Liberia) is an NGO based in Liberia. Created in 2003 and accredited in 2004, it fights to have a society free of torture and death penalty. To reach these goals, their main actions are: – Education and awareness, – advocacy, assistance, – cooperation, – […]
2020
Liberia
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2018 World Day – Report
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
2020
NGO report
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Report of the 2018 World Day Against the Death Penalty, on the conditions of detention on death row.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Death Row Conditions, World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, Death Penalty,
- Available languages Journée mondiale 2018 - Rapport
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Factsheet for Police Personnel – 2020 World Day
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty / Reprieve, on 8 September 2020
Academic report
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On the occasion of the 2020 World Day, focusing on the right to access to counsel, Repreive and the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty released a facthsheet for police officers.
- Document type Academic report
- Themes list Due Process , World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, Death Penalty,
- Available languages Fiche d'information pour la police - Journée mondiale 2020
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Factsheet for Media Representatives – 2020 World Day
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty / Reprieve, on 8 September 2020
Academic report
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On the occasion of the 2020 World Day, focusing on the right to access to counsel, Reprieve and the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty released a facthsheet for media representatives.
- Document type Academic report
- Themes list Fair Trial, World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, Death Penalty,
- Available languages Fiche d'information pour les journalistes - Journée mondiale 2020
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The Story of Chiou Ho-shun
By Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty / Ho Chao-ti, on 1 January 2011
2011
Legal Representation
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Chiou Ho-shun, a death row inmate in Taiwan, may be executed at any time. He said, ‘ I hope you can save me, but if it’s too late, please scatter my ashes in the Longfeng harbour, and buy a meatball, come and see me.’
- Document type Legal Representation
- Themes list Torture,
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Videos of the 4th World Congress
By Ensemble contre la peine de mort (ECPM), on 1 January 2010
2010
Arguments against the death penalty
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This video was filmed at the 4th World Congress Against the Death Penalty in Geneva in February 2010. Speaker is Elizabeth Zitrin at the opening session.
- Document type Arguments against the death penalty
- Themes list Networks,
- Available languages Les vidéos du 4ème congrès mondial
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An Ancient Precedent: Reflections on the Tale of Korea’s Abolitionist King
By Damien P. Horigan / Korean Journal of International and Comparative Law, on 8 September 2020
2020
Article
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
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This article will first briefly describe the current situation in the two Koreas and the local anti-death penalty movement before turning to an examination of an ancient Korean precedent for abolition based on an understanding of Buddhist teachings.
- Document type Article
- Countries list Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- Themes list Networks,
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Incendiary: the Willingham case
By Joe Bailey Jr. / Indira Barykbayeva / YOKEL production, on 1 January 2011
2011
Legal Representation
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After its national release in October, “Incendiary: The Willingham Case” is now available on DVD and through Apple’s iTunes Movie Store.The film examines the execution of Cameron Todd Willingham in Texas for the murder of his children by arson and centers around evolving standards of scientific evidence and the notion that an innocent man was executed
- Document type Legal Representation
- Themes list Innocence,
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Innocents Convicted: An Empirically Justified Factual Wrongful Conviction Rate
By D. Michael Risinger / Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, on 1 January 2007
2007
Article
United States
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To a great extent, those who believe that our criminal justice system rarely convicts the factually innocent and those who believe such miscarriages are rife have generally talked past each other for want of any empirically-justified factual innocence wrongful conviction rate. This article remedies at least a part of this problem by establishing the first such empirically justified wrongful conviction rate ever for a significant universe of real world serious crimes: capital rape-murders in the 1980’s. Using DNA exonerations for capital rape-murders from 1982 through 1989 as a numerator, and a 406-member sample of the 2235 capital sentences imposed during this period, this article shows that 21.45%, or around 479 of those, were cases of capital rape murder. Data supplied by the Innocence Project of Cardozo Law School and newly developed for this article show that only 67% of those cases would be expected to yield usable DNA for analysis. Combining these figures and dividing the numerator by the resulting denominator, a minimum factually wrongful conviction rate for capital rape-murder in the 1980’s emerges: 3.3%. The article goes on to consider the likely ceiling accompanying this 3.3% floor, arriving at a slightly softer number for the maximum factual error rate of around 5%. The article then goes on to analyze the implications of a factual error rate of 3.3%-5% for both those who currently claim errors are extremely rare, and those who claim they are extremely common. Extension of the 3.3%-5% to other capital and non-capital categories of crime is discussed, and standards of moral duty to support system reform in the light of such error rates is considered at length.
- Document type Article
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Innocence,
Member(s)
Avocats sans frontières Guinée – ASF Guinée
on 30 April 2020
Avocats sans frontières Guinée (Lawyers without Borders Guinea) is an NGO based in Guinea. Their mission is the promotion, the protection and the defense of Human rights. To promote, protect and preserve human rights in Guinea, their main actions are: – Legal assistance for those most vulnerable and those who lack access to resources – […]
2020
Guinea
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Droits et paix
on 30 April 2020
Rights and Peace (Droits et Paix) is a Cameroonian organisation working to construct a fairer and more peaceful society which respects human rights. Its main goals are to protect and promote fundamental human rights and individual freedoms, promote peace and non-violence, and humanise and improve conditions of detention in Cameroon. Its main activities encompass referral […]
Cameroon
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Leaflet
By California Crime Victims for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, on 1 January 2007
2007
Working with...
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California Crime Victims for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (CCV) is made up of families, friends, and loved ones of murder victims who support alternatives to the death penalty.
- Document type Working with...
- Themes list Networks,
ES_WorldDay2012Leaflet-1.pdf
on 8 September 2020
2020
FR_2017WorldDayLeaflet-1.pdf
on 8 September 2020
WD2019QUNO_Teachers_FR-1.pdf
on 8 September 2020
BrochureJM2011fr-1.pdf
on 8 September 2020
AfricanProtocol_leaflet-FR-1.pdf
on 8 September 2020
WCADP-GuideParlementaires2015-FR-1.pdf
on 8 September 2020
FR_WorldDay2012Leaflet-1.pdf
on 8 September 2020
FR_2016WorldDayLeaflet-1.pdf
on 8 September 2020
FR_RapportJM2012-1.pdf
on 8 September 2020
FR_RapportJM2011-1.pdf
on 8 September 2020
parlementaires_FR_en_ligne-1.pdf
on 8 September 2020
BrochureJM2010fr-1.pdf
on 8 September 2020
RU_WorldDay2012Leaflet-1.pdf
on 8 September 2020
BrochureJM2008fr-1.pdf
on 8 September 2020
WD2019QUNO_Sentencers_FR-1.pdf
on 8 September 2020
WD2018_Lealflet_FR_2018-1.pdf
on 8 September 2020
2015WD-LeafletFR-1.pdf
on 8 September 2020
WD2019Leaflet_FR-1.pdf
on 8 September 2020
WD2019QUNO_Legislators_FR-1.pdf
on 8 September 2020
FR-RapportJM2007-1.pdf
on 8 September 2020
WD2019QUNO_Media_FR-1.pdf
on 8 September 2020
WD2019QUNO_Prison_staff_FR-1.pdf
on 8 September 2020
FR-RapportJM2010-1.pdf
on 8 September 2020
WD2019Leaflet_AR-1.pdf
on 8 September 2020
BrochureJM2008en-1.pdf
on 8 September 2020
EN_2017WorldDayLeaflet-1.pdf
on 8 September 2020
WD2018_Leaflet_EN-1.pdf
on 8 September 2020
EN_WorldDay2012Leaflet-1.pdf
on 8 September 2020
PresentationFulgence-1.pdf
on 8 September 2020
CornellPresentation-1.pdf
on 8 September 2020
EN-RapportJM2007-1.pdf
on 8 September 2020
WD2019QUNO_Sentencers_EN-1.pdf
on 8 September 2020
WD2019QUNO_Media_EN-1.pdf
on 8 September 2020
AdaobiEgboka-1.pdf
on 8 September 2020
EN-RapportJM2010-1.pdf
on 8 September 2020
WD2019QUNO_Legislators_EN-1.pdf
on 8 September 2020
WD2019Leaflet_EN-1.pdf
on 8 September 2020
BrochureJM2010en-1.pdf
on 8 September 2020
EN_RapportJM2011-1.pdf
on 8 September 2020
EN_2016WorldDayLeaflet-1.pdf
on 8 September 2020
WD2018_lealflet_AR-1.pdf
on 8 September 2020
2015WD-LeafletEN-1.pdf
on 8 September 2020
AfricanProtocol_leaflet-PR-1.pdf
on 8 September 2020
parliamentarian_-EN_en_ligne-1.pdf
on 8 September 2020
7congress-Resolution_Peine_de_mort_Barreaux_EN-FR-1.pdf
on 8 September 2020
AfricanProtocol_leaflet-EN-1.pdf
on 8 September 2020
EN_RapportJM2012-1.pdf
on 8 September 2020
BrochureJM2011en-1.pdf
on 8 September 2020
WCADP-ResourceParliamentarians2015-EN-1.pdf
on 8 September 2020
Member(s)
Center for Constitutional Rights
on 30 April 2020
Center for Constitutional Rights is an American NGO based in New York. The Center for Constitutional Rights is committed to fighting injustice on many fronts, as demonstrated by the breadth of our cases as well as our organizing work. CCR works on a wide range of issues: illegal surveillance and attacks on dissent, Criminal Justice […]
2020
United States
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Middle East and North Africa: Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia
By Penal Reform International, on 1 January 2012
2012
NGO report
More details See the document
The aim of this research paper is to provide upto-date information about the laws and practices relating to the application of the death penalty. It includes an analysis of the alternative anctions to the death penalty (life and long-term imprisonment) and whether they reflect international human rights standards and norms.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment, Death Row Phenomenon, Country/Regional profiles,
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Death sentences and executions 2019
on 1 January 2020
2020
NGO report
aresfafrruMore details See the document
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Sentencing in Capital Cases
By Death Penalty Project, on 1 January 2018
2018
Book
More details See the document
This book provides practical assistance to members of the judiciary, defence lawyers, prosecutors and others working on capital cases on the sentencing principles and procedures that have been adopted in common law jurisdictions following the abolition of the mandatory death penalty.
- Document type Book
- Themes list International law, Trend Towards Abolition, Mandatory Death Penalty, Death Penalty,
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China’s deadly secret
By Amnesty International, on 8 September 2020
2020
NGO report
China
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The Chinese government continues to conceal the extent to which capital punishment is being used in China, despite more than four decades of requests from UN bodies and the international community and despite the Chinese authorities’ own pledges to bring about increased openness in the country’s criminal justice system. This report focuses on the extent to which the authorities maintain near absolute secrecy over the death penalty system, while using partial and generally unverifiable disclosures to claim progress and reject demands for greater transparency.
- Document type NGO report
- Countries list China
- Themes list Drug Offences, Death Penalty, Statistics, Country/Regional profiles,
- Available languages 中国的致命秘密
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Awaiting Death
By Penal Reform International, on 1 January 2008
2008
Multimedia content
Kyrgyzstan
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This film gives an insight into prison life for 174 men convicted and sentenced to death or to life imprisonment in Kyrgyzstan.
- Document type Multimedia content
- Countries list Kyrgyzstan
- Themes list Retribution, Country/Regional profiles,
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Death Qualification
By Capital Punishment in Context, on 8 September 2020
2020
Working with...
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This document describes who is elgible for Death Qualification, Jury Selection, and what death qualification entails.
- Document type Working with...
- Themes list Networks,
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Death isn’t Justice
By Poster for Tomorrow, on 8 September 2020
Academic report
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Poster for tomorrow is an independent, non-profit international project whose goal is to encourage people, both in and outside the design community, to make posters to stimulate debate on issues that affect us all.
- Document type Academic report
- Themes list Networks,
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The Night I Forgave My Daughter’s Killer
By Marietta Jaeger-Lane / Yes! Magazine / Lynsi Burton, on 1 January 2011
2011
Legal Representation
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How a grieving mother put compassion before vengeance, and found closure along the way.
- Document type Legal Representation
- Themes list Murder Victims' Families,
Document(s)
The State of Criminal Justice 2012
By American Bar Association / Ronald Tabak, on 1 January 2012
2012
NGO report
More details See the document
The American Bar Association recently published The State of Criminal Justice 2012, an annual report that examines major issues, trends and significant changes in America’s criminal justice system.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Country/Regional profiles,
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Gray Rules Guillory May Ask for Mercy
By Vincent Lupo / American Press, on 1 January 2003
2003
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This article focuses on Lorilei Guillory, the mother of a 6-year-old Iowa boy murdered 11 years ago. Guillory wantsto be allowed to ask jurors for mercy for the man who allegedly molested and killed her child. Judge Al Gray said he will allow Guillory “to testify and ask for mercy if she wishes” during any penalty phase, but prosecutors are appealing the decision ot the Louisiana Supreme Court. Murder Victims’ Families for Reconciliation filed an amicus curiae brief in the Louisiana Supreme Court in support of Lorilei Guillory’s effort to testify in the penalty phase of the trial of the man who murdered her 6 year old son Jeremy and to express her opposition to the execution of her son’s murderer
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- Themes list Public debate, Murder Victims' Families, Death Penalty,
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On Mother’s Day
By Saaramaria Kuittinen / The Cockpit, on 8 September 2020
2020
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A challenging, poetic and relatable piece of physical theatre in the round. On Mother’s Day is the story of Ramón, an endearing and friendly inmate, who spends his life running from violence only to find it within himself. It is a visually arresting ensemble performance about childhood, identity, and lost time. The script is based on seven years of letters between the writer Saaramaria Kuitinen and convicts on death row. Now, Ekata Theatre’s newest piece takes this material and uses a unique style of engaging visual storytelling, humour, and ensemble work to present a hard-hitting critique of the dehumanisation of the victims in the capital punishment system.
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- Themes list Death Row Conditions, Death Row Phenomenon, Death Penalty,
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Death Row Doctors
By New York Times, on 1 January 2017
2017
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Dr. Carlo Musso took an oath to do no harm. So why does he take part in executions?
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- Themes list Public debate, Methods of Execution, Death Penalty,