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Asia still top executioner but more divided than ever: Hands Off Cain Report
By Aurélie Plaçais, on 11 August 2011
Hands Off Cain’s 2011 Report contains the most important facts regarding the practice of the death penalty in 2010 and the first six months of 2011.
2011
China
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Drug Offenses
India
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Mongolia
Moratorium
Myanmar
Viet Nam
Article(s)
California Democratic Party endorses abolition of the death penalty
on 12 May 2010
One of the two main political parties in the largest US State has taken a formal stance against capital punishment – with help from local abolitionist organisations.
2010
Public Opinion
United States
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Africa takes a good look at the death penalty
on 5 August 2008
A working group of the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights is preparing a report on capital punishment on the continent.
2008
Eswatini
Moratorium
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Article(s)
Parliamentarians lead Malaysia Towards Abolition of the Mandatory Death Penalty
By Elisa Bellotti, on 11 December 2015
On 17 November 2015, Parliamentarians for Global Action organized a roundtable and consultations on the abolition of the mandatory death penalty in Malaysia. Parliamentarians play a major role in the country’s journey towards abolition.
2015
Malaysia
Article(s)
US activists turn spotlight on executed innocent man
on 28 September 2009
An official report and a feature in the New Yorker have confirmed that Todd Willingham was not guilty of the arson for which he was executed. Abolitionist campaigners are now targeting his case.
2009
Innocence
United States
Article(s)
USA: reaching for the dream
on 3 February 2008
For once, the annual conference of the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty opened on an optimistic note.
2008
Public Opinion
United States
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Article(s)
Liberian Civil Society Organize to Push for Abolition
By Rescue Alternatives Liberia and the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 29 April 2022
On 12 April 2022, Rescue Alternatives Liberia (RAL) orchestrated a one-day forum on abolition in Liberia with the support of the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty. The outcomes of this event were very promising, and time will tell if abolition in Liberia is near.
2022
Liberia
Public Opinion
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Article(s)
5th World Congress Against the Death Penalty
By Thomas Hubert & Tiziana Trotta, on 27 June 2013
The 5th World Congress Against the Death Penalty took place in Madrid between 12-15 June 2013. During three days, it united members of international civil society, politicians, and legal experts to elaborate abolitionist strategies for the years to come at the national, regional, and international levels, and to send out a clear message to the world: that universal abolition is essential for a world where progress and justice must prevail.
2013
Spain
Article(s)
Final Declaration 4th World Congress Against the Death Penalty
on 26 February 2010
The participants to the World Congress Against the Death Penalty have handed over their final declaration to the UN’s High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navanethem Pillay.
2010
Moratorium
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Article(s)
World Coalition opens dialogue with Iraq
By Florence Bellivier, on 16 September 2013
Iraq’s ambassador to Paris met representatives from the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty as the country has been accelerating the rhythm of executions.
2013
Iraq
Moratorium
Terrorism
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Article(s)
Iraq’s frantic executions pace linked to serious human rights violations
By Thomas Hubert, on 27 March 2014
Iraq emerges as the country with the fastest-growing number of executions in Amnesty International’s new annual report on the death penalty. The World Coalition’s submission for Iraq’s upcoming UN human rights review calls for a moratorium on abusive executions.
2014
Fair Trial
Iraq
Iraq
Terrorism
Article(s)
“Ending the death penalty in Lebanon and worldwide”
on 5 November 2007
Over 75 people attended the conference focussing on the legal and social perspectives of the abolition of capital punishment in Beyrouth on October 17.
2007
Lebanon
Moratorium
Murder Victims' Families
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Article(s)
Irreversible abolition of the death penalty in Togo and the Dominican Republic
By Guillaume Colin and Aurélie Plaçais, on 27 September 2016
On 14 September 2016, Togo acceded to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on the abolition of the death penalty, joined on 21 September 2016 by the Dominican Republic. These accessions make abolition of the death penalty in Togo and the Dominican Republic irreversible.
2016
Dominican Republic
Togo
Article(s)
Statement on executions in the USA
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 21 June 2019
As the worldwide trend towards abolition of the death penalty grows, the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty notes with concerns that the USA has reached a total of 1500 executions since 1977.
2019
United States
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Article(s)
Japan in breach of international standards, opinion wavering – study
By Thomas Hubert, on 14 March 2013
A report published by the Death Penalty Project and the Center for Prisoners’ Rights shows that Japanese law and practice on capital punishment violate international treaties, and questions the high level of public support for the death penalty reported by the authorities.
2013
Japan
Public Opinion
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Article(s)
“We need to feel the reality of the death penalty”
By Lauranne Mailhabiau, on 22 June 2015
So said Raphael Chenuil Hazan, director of ECPM, at the opening ceremony of the Asian Regional Congress in Kuala Lumpur.
2015
Indonesia
Malaysia
Public Opinion
Taiwan
Article(s)
China refuses to consider 250,000-strong petition
on 16 June 2008
A World Coalition delegation found the door closed on June 16 when they attempted to handover to the Chinese Liaison Office in Hong Kong a petition urging for changes in the death penalty system in China.
2008
China
Fair Trial
Innocence
Moratorium
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Article(s)
Kazakh criminal law reform could add capital crimes
By Thomas Hubert, on 15 February 2013
As Kazakhstan’s authorities prepare to introduce a new penal code, World Coalition members are warning against attempts to broaden the offences punishable by death.
2013
Kazakhstan
Moratorium
Public Opinion
Article(s)
ADPAN: tearing down Asia’s death penalty veil of secrecy in 2008
on 3 February 2008
The majority of executions take place in Asia. But this is also the continent where campaigners have developed a fantastic regional abolitionist network, one that reaches across borders, languages and religions.
2008
China
Drug Offenses
Fair Trial
Japan
Mental Illness
Mongolia
Murder Victims' Families
Public Opinion
Republic of Korea
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Article(s)
French youth event emboldens next abolitionist generation
By Bronwyn Dudley, on 22 October 2014
The testimony of an exonerated death row prisoners helped international students overcome initial awkwardness and launch into passionate debates at the invitation of Paris-based organisations on World Day Against the Death Penalty.
2014
France
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Morocco
United States
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Article(s)
Ugandan tour exemplifies abolitionist collaboration
By Emile Carreau, on 21 December 2014
US-based World Coalition member Journey of Hope answers the call to tour Uganda and strengthen the fight against the death penalty in the country.
2014
Murder Victims' Families
Uganda
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Article(s)
Dialogue should make death penalty “a sentence of the past” – foreign ministers
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 9 October 2014
Twelve governments from countries with and without capital punishment release a joint declaration calling for a world that “respects human dignity” on World Day Against the Death Penalty.
2014
Argentina
Australia
Benin
Burkina Faso
Haiti
Intellectual Disability
Mental Illness
Mexico
Mongolia
Norway
Philippines
Switzerland
Turkey
United Kingdom
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Article(s)
Abolitionists slam Liberia’s death penalty at African human rights review
By Rescue Alternatives Liberia (RAL), on 23 May 2014
World Coalition members RAL, FIACAT and FIDH took part in this month’s 55th Session of the African Commission of Human and People’s Rights in Luanda, Angola, which included the periodic review of the situation in Liberia.
2014
Liberia
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African human rights body targets death penalty
on 16 May 2011
The abolition of the capital punishment figured prominently at the 49th session of the African Commission of Human and People’s Rights.
2011
Algeria
Botswana
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Equatorial Guinea
Mauritania
Public Opinion
Somalia
Sudan
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Article(s)
UN: freeze funding of Iran counter-narcotics efforts
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 17 December 2014
The World Coalition and its members call on UNODC to stop support to Iran as executions for drug trafficking surge.
2014
Drug Offenses
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Article(s)
Youths must stand up against the death penalty!
on 17 September 2007
The Federation of Liberal Students (FEL), a Belgian political organisation, has just joined the World Coalition. FEL president Arnaud Van Praet explains his organisation’s mobilisation against capital punishment.
2007
Belgium
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Article(s)
Sharing best practices on ratifying the UN treaty to abolish the death penalty
By Aurélie Plaçais, on 25 September 2011
Belgium and the United Nations’ human rights office have held a panel discussion to promote efforts in favour of the strongest international instrument against capital punishment.
2011
Belgium
Mongolia
Moratorium
Russian Federation
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Article(s)
World Coalition AGM among largest abolitionist events in the Arab world
on 6 June 2011
The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty has announced its June annual general assembly at a press conference in Rabat, Morocco.
2011
Morocco
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Article(s)
75th UN General Assembly High-Level Event Focuses on the Gender Dimension of the Death Penalty
By Gia Tongson, on 6 October 2020
On September 24th, the UN Permanent Mission of Italy, the European Union, and Amnesty International, in cooperation with the UN Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR) and UN Women, held a high-level virtual event that shed light on the gender dimension of the death penalty. The webinar was conducted as part of […]
2020
Death Row Conditions
Fair Trial
Women
Article(s)
A World Without the Death Penalty – IX Congress of the Ministers of Justice
By Federica Merenda, on 29 February 2016
On 22 February 2016, the representatives of more than twenty countries gathered in Rome for the 9th International Congress of the Ministers of Justice « A World without the death penalty », organized by the Community of Sant’Egidio and hosted by the Italian Chamber of Deputies. Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Congo, El Salvador, Guinea Conakry, Cȏte d’Ivoire, Mali, Mongolia, Rwanda, Somalia, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Timor-Leste, Togo, Uganda, Viet Nam, Zimbabwe are the countries who joined Italy in the last edition of this annual conference.
2016
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Article(s)
North Africa and Middle East between progress and frustrations
By Thomas Hubert, on 13 June 2013
Shaken up by revolutions and conflicts, the southern shores of the Mediterranean are more than ever enticed for abolition – but opposition is fierce.
2013
Algeria
Lebanon
Morocco
Spain
Tunisia
Article(s)
NGOs seek abolition before African human rights body, The Gambia bucks the trend
on 26 November 2010
The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights met in Banjul between November 10-24. A group of abolitionist organisations took part in the conference.
2010
Drug Offenses
Gambia
Moratorium
Article(s)
Death row inmates and abolitionists take Uganda’s death penalty to court
on 11 September 2008
Hundreds of Ugandan death row inmates and those who support them are awaiting a final decision in the constitutional case they have taken against the death penalty in their country.
2008
Fair Trial
Uganda
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Article(s)
After more than 20 years without executions, a trend toward an official moratorium?
By Clémentine Etienne, on 27 June 2018
On 18 June 2018, the Korean National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) called on the South Korean President to declare an official moratorium on the death penalty to mark the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on December 10.
2018
Republic of Korea
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Article(s)
Central and Eastern African activists brainstorm for abolition
By Thomas Hubert, on 6 March 2013
February was a month of intense strategising for members of the regional coalition against the death penalty as well as region’s ACATs, as two meetings convened to discuss the best options to spur on Africa’s march towards abolition.
2013
Moratorium
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Article(s)
The World Coalition mission in Tanzania and the project on Sub-Saharan Africa
By Federica Merenda, on 28 April 2016
In the context of the new project to increase mobilization towards the abolition of the death penalty in Africa, from 15 to 19 April 2016 the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty has been engaged in several important activities in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.Tanzania is a country that still retains the death penalty in its laws though it is abolitionist in practice, the last execution took place in 1994.
2016
United Republic of Tanzania
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Article(s)
Call for world lawyers to unite against the death penalty
By Thomas Hubert, on 15 June 2013
The Paris Bar Association (a World Coalition member) and its Beirut counterpart have called on lawyers worldwide to increase efforts to defend those facing the death penalty and to push for its abolition.
2013
Legal Representation
Moratorium
Spain
Article(s)
Amnesty charts death penalty world map and vows to remove Belarus from it
on 25 March 2009
World Coalition member Amnesty International has released its annual statistics on the death penalty and launched a campaign against capital punishment in Belarus.
2009
Belarus
Belarus
China
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Pakistan
Saudi Arabia
United States
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Article(s)
Inquiry into Australia’s Advocacy for the Worldwide Abolition of the Death Penalty
By Peter Norden, on 25 November 2015
On 17, 20 and 27 November, the Australian Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs is conducting public hearings on Australia’s advocacy for the abolition of the death penalty. The World Coalition and its members uses this opportunity to make their voices heard.
2015
Australia
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Article(s)
Abolitionist NGOs lobby to educate UN member states in Geneva
By Aurélie Plaçais, on 22 April 2015
Several World Coalition members carried out intense advocacy activities during and after the March session of the Human Rights Council to prepare for the coming UPR session, during which Liberia, Malawi and the USA will be examined.
2015
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Central African Republic Becomes 24th African State to Abolish the Death Penalty
By ACAT-RCA, ECPM, FIACAT, on 26 June 2022
The President of the Central African Republic promulgated the law abolishing the death penalty on June 27 2022, one month after the National Assembly passed the law. CAR is now the 24th abolitionist state in Africa and the 111th in the world.
2022
Central African Republic
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ICJ Kenya Makes Gender Discrimination in Capital Punishment Visible
By World coalition against the death penalty, on 8 March 2024
Kenya is one of a few target countries for the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty’s “Gender and the Death Penalty” campaign; a campaign that is being conducted in collaboration with its member organisations in the country, namely the Kenyan Section of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ Kenya) and the Kenya Human Rights Commission.
2024
Gender
Gender
Kenya
Kenya
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Article(s)
South Korea’s 5,000th day without an execution an opportunity for abolition
By Martin Carbonell with ADPAN and MVFHR, on 8 September 2011
8th September 2011 marks the 5,000th day without executions in South Korea. Houng-oh Kim, a member of the National Assembly and former Speaker, is aiming to introduce a new bill abolishing the death penalty to mark this occasion.
2011
Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment
Moratorium
Republic of Korea
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Article(s)
West African ACATs focus on public opinion and lobbying
By Guillaume Colin (FIACAT), on 28 November 2012
Participants to the meeting held by FIACAT in Senegal mid-November received training on regional abolitionist activism and set priorities for their actions.
2012
Benin
Burkina Faso
Côte d'Ivoire
Ghana
Liberia
Mali
Moratorium
Niger
Public Opinion
Senegal
Togo
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Article(s)
Syrian man’s trial rallies abolitionists against Lebanon’s death penalty
By Paris Bar & AJEM, on 22 May 2014
The Paris Bar and AJEM, two World Coalition member organisations, have been joining forces to defend national and international arguments for abolition in Lebanon.
2014
Lebanon
Article(s)
According to Taiwanese civil society, new President Tsai Ing-wen might relaunch debate on the abolition of the death penalty
By Marion Gauer, on 31 March 2016
Even though Taiwanese general mindset appears to be quite in favor of death penalty, Taiwanese civil society expects some changes to happen in the application of death penalty under the presidency of Tsai Ing-wen. In his article “Taiwan: Can Tsai Ing-Wen Change the Politics of Death?”, Michael Caster – graduate student at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, as well as human rights advocate and civil society consultant based in East Asia – quotes Executive Director of the Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty, Lin Hsin-yi, on that controversial matter.
2016
Taiwan
Article(s)
Puerto Rico hosts a week of World Coalition events
on 16 February 2011
International abolitionists gathered on the Caribbean territory to promote their message and to show solidarity with the local authorities against capital punishment.
2011
Murder Victims' Families
Public Opinion
Puerto Rico
United States
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Article(s)
The strategic path to abolition in Nigeria
By Emile Carreau, on 2 December 2014
Two World Coalition members, Avocats Sans Frontières France and the Paris Bar Association, held a conference on the death penalty in Nigeria in Paris on the 27th of November.
2014
Nigeria
Nigeria
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Article(s)
World Coalition publishes abolition guide for parliamentarians
By Maria Donatelli (in Rabat, Morocco), on 9 December 2014
A new handbook gives members of parliaments arguments and advice to work towards abolition in their countries and to support their colleagues abroad.
2014
Morocco
Public Opinion
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Article(s)
More than 1,000 sentenced to death in Iraq in 8 years
By Dr Nasr Abbood, on 1 March 2012
The Iraqi institutions established after the US-led invasion and the fall of Saddam Hussein have reinstated the death penalty and extended its scope since 2004. In this op-ed article, Iraqi Coalition Against the Death Penalty president Nassr Abood calls for alternative sentences and for a strong stance from the international community.
2012
Drug Offenses
Iraq
Iraq
Terrorism
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Article(s)
African countries discuss Rwandan example in abolition of the death penalty
on 22 October 2011
Kigali hosted the Inter-African conference against the death penalty on 13 and 14 October.
2011
Gabon
Public Opinion
Rwanda
Rwanda
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Article(s)
World Coalition Conference to celebrate 15th anniversary in Washington D.C.
By Aurelie Placais & Jessica Corredor, on 9 June 2017
At the invitation of its American members, the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty is holding its 15th general meeting at The Catholic University of America in Washington D.C., USA on 22-24 June 2017.
2017
United States
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Article(s)
World Day Buzz In Africa
By Emile Carreau, on 6 October 2011
Conferences, round tables, talks, tours, meetings with politicians, debates, press conferences, sit-ins, cultural evenings, marches and speeches are among the many events that will take place in Africa for this 9th World Day Against the Death Penalty.
2011
Benin
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Moratorium
Murder Victims' Families
Public Opinion
Rwanda
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Article(s)
Statement on the Adoption of the 8th UN General Assembly Resolution for a Moratorium on the Use of the Death Penalty
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 17 December 2020
The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty warmly congratulates the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on the adoption of Resolution A/RES/75/183 for a moratorium on the use of the death penalty, which was adopted by a great majority of 123 UN Member States on 16 December 2020.
2020
Moratorium
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Article(s)
117 countries vote for a global moratorium on executions
By Maria Donatelli, on 19 December 2014
The latest vote at the UN General Assembly shows wider support than ever for a resolution on a moratorium on the use of the death penalty.
2014
Moratorium
Article(s)
Significant but fragile progress in the Great Lakes region
on 1 May 2007
Rwanda and Burundi are apparently close to abolishing the death penalty; in the Democratic Republic of Congo, all references to capital punishment have been removed from the text of the constitution. The death penalty is on borrowed time in these countries scarred by conflicts. For the first time, the region’s abolitionists met in Paris and called for the creation of a regional coalition.
2007
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Public Opinion
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Article(s)
Tunisian Constitution enshrines right to life but upholds death penalty
By Delphine Judith, on 28 January 2014
After weeks of debates, Tunisia has adopted a new Constitution. As expected by local abolitionists, the National Constituent Assembly (NCA) passed a text allowing capital punishment on 26 January 2014.
2014
Moratorium
Tunisia
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Article(s)
Divided opinions on death penalty in Belarus
on 8 October 2013
On the occasion of the World Day Against the Death Penalty, World Coalition member organizations Penal Reform International and Belarus Helsinki Committee are releasing a rare opinion poll on what people know and think about capital punishment in the last European country with the death penalty.
2013
Belarus
Belarus
Public Opinion
Article(s)
For ACATs, every executed person “is one of us”
on 22 January 2008
Wherever the Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture (ACAT) is present, the struggle against the death penalty is an important element within their commitment to respect for human dignity.
2008
Benin
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Germany
Moratorium
Public Opinion
Spain
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Article(s)
Malawi – five years after abolishing the mandatory death penalty
By Emile Carreau, on 19 September 2012
In 2007 abolitionists celebrated when the High Court of Malawi abolished the mandatory death penalty. In what become known as the Kafanteyeni ruling the mandatory death penalty was deemed by the bench as unconstitutional as it amounts to an arbitrary deprivation of life, denies an accused the right to a fair trial and the right to be free from inhuman and degrading treatment.
2012
Malawi
Article(s)
Two days to discuss abolition in Morocco
on 27 October 2008
Gathered in Rabat on World Day Against the Death Penalty, Moroccan and international politicians, religious leaders and campaigners held advanced discussions on this subject. The country has not carried out a single execution in the last fifteen years.
2008
Moratorium
Morocco
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Article(s)
Opening up the debate in countries with the death penalty
By Penal Reform International, on 19 September 2011
On 19 and 20 September, World Coalition member organisation Penal Reform International (PRI) is bringing 120 people from retentionist countries to London to discuss global trends towards abolition of the death penalty.
2011
Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment
Public Opinion
Syrian Arab Republic
United Kingdom
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Article(s)
In support and solidarity with “No Death Penalty Tuesdays” abolitionist movement in Iran
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 28 August 2024
Every six hours, one person was executed in Iranian prisons in the first 20 days of August. Execution numbers have been rising every year since 2021, with at least 834 people executed in 2023, and 395 executions recorded by Iran Human Rights as of 26th August 2024.
2024
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
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Article(s)
Recent US Federal Executions Raise Ethical and Political Issues
By Louis Linel, on 2 September 2020
Two more federal executions were carried out at the end of August in the United States of America. The abolitionist movement in the United States denounces human rights violations, challenges the cost of the death penalty in this time of crisis and even opposes its disrespect for tribal sovereignity.
2020
Fair Trial
Intellectual Disability
Public Opinion
United States
Article(s)
Logistics and Partnership Manager
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 3 February 2020
The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty recruits a logistics and partnership manager for a full time permanent position starting as soon as possible.
2020
Article(s)
The difficult struggle facing Iran’s abolitionists
on 3 September 2007
Iran has taken a dreadful step in the wrong direction in the summer of 2007, through a combination of an increase in executions and the repression of activists opposed to the death penalty.
2007
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Juveniles
Legal Representation
Public Opinion
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Article(s)
A universal tool with regional equivalents
By Aurélie Plaçais, on 2 April 2013
The Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) is the only universal international treaty that prohibits executions and provides essential mechanisms to entrench the abolition of the death penalty in the world. As of the 15th January 2017, 84 States out of the 169 State parties to the ICCPR […]
2013
Article(s)
World Day: inventiveness against the death penalty
on 23 October 2007
France, Peru, Togo, India… Abolitionist activists sounded a rallying call for the 5th World Day Against the Death Penalty across numerous countries via a variety of initiatives.
2007
Denmark
Mongolia
Peru
Public Opinion
Republic of Korea
Taiwan
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Article(s)
Connecticut increases momentum for abolition
By Elizabeth Zitrin, on 13 April 2012
Lawmakers in the US State of Connecticut have abolished capital punishment and the State’s governor has said that he would sign the bill into law. Elizabeth Zitrin of the US NGO Death Penalty Focus chairs the World Coalition’s working group on the United States. She writes on the significance of this news for the wider abolitionist movement.
2012
Murder Victims' Families
United States
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Article(s)
How Business May Contribute to Universal Abolition
By Louis Linel, on 29 January 2021
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have long been at the forefront of the movement for human dignity, as the main, highly-specialized – and sometimes isolated– champions for social justice. However, a new generation of advocates from the private sector, whose primary center of interest or area of expertise seems disconnected from international human rights standards, has been […]
2021
Public Opinion
Article(s)
Geneva 2010: uniting abolitionists at all levels
on 28 February 2010
A wide variety of abolitionist actors gathered in Geneva between February 24-26 for the 4th World Congress Against the Death Penalty. After three days of working sessions, the participants called on abolitionist states and internatinonal institutions to support their efforts.
2010
Switzerland
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Article(s)
Capital punishment abolished in Suriname
By Parliamentarians for Global Action, on 6 March 2015
The Parliament of Suriname (photo) has abolished the death penalty in law, setting an example for the Greater Caribbean – a major front line in the global fight against capital punishment. World Coalition member organisation Parliamentarians for Global Action provided crucial support for abolition in Suriname.
2015
Suriname
Suriname
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Article(s)
Global overview of women facing the death penalty
By Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide and World Coalition, on 10 October 2018
Launch of a groundbreaking report entitled “Judged for more than her crime: A Global Study on Women Facing the Death Penalty”
2018
Women
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Article(s)
Applause for Pennsylvania’s death penalty moratorium
By Death Penalty Focus, "Free Mumia!" French Support Group, on 23 February 2015
Newly elected Governor Tom Wolf placed a moratorium on executions in Pennsylvania on 13 February until concerns about the fairness of the state’s death penalty system are addressed.
2015
Moratorium
United States
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Article(s)
Documenting Human Rights Violations in North Korea
By Hédia Zaalouni, on 16 January 2020
The Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG) released a report in June 2019 entitled “Mapping the Fate of the Dead (Killings and Burials in North Korea)”.
2020
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
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Article(s)
Will Arab revolutions bring new hope for abolition?
on 4 April 2011
The winds of change have brought fresh air to the abolitionist cause in countries throughout the Middle East and North Africa, with new faces in power reigniting a stalled debate.
2011
Algeria
Egypt
Lebanon
Mauritania
Moratorium
Morocco
Public Opinion
Syrian Arab Republic
Terrorism
Tunisia
Yemen
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Article(s)
Caribbean network fleshes out plans for abolition
By Emile Carreau, on 16 January 2014
The Executive Committee of the Greater Caribbean for Life (GCL) network, constituted in October 2013, met in San Juan, Puerto Rico on January 11 and 12 to devise strategies to combat the death penalty in the region.
2014
Moratorium
Trinidad and Tobago
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Article(s)
Joint Statement to condemn the public executions and the surge of executions in 2022 in Iran
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 11 August 2022
The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty strongly condemn the resumption of public executions in Iran and the surge in the executions in 2022, which goes against the international trends towards abolition of the death penalty.
2022
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
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Article(s)
Mass convictions and executions fuel terrorism in Iraq
By Clémentine Etienne, on 27 June 2018
Mass executions in Iraq since 2017 seem to hide behind the scourge of terrorism, the major argument given by the current government. Will May 2018 elections defeat this government policy and the misuse of the country’s anti-terrorism law to sentence to death?
2018
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Public Opinion
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Article(s)
Commitment of youth to universal abolition
By Lorène du Crest, on 20 April 2017
On Tuesday, April 18th 2017, Together Against the Death Penalty (ECPM) held an award ceremony at the City Hall of Paris for their “Educational Project on Human Rights and the Abolition of the Death Penalty”.
2017
Public Opinion
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Article(s)
Chinese lawyers hailed as “heroes for justice”
By Aurélie Plaçais, on 22 June 2013
The role of lawyers in the fight against the death penalty has been discussed from different angles throughout the 5th World Congress, but the testimony of Chinese lawyers caught most people’s attention.
2013
China
Fair Trial
Legal Representation
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Article(s)
Asia: Stop executions and unfair trials
By ADPAN, on 6 December 2011
A hard-line group of Asian countries are defying the global trend against the death penalty and putting to death thousands of people after unfair trials every year, the Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN) said today in a new report.
2011
Article(s)
Arab abolitionists organise to act together
on 8 August 2007
Abolitionists in the Arab World have been generating increased mobilisation and improved co-ordination, with the assistance of Penal Reform International, a member of the World Coalition.
2007
Algeria
Egypt
Jordan
Lebanon
Moratorium
Morocco
State of Palestine
Tunisia
Yemen
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Article(s)
Iran: indiscriminate executions continue
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 4 November 2013
The United Nations, the European Union and the international community must put the situation of the death penalty at the top of the agenda in their dialogue with Iran.
2013
Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment
Fair Trial
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
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Article(s)
West African governments and civil society discuss death penalty in Freetown
on 16 January 2014
Hands Off Cain organised a conference on the abolition and moratorium of the death penalty in West Africa on January 13 and 14, in partnership with the government of Sierra Leone and with support from the World Coalition, the European Union and FIACAT.
2014
Benin
Guinea
Guyana
Italy
Mali
Moratorium
Niger
Rwanda
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone
Togo
United Kingdom
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Article(s)
Unveiling Singapore’s Death Penalty Discourse: A Critical Analysis of Public Opinion and Deterrent Claims
By World coalition against the death penalty, on 27 March 2024
While Singapore’s Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) maintains a firm stance on the effectiveness of the death penalty in managing drug trafficking in Singapore, the article presents evidence suggesting that the methodologies and interpretations of these studies might not be as substantial as portrayed.
2024
Singapore
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Article(s)
Indian ruling highlights importance of next World Day
By Emile Carreau, on 3 February 2014
On 21 January, India’s Supreme Court formally banned the execution of mentally ill prisoners and in doing so highlighted why this year’s World Day against the Death Penalty, which is dedicated to issues of mental health, is so important.
2014
India
Intellectual Disability
Mental Illness
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Article(s)
The Abolition of the Death Penalty in Tunisia, a Fight Against Torture
By Organization Against Torture in Tunisia, on 18 June 2020
In its 2019 annual report, the Organization Against Torture in Tunisia (Organisation contre la torture en Tunisie, OCTT) denounced the death penalty and identified it as the most cruel form of torture.
2020
Moratorium
Tunisia
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Article(s)
The unprecedent shift in attitudes towards abolition in the US
By World coalition against the death penaly, on 22 March 2024
The Death Penalty Information Center’s 2023 report highlights a rising trend towards abolition in the US, evidenced by a decrease in states conducting executions and heightened backing for individuals asserting innocence. In 2023, the United States witnessed 24 executions, 21 death sentences, and three exonerations, reflecting this evolving trend.
2024
Trend Towards Abolition
United States
Article(s)
Japan executes mentally ill people and pushes prisoners over the edge
on 11 September 2009
The Japanese government continues to execute prisoners with psychiatric illnesses and the conditions on death row provoke mental disorders among inmates, according to a new Amnesty International report.
2009
Death Row Conditions
Japan
Mental Illness
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Article(s)
Increase in the number of executions, but clear progress toward abolition in 2022
By World coalition against the death penalty, on 18 September 2023
On 16 May, Amnesty International published their annual report on the global use of the death penalty, which shows the overall number and trends in sentencing and executions in 2022.
2023
Trend Towards Abolition
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Article(s)
Statement on the occasion of the adoption of the upr report of Mauritania
By Together against the death penalty, the Mauritanian Association for Human Rights, The Advocates for Human Rights and the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 2 August 2021
Together against the death penalty, the Mauritanian Association for Human Rights, The Advocates for Human Rights and the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty welcome the adoption of the report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review of Mauritania by the Human Rights Council.
2021
Mauritania
Moratorium
Article(s)
Global outrage at Iranian juvenile execution
on 6 May 2009
Human rights organisations and governments worldwide have slammed the Iranian authorities for the illegal execution of Delara Darabi, a young woman convicted of a murder committed when she was 17.
2009
Innocence
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Juveniles
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Article(s)
From restrictions to abolition
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 17 August 2012
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has published a new report and called for abolition of the death penalty.
2012
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Brazil
Canada
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Grenada
Guatemala
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Trinidad and Tobago
United States
Uruguay
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
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Article(s)
New Hampshire one vote short of abolition
By Emile Carreau, on 25 April 2014
A bill to repeal the death penalty in the US state of New Hampshire was blocked in the Senate on 22 April with votes for and against the bill deadlocked at 12-12. Despite the disappointment, Renny Cushing, Executive Director of World Coalition member organisation Murder Victims’ Families for Human Rights, sees some positives.
2014
United States
Article(s)
Flurry of initiatives against the death penalty at ACATs in the past year
on 7 August 2007
During the past year, the 28 member associations in the FIACAT network have given their abolitionist activities a boost. The issue of the death penalty is at the heart of their mission.
2007
Belgium
Burundi
Canada
Democratic Republic of the Congo
France
Luxembourg
Switzerland
United Kingdom
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Article(s)
Lindy Lou Juror #2
By Clémentine Etienne, on 31 July 2018
On the occasion of the screening of the movie Lindy Lou Juror number 2 on Monday 25 June 2018, abolitionist associations such as Amnesty International, ACAT France, Together Against The Death Penalty French Collectif Free Mumia! and the World Coalition against the Death Penalty met at the Centre Wallonie Bruxelles in Paris.
2018
Public Opinion
United States
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Article(s)
The death penalty and the situation in Africa debated in Kinshasa
on 17 October 2011
A debate led by members of the World Coalition in the Democratic Republic of Congo discussed international law, local sensitivities and abolition.
2011
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Fair Trial
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Article(s)
California narrowly rejects abolition
By Thomas Hubert, on 8 November 2012
Citizens of the largest US state have voted against an initiative to replace the death penalty with life sentences, but the results show abolitionist views have gained significant ground through the referendum campaign.
2012
Public Opinion
United States
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Article(s)
A mission of the International Commission against the Death Penalty to the United States
By International Commission against the Death Penalty and Emmanuel Trépied, on 21 July 2017
A delegation of the International Commission against the Death Penalty met US Governors and Attorney Generals to discuss the situation of the death penalty in their respective states and issues related to possible steps towards ending the practice of capital punishment in the United States.
2017
Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment
Moratorium
United States