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Model letter to governments
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 1 January 2017
2017
Multimedia content
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With this letter, you will be able to call upon the government officials of retentionist countries to request that thesocio-economic status of the defendants facing the death penalty is taken into account as a mitigating factor.
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, Death Penalty,
- Available languages Modèle de lettre aux gouvernements
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The sleeping voice
By Benito Zambrano, on 1 January 2011
2011
Multimedia content
Spain
More details See the document
- Document type Multimedia content
- Countries list Spain
- Themes list Women, Death Penalty, Country/Regional profiles,
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Poster – 13th Wold Day against the death penalty
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
2020
Multimedia content
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Poster of the 13th Wold Day against the death penalty dedicated to drug crimes: the death penalty doesn’t stop drug crimes
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list Drug Offences, World Coalition Against the Death Penalty,
- Available languages German : Poster - 13° Welttag gegen die TodesstrafeItalian : Poster - 13° Giornata mondialeپوستر - روز جهانی سال 2015плакат - Всемирный день 2015г海報 - 2015 年世界反死刑日Cartel - Día Mundial 2015Affiche Journée Mondiale 2015
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Leaflet – 13th World Day
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
Multimedia content
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The 2015 World Day leaflet provides information on the issues surrounding drug crimes and the death penalty. It also gives arguments against the death penalty.
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list Drug Offences, World Coalition Against the Death Penalty,
- Available languages Leaflet arabic 2015листовка - Всемирный день 2015r单张 - 2015 年世界反死刑日Folleto - Día Mundial 2015بسته حاوی اطلاعت : 2015 روز جهانی علیه مجازات اعدامBrochure Journée Mondiale 2015
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Detailed Fact Sheet – Death Penalty and Drug Crimes
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
Multimedia content
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Detailed information on the death penalty and drug crimes.
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list Drug Offences, World Coalition Against the Death Penalty,
- Available languages مجازات اعدام و جرا ی م مربوط به مواد مخدر نگاهی به آمار و ارقام سیزدهمین روز جهانی علیه مجازات اعدامFiche sur la peine de mort et le trafic de drogue
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2014 World Day Report
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 1 January 2015
2015
Multimedia content
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This report presents the theme of 2014 World Day, facts on the death penalty and all the actions and media coverage for the 12th World Day on the progress made and challenges ahead.
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list Mental Illness, World Coalition Against the Death Penalty,
- Available languages Rapport Journée Mondiale 2014
Document(s)
Mobilisation Kit
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 1 January 2018
2018
Campaigning
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Produced to guide organisers, the kit suggests action and provides information about World Day and the theme chosen. For example, the section called “10 things you can to do on 10.10” suggests 10 activities to carry out within the framework of World Day such as participation in an art project, organisation of an event, or writing to those sentenced to death. It also suggests 10 tips for successful action.
- Document type Campaigning
- Themes list Drug Offences, World Coalition Against the Death Penalty,
- Available languages KIT DE MOVILIZACIÓNKit de mobilisation
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Annexes 2014 World Day Report
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 1 January 2015
2015
Multimedia content
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Annexes of the 2014 World Day Report
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list Mental Illness, World Coalition Against the Death Penalty,
- Available languages Annexes au Rapport Journée Mondiale 2014
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Joint Statement: The death penalty for drug-related offences
By Harm Reduction International, on 1 January 2015
Multimedia content
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Joint Statement signed by Amnesty International, Anti Death Penalty Asia Network, Harm Reduction International, International Drug Policy Consortium, Penal Reform International and the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty to highlight to Member States of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs and the preparatory Board of the 2016 UN General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on drugs the continued use by some countries of the death penalty for drug-related offences despite clear restrictions set out in international law.
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list Drug Offences,
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Mobilisation Kit
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 1 January 2018
2018
Campaigning
frMore details Download [ pdf - 963 Ko ]
Produced to guide organisers, the kit suggests action and provides information about World Day and the theme chosen. For example, the section called “10 things you can to do on 10.10” suggests 10 activities to carry out within the framework of World Day such as participation in an art project, organisation of an event, or writing to those sentenced to death. It also suggests 10 tips for successful action.
- Document type Campaigning
- Themes list World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, Death Penalty,
- Available languages Kit de mobilisation
Document(s)
Poster – 14th Wold Day against the death penalty
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
2020
Multimedia content
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Poster of the 14th Wold Day against the death penalty dedicated to terrorism: Execution is a terrorist’s tool. Stop the cycle of violence
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list Terrorism,
- Available languages German : Poster - 14. Welttag gegen die TodesstrafeItalian : Poster - 14° Giornata mondiale contro la Pena di morteپوستر - رد روز جهانی علیه مجازات اعدام 2016плакат - Всемирный день 2016海報 - 世界反对死刑日 2016 繁體海報 - 世界反对死刑日2016 简化字Cartel - Día Mundial 2016Affiche Journée Mondiale 2016
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Leaflet – 14th World Day
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
Multimedia content
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The 2016 World Day leaflet provides information about the countries that have the death penalty for terrorism and presents 10 things you should know about the death penalty for terrorism as well as arguments against the death penalty.
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list Terrorism,
- Available languages Leaflet arabic 2016Brochure Journée Mondiale 2016
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Leaflet on the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Abolition of the Death Penalty
By FIACAT, on 1 January 2017
2017
Multimedia content
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To supplement and strengthen the provisions of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, Article 66 of the Charter authorises the adoption of Protocols or special agreements. It is on this basis that the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) – the African Union (AU) authority responsible for promoting and protecting human rights in Africa – proposed that the AU adopt a specific Protocol on the abolition of the death penalty that specifies that “the right to life is the foundation of all the other rights” and that “the abolition of the death penalty is vital for the effective protection” of this right.
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list International law, Moratorium , Public debate, Trend Towards Abolition, Death Penalty,
- Available languages Portuguese : Projecto de protocolo adicional à carta Africana dos direitos humanos e dos povos acerca da abolição da pena de morte em AfricaBrochure sur le Protocole additionnel à la Charte africaine des droits de l’homme et des peuples portant sur l’abolition de la peine de mort en Afrique
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Mobilisation Kit
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 1 January 2018
2018
Campaigning
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Produced to guide organisers, the kit suggests action and provides information about World Day and the theme chosen. For example, the section called “10 things you can to do on 10.10” suggests 10 activities to carry out within the framework of World Day such as participation in an art project, organisation of an event, or writing to those sentenced to death. It also suggests 10 tips for successful action.
- Document type Campaigning
- Themes list World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, Terrorism,
- Available languages Kit de mobilisationKit de movilización
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Detailed factsheet on death penalty and terrorism
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 1 January 2016
2016
Multimedia content
frMore details Download [ pdf - 274 Ko ]
Detailed information on the death penalty and terrorism.
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, Terrorism,
- Available languages Fiche détaillée sur la peine de mort et le terrorisme
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Factsheet for Parliamentarians
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 1 January 2016
Working with...
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Together with PGA the World Coalition has developed this Factsheet that will help parliamentarians face political pressure during discussions surrounding the death penalty for terrorism. It will also help civil society better collaborate with parliamentarians.
- Document type Working with...
- Themes list Terrorism,
- Available languages Fiche d'information pour parlementaires
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Poster – 15th World Day against the Death Penalty
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
2020
Multimedia content
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Poster of the 15th World Day against the Death Penalty dedicated to poverty. Poverty and Justice: a Deadly Mix.
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list Discrimination,
- Available languages German : Poster - 15. Welttag gegen die TodesstrafeItalian : Poster - 15° Giornata mondiale contro la Pena di morteپوستر - رد روز جهانی علیه مجازات اعدام 2017плакат - Всемирный день 2017海報 - 世界反对死刑日 2017 繁體海報 - 世界反对死刑日2017 简化字Affiche Journée Mondiale 2017Cartel -15° Día mundial contra la pena de muerte
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The Arts and Human Rights: Introducing the “Sweet Destiny” Album and Film
on 25 August 2021
2021
Multimedia content
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
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Iran Human Rights (IHR); August 25, 2021: Pioneering Iranian alternative rock band, Kiosk have released a new musical film and album titled “Sweet Destiny.” Based on a historic 1853 photograph of a public execution by cannon fire in Iran, it is the first professional Farsi language album or film of its kind to be dedicated to the subject of the death penalty.
The story is narrated by the photographer who has been summoned to photograph the scene of the execution as proof and questions the defendant’s crime. Divided into 14 acts, the imagined story of the execution is layered with cultural and political metaphors and references. Kiosk’s rich and poignant songs create context, take the viewers through the history of Iran since 1853 and highlight the critical issues around the death penalty and human rights breaches in Iran. Using historical photographs, paintings and animation, Sweet Destiny is visually mesmerising and thought provoking with sprinkles of satire that masterfully cross cultural boundaries. The film is subtitled in English.
- Document type Multimedia content
- Countries list Iran (Islamic Republic of)
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German : Poster – 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (German)
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
2020
Multimedia content
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Poster- 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (German)
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list World Coalition Against the Death Penalty,
- Available languages Indonesian : Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Cebuano)Tagalog : Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Tagalog)Japanese : Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Japanese)Italian : Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Italian)Divehi : Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Dhivehi)Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Arabic)Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Farsi)Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Russian)Affiche - 18ème Journée mondiale contre la peine de mortPoster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Chinese)Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Spanish)Poster- 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (English)
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Divehi : Poster – 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Dhivehi)
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
Multimedia content
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Poster- 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Dhivehi)
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list World Coalition Against the Death Penalty,
- Available languages Indonesian : Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Cebuano)Tagalog : Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Tagalog)Japanese : Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Japanese)Italian : Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Italian)German : Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (German)Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Arabic)Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Farsi)Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Russian)Affiche - 18ème Journée mondiale contre la peine de mortPoster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Chinese)Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Spanish)Poster- 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (English)
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Italian : Poster – 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Italian)
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
Multimedia content
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Poster- 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Italian)
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list World Coalition Against the Death Penalty,
- Available languages Indonesian : Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Cebuano)Tagalog : Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Tagalog)Japanese : Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Japanese)Divehi : Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Dhivehi)German : Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (German)Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Arabic)Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Farsi)Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Russian)Affiche - 18ème Journée mondiale contre la peine de mortPoster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Chinese)Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Spanish)Poster- 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (English)
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Japanese : Poster – 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Japanese)
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
Multimedia content
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Poster- 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Japanese)
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list World Coalition Against the Death Penalty,
- Available languages Indonesian : Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Cebuano)Tagalog : Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Tagalog)Italian : Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Italian)Divehi : Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Dhivehi)German : Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (German)Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Arabic)Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Farsi)Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Russian)Affiche - 18ème Journée mondiale contre la peine de mortPoster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Chinese)Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Spanish)Poster- 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (English)
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Tagalog : Poster – 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Tagalog)
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
Multimedia content
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Poster- 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Tagalog)
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list World Coalition Against the Death Penalty,
- Available languages Indonesian : Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Cebuano)Japanese : Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Japanese)Italian : Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Italian)Divehi : Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Dhivehi)German : Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (German)Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Arabic)Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Farsi)Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Russian)Affiche - 18ème Journée mondiale contre la peine de mortPoster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Chinese)Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Spanish)Poster- 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (English)
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Indonesian : Poster – 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Cebuano)
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
Multimedia content
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Poster- 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Cebuano)
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list World Coalition Against the Death Penalty,
- Available languages Tagalog : Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Tagalog)Japanese : Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Japanese)Italian : Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Italian)Divehi : Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Dhivehi)German : Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (German)Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Arabic)Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Farsi)Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Russian)Affiche - 18ème Journée mondiale contre la peine de mortPoster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Chinese)Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Spanish)Poster- 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (English)
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Foreign Nationals on Death Row
By The University of Oxford Death Penalty Research Unit, led by Professor Carolyn Hoyle, along with a network of human rights NGOs, including The Death Penalty Project, Eleos Justice, Harm Reduction International, Justice Project Pakistan, Project 39a, and ADPAN, on 8 December 2022
2022
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The University of Oxford Death Penalty Research Unit, led by Professor Carolyn Hoyle, along with a network of human rights NGOs, including The Death Penalty Project, Eleos Justice, Harm Reduction International, Justice Project Pakistan, Project 39a, and ADPAN, have cooperated on a mapping project of foreign nationals at risk of capital punishment in Asia and the Middle East, initially funded by the ESRC.
These regions have a disproportionate number of migrants and others without citizenship detained for capital offences, including those convicted for drug crimes. Building on research, knowledge and expertise within the network, this collaborative database aims to collate and make available information on foreign nationals executed or under sentence of death.
- Document type Multimedia content
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Malay : Poster – 17th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Malay)
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
2020
Multimedia content
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17th World Day Against the Death Penalty Poster in Malay
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list Juveniles, Public debate, World Coalition Against the Death Penalty,
- Available languages German : Poster - 17th World Day Against the Death Penalty (German)Poster - 17th World Day Against the Death PenaltyPoster - 17th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Arabic)Poster - 17th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Persian)Poster - 17th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Russian)Affiche - 17ème Journée mondiale contre la peine de mortPoster - 17th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Chinese)Cartel - 17º Día Mundial Contra la Pena de Muerte
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Viêt Namese : Liệu Hình phạt Tử hình Có Tác dụng Ngăn chặn Tội phạm Giết người ở Nhật Bản?
By David T. Johnson / Asian Law Centre, on 8 September 2020
Multimedia content
Japan
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Không giống như ở Mỹ, nơi tràn ngập các nghiên cứu về tử hình và tác dụng răn đe của hình phạt này, có rất ít nghiên cứu về hình phạt tử hình và tác dụng răn đe của nó ở Nhật Bản. Mặc dù vậy, người dân và các quan chức nước này vẫn đưa ra những nhậnđịnh đầy tự tin đối với chủ đề này. Trên thực tế, tác dụng răn đe được xem là “điểm tranh cãi chủ chốt giữa các lập luận ủng hộ và phản đối” hình phạt tử hình ở Nhật Bản. Khó khăn trong việc thu thập các số liệu chuẩn mực về tội phạm từ Chính phủ Nhật Bản đã khiến cho việc tiến hành một nghiên cứu nghiêm túc về đề tài này gần như là bất khả thi. Bài viết này sử dụng các số liệu thống kê hàng tháng về tội phạm giết người và tộiphạm giết người cướp mà trước không thể tiếp cận được để xem xét liệu việc tuyên và thực thi án tử hình ở Nhật Bản có tác dụng ngăn chặn những tội phạm kể trên trong giai đoạn từ năm 1990 đến 2010 hay không. Và phát hiện chính của nghiên cứu này là hình phạt tử hình không có tác dụng răn đe tội phạm giết người và tội phạm cướp của giết người trong giai đoạn nói trên. Cần phải có thêm nghiên cứu về đề tài này, tuy nhiên, tại thời điểm hiện tại Chính phủ Nhật Bản không có bất cứ căn cứ chắc chắn nào để tiếp tục khẳng định nước này cần duy trì hình phạt tử hình vì hình phạt này giúp ngăn chặn tội phạm có tính đặc biệt nghiêm trọng.
- Document type Multimedia content
- Countries list Japan
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German : Poster – 17th World Day Against the Death Penalty (German)
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
Multimedia content
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17th World Day Against the Death Penalty Poster in German
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list Juveniles, Public debate, World Coalition Against the Death Penalty,
- Available languages Malay : Poster - 17th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Malay)Poster - 17th World Day Against the Death PenaltyPoster - 17th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Arabic)Poster - 17th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Persian)Poster - 17th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Russian)Affiche - 17ème Journée mondiale contre la peine de mortPoster - 17th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Chinese)Cartel - 17º Día Mundial Contra la Pena de Muerte
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In May 2020, While the World May Be Under a Lockdown, the Death Penalty is Not!
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 1 January 2020
2020
Multimedia content
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Statement from the World Coalition calling for a worldwide moratorium on the death penalty during the COVID-19 pandemics.
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list Moratorium , Death Penalty,
- Available languages En mai 2020, la peine de mort n'est pas confinée !
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Poster – 17th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Black and White)
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
2020
Multimedia content
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17th World Day Against the Death Penalty Poster in black and white
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list Juveniles, Public debate, World Coalition Against the Death Penalty,
- Available languages Affiche - 17ème Journée mondiale contre la peine de mort (noir et blanc)
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Just Mercy
By Destin Daniel Cretton / Gil Netter / Asher Goldstein / Michael B. Jordan, on 1 January 2019
2019
Multimedia content
United States
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A powerful and thought-provoking true story, “Just Mercy” follows young lawyer Bryan Stevenson (Jordan) and his history-making battle for justice. After graduating from Harvard, Bryan heads to Alabama to defend those wrongly condemned or who were not afforded proper representation, with the support of local advocate Eva Ansley (Larson). Bryan becomes embroiled in a labyrinth of legal and political maneuverings and overt and unabashed racism as he fights for Walter, and others like him, with the odds—and the system—stacked against them.
- Document type Multimedia content
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Death Penalty,
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A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO THE INDIAN JUDICIAL SYSTEM AND COURT HIERARCHY
By MARY KOZLOVSKI / Asian Law Centre, on 1 January 2019
Multimedia content
India
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This paper provides an introduction to the Indian judicial system and court hierarchy, outlining the jurisdiction of constitutional and statutory courts and tribunals and the appointment, tenure and removal of judges. It describes forms of alternative dispute resolution that have emerged in recent decades, partly to combat delays in the court system, and informal dispute resolution bodies that mediate family disputes, such as Sharia courts. The paper concludes by discussing the contentious issues of delay in the court system, public interest litigation, and appointments to the Supreme and High Courts of India.
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- Countries list India
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Poster- 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (English)
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 1 January 2020
2020
Multimedia content
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Poster- 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (English)
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list World Coalition Against the Death Penalty,
- Available languages Indonesian : Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Cebuano)Tagalog : Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Tagalog)Japanese : Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Japanese)Italian : Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Italian)Divehi : Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Dhivehi)German : Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (German)Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Arabic)Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Farsi)Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Russian)Affiche - 18ème Journée mondiale contre la peine de mortPoster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Chinese)Poster - 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty (Spanish)
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Application form – Call for actions in Sub-Saharan Africa (18th World Day)
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
2020
Multimedia content
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Call for actions on 2020 World Day in Sub-Saharan Africa.
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list Death Penalty,
- Available languages Formulaire de demande - Appel à projets en Afrique subsharienne (18ème Journée mondiale)
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Application form – Call for Actions in the Maldives and Turkey (18th World Day)
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
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Call for actions on the World Day in the Maldives and Turkey
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list Death Penalty,
Document(s)
Provisional Budget – 18th World Day
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
Multimedia content
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Small Grants 2020 provisional budget
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list Death Penalty,
- Available languages Budget prévisionnel - 18ème Journée mondiale
Document(s)
Application form – Call for Actions in the Philippines (18th World Day)
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
Multimedia content
Philippines
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Call for actions in the Philippines
- Document type Multimedia content
- Countries list Philippines
- Themes list World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, Death Penalty,
Document(s)
: Résolution des barreaux sur la peine de mort
By Paris Bar / International Association of Lawyers, on 8 September 2020
Multimedia content
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Résolution des avocats sur la peine de mort et les conditions de détention et de traitement des condamnés à mort Resolution of lawyers on the death penalty and conditions of detention and treatment of persons sentenced to deathResolución sobre la pena de muerte y cas condiciones de detención y el trato a las personas condenadas a muerte
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment, Death Row Conditions, Legal Representation, World Coalition Against the Death Penalty,
Document(s)
Application form – Call for Actions in Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean States (18th World Day)
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
Multimedia content
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Call for actions on World Day in Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean States
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, Death Penalty,
Document(s)
Call for tenders for printing, design and layout services – Annex
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
Multimedia content
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- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list World Coalition Against the Death Penalty,
- Available languages Appel d'offres Services design & maquettage et articles de promotion - Annexe
Document(s)
Italian : Poster – 13° Giornata mondiale
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
Multimedia content
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Poster – 13° Giornata mondiale contro la Pena di morte: La pena di morte non uccide il traffico di droga
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list Drug Offences,
- Available languages German : Poster - 13° Welttag gegen die TodesstrafePoster - 13th Wold Day against the death penaltyپوستر - روز جهانی سال 2015плакат - Всемирный день 2015г海報 - 2015 年世界反死刑日Cartel - Día Mundial 2015Affiche Journée Mondiale 2015
Document(s)
German : Poster – 13° Welttag gegen die Todesstrafe
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
Multimedia content
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Poster – 13° Welttag gegen die Todesstrafe: die Todesstrafe stoppt nicht den Drogenhandel
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list Drug Offences,
- Available languages Italian : Poster - 13° Giornata mondialePoster - 13th Wold Day against the death penaltyپوستر - روز جهانی سال 2015плакат - Всемирный день 2015г海報 - 2015 年世界反死刑日Cartel - Día Mundial 2015Affiche Journée Mondiale 2015
Document(s)
Italian : Poster – 14° Giornata mondiale contro la Pena di morte
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
Multimedia content
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Poster del 14 ° Giornata Mondiale contro la pena di morte dedicato al terrorismo:Le esecuzioni sono l’arma dei terroristi. Interrompiamo il ciclo della violenza.
- Document type Multimedia content
- Available languages German : Poster - 14. Welttag gegen die TodesstrafePoster - 14th Wold Day against the death penaltyپوستر - رد روز جهانی علیه مجازات اعدام 2016плакат - Всемирный день 2016海報 - 世界反对死刑日 2016 繁體海報 - 世界反对死刑日2016 简化字Cartel - Día Mundial 2016Affiche Journée Mondiale 2016
Document(s)
German : Poster – 14. Welttag gegen die Todesstrafe
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
Multimedia content
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Poster für den Welttag gegen die Todesstrafe, im Bezug auf Terrorismus:Hinrichtungen sind die Waffe der Terroristen. Stoppt die Spirale der Gewalt.
- Document type Multimedia content
- Available languages Italian : Poster - 14° Giornata mondiale contro la Pena di mortePoster - 14th Wold Day against the death penaltyپوستر - رد روز جهانی علیه مجازات اعدام 2016плакат - Всемирный день 2016海報 - 世界反对死刑日 2016 繁體海報 - 世界反对死刑日2016 简化字Cartel - Día Mundial 2016Affiche Journée Mondiale 2016
Document(s)
Italian : Poster – 15° Giornata mondiale contro la Pena di morte
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
Multimedia content
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Poster del 15° Giornata Mondiale contro la pena di morte dedicato alla povertà. Povertà e Giustizia: un Mix Mortale.
- Document type Multimedia content
- Available languages German : Poster - 15. Welttag gegen die TodesstrafePoster - 15th World Day against the Death Penaltyپوستر - رد روز جهانی علیه مجازات اعدام 2017плакат - Всемирный день 2017海報 - 世界反对死刑日 2017 繁體海報 - 世界反对死刑日2017 简化字Affiche Journée Mondiale 2017Cartel -15° Día mundial contra la pena de muerte
Document(s)
German : Poster – 15. Welttag gegen die Todesstrafe
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
Multimedia content
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Poster für den Welttag gegen die Todesstrafe gewidmet Armut.Armut und Jutiz Eine Tödliche Mischung
- Document type Multimedia content
- Available languages Italian : Poster - 15° Giornata mondiale contro la Pena di mortePoster - 15th World Day against the Death Penaltyپوستر - رد روز جهانی علیه مجازات اعدام 2017плакат - Всемирный день 2017海報 - 世界反对死刑日 2017 繁體海報 - 世界反对死刑日2017 简化字Affiche Journée Mondiale 2017Cartel -15° Día mundial contra la pena de muerte
Document(s)
Italian : Poster – 16° Giornata mondiale contro la Pena di morte
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
Multimedia content
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Poster del 15° Giornata Mondiale contro la pena di morte. Dignita Per Tutti.
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list Death Row Conditions, Death Row Phenomenon,
- Available languages Dutch : Poster - 16. Welttag gegen die Todesstrafeملصق - ابعة عشرة لليوم العالمي لإلغاء عقوبة الإعدام2018плакат - Всемирный день 2018Affiche - 16e Journée Mondiale contre la peine de mort海報 - 世界反对死刑日 2018 繁體海報 - 世界反对死刑日2018 简化字Cartel -16° Día mundial contra la pena de muerte
Document(s)
Dutch : Poster – 16. Welttag gegen die Todesstrafe
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
Multimedia content
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Welttag gegen die Todesstrafe Poster
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list Death Row Conditions, Death Row Phenomenon,
- Available languages Italian : Poster - 16° Giornata mondiale contro la Pena di morteملصق - ابعة عشرة لليوم العالمي لإلغاء عقوبة الإعدام2018плакат - Всемирный день 2018Affiche - 16e Journée Mondiale contre la peine de mort海報 - 世界反对死刑日 2018 繁體海報 - 世界反对死刑日2018 简化字Cartel -16° Día mundial contra la pena de muerte
Document(s)
Datos y Cifras 2018
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 1 January 2018
2018
Multimedia content
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Documento de antecedentes sobre el uso de la pena de muerte en todo el mundo para 2017 y principios de 2018.
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list Death Row Conditions, Death Row Phenomenon,
- Available languages Facts and Figures 2018Faits Et Chiffres 2018
Document(s)
Leaflet – World Coalition Presentation
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
2020
Multimedia content
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Presentation of the World Coalition’s activities
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list World Coalition Against the Death Penalty,
- Available languages Brochure - Présentation de la Coalition mondiale
Document(s)
The right to life: A guide to the implementation of Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights
By Council of Europe / Douwe Korff / Directorate General of Human Rights, on 1 January 2006
2006
Working with...
More details See the document
This Handbook deals with the right to life, as guaranteed byArticle 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights, and with the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights under that article.
- Document type Working with...
- Themes list International law,
Document(s)
Supreme Court of India ruling in Shatrughan Chauhan & Anr. Versus Union of India & Ors.
By P. Sathasivam / Supreme Court of India / Ranjan Gogoi / Shiva Kirti Singh, on 8 September 2020
2020
Multimedia content
India
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The Court (pictured) ruled in favour of two prisoners who petitioned for a commutation of their death sentences to life imprisonment, claiming “the unconscionably long delay in deciding the mercy petition has caused the onset of chronic psychotic illness”. It acknowledged the “unbearable mental agony after confirmation of death sentence” and added that in some cases “death-row prisoners lost their mental balance on account of prolonged anxiety and suffering experienced on death row”.
- Document type Multimedia content
- Countries list India
- Themes list Mental Illness, International law, Death Row Conditions, Death Row Phenomenon,
Document(s)
Flyer-The Death Penalty in the Context of Public Security: Neither Right, Nor Effective
By Greater Caribbean For Life, on 1 January 2013
2013
Multimedia content
Trinidad and Tobago
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Flyer for the Caribbean Conference – The Death Penalty in the Context of Public Security: Neither Right, Nor Effective organised to celebrate the 11th World Day Against the Death Penalty dedicated to the Greater Caribbean, by local civil society in Trinidad and Tobago on October, 1st. 2013
- Document type Multimedia content
- Countries list Trinidad and Tobago
- Themes list Deterrence ,
Document(s)
Oral Statement from Penal Reform International during the Panel on Children of Parents Sentenced to the Death Penalty or Executed (Human Rights Council, 24th Session)
By Penal Reform International, on 1 January 2013
Multimedia content
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Oral Statement of Penal Reform International during the Panel on Children of Parents Sentenced to the Death Penalty or Executed, Human Rights Council, 24th Session.
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list Juveniles, International law, Death Penalty,
Document(s)
Oral Statement from the Quaker United Nations Office during the Panel on Children of Parents Sentenced to the Death Penalty or Executed, Human Rights Council, 24th Session.
By Quaker United Nations Office, on 1 January 2013
Multimedia content
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Oral Statement from the Quaker United Nations Office during the Panel on Children of Parents Sentenced to the Death Penalty or Executed, Human Rights Council, 24th Session.
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list Juveniles, International law, Death Penalty,
Article(s)
World Coalition takes part in UN death penalty report launch
on 30 May 2010
The World Coalition held a side event to accompany the presentation of the 8th Quinquennial Report of the UN Secretary General on capital punishment in Vienna on May 19.
2010
Death Row Conditions
Innocence
Juveniles
Legal Representation
Article(s)
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 of the death penalty.
2017
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
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)
The Rights of Children Whose Parents Are Sentenced to Death – The Case of Tunisia
By Lisa Borden, volunteer with The Advocates for Human Rights, on 30 October 2019
I joined Bronwyn Dudley of the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, and Choukri Latif of the Coalition tunissiene contre la peine de mort (a Tunisian anti-death penalty NGO), to address the committee regarding Tunisia’s failure to implement the rights of children whose parents have been sentenced to death or were executed.
2019
Juveniles
Tunisia
Article(s)
Legal Officer – The Death Penalty Project
By The Death Penalty Project, on 23 January 2018
The Death Penalty Project recruits a Legal Officer.
2018
United Kingdom
Article(s)
Web-Editor
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 17 October 2016
The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty is recruiting a Web-editor for its website.
2016
Article(s)
Research Assistant
By Death Penalty Worldwide, Cornell Law School and World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 February 2016
Death Penalty Worldwide of Cornell University Law School and the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty invite applications for a five-month internship placement in Paris from March to July 2016.
2016
Document(s)
American Death Penalty Exceptionalism, Then and Now
By Jordan Steiker, California Western International Law Journal , on 1 February 2024
2024
Academic Article
United States
More details See the document
Published in October 2023.
The most commonly observed fact of American capital punishment is its present outlier status: the United States (U.S.) is the only developed Western democracy that retains the death penalty, and it does so not simply as a matter of law, but as a matter of practice, conducting numerous executions every year. This “exceptionalism” with respect to the death penalty is noteworthy, but focusing on present-day American retention obscures many additional aspects of American death penalty exceptionalism. This Keynote will trace several ways in which the American death penalty was an outlier at its founding and throughout its subsequent history, as well as the varied aspects of its exceptionalism today. I will conclude by predicting that U.S. exceptionalism will soon come to an end–with an “exceptional” form of death penalty abolition, traceable to the distinctive path of the American death penalty
- Document type Academic Article
- Countries list United States
Member(s)
The Advocates for Human Rights
on 30 April 2020
The mission of The Advocates for Human Rights is to implement international human rights standards in order to promote civil society and reinforce the rule of law. By involving volunteers in research, education, and advocacy, The Advocates build broad constituencies in the United States and select global communities. In 1991, The Advocates adopted a formal […]
2020
United States
Document(s)
REPORT ON THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
By Bar Human Rights Committee, on 1 January 2003
2003
NGO report
More details See the document
The purpose of the Report is to assist the Honourable Court by describing the criminal justice process in Trinidad as it applies to those accused of murder. As a criminal defence and constitutional law attorneys in Trinidad, we have been asked to address, in particular, some of the shortcomings apparent in the Trinidadian criminal justice system and certain related constitutional issues. The Report deals with the following issues: a. The constitutional history and sources of law in Trinidad; b. The law of murder in Trinidad; c. An overview of criminal procedure; d. The stages of the criminal process in murder cases; e. The mandatory death penalty; f. The prerogative of mercy.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Networks,
Document(s)
Intiatives World Day 2005
By World coalition against the death penalty , on 10 October 2005
2005
Campaigning
Trend Towards Abolition
frMore details See the document
Intiatives World Day 2005
- Document type Campaigning
- Themes list Trend Towards Abolition
- Available languages Initiatives journée mondiale 2005
Document(s)
Leaflet – World Day 2023
on 12 June 2023
2023
Campaigning
World Coalition
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Leaflet for the 21th World Day against the death penalty (2023), on torture and the death penalty.
- Document type Campaigning / World Coalition
- Available languages كتيب - اليوم العالمي 2023Brochure - Journée mondiale 2023
Document(s)
Capital punishment and implementation of the safeguards guaranteeing protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty
By United Nations , on 26 May 2021
2021
United Nations report
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Summary
In its resolution 1745 (LIV) of 16 May 1973, the Economic and Social Council invited the Secretary-General to submit to it, at five-year intervals starting from 1975, periodic updated and analytical reports on capital punishment. The Council, in its resolution 1995/57 of 28 July 1995, recommended that the quinquennial reports of the Secretary-General continue to cover also the implementation of the safeguards guaranteeing protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty.
In the same resolution, the Council requested the Secretary-General, in preparing the quinquennial report, to draw on all available data, including current criminological research. The present report, which is the tenth quinquennial report, contains a review of the use of and trends in capital punishment, including the implementa tion of the safeguards during the period 2014–2018.
In accordance with resolutions 1745 (LIV) and 1990/51, of 24 July 1990, of the Economic and Social Council, as well as its decision 2005/247 of 22 July 2005, the present report is submitted to the Council at its substantive session of 2020, and will also be before the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice at its twenty-ninth session and the Human Rights Council at its forty-fourth regular session.
The report on the 2014–2018 quinquennium confirms the trend documented in previous reports towards abolition and restriction of the use of capital punishment in most countries. The number of States that have abolished the death penalty in law and in practice continued to grow. This is reflected in the increased number of States bound by treaty obligations not to implement the death penalty. The quinquennium also witnessed some years of dramatic increases in the number of executions, which were carried out by a small number of States. The situation stabilized at the end of the survey period, and the number of recorded executions in the final year, 2018, was the lowest in many years. The safeguards guaranteeing the protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty apply to States that retain capital punishment. It is of concern, however, that the death penalty continued to be imposed on persons below 18 years of age at the time of commission of the offence, and that death sentences were imposed in cases where the “most serious crimes” standard was not met and in cases of trials that did not comply with international standards.
- Document type United Nations report
- Available languages عقوبة اإلعدام وتنفيذ الضمانات التي تكفل حماية حقوق من يواجهون عقوبة اإلعدامLa pena capital y la aplicación de las salvaguardias para garantizar la protección de los derechos de las personas condenadas a la pena de muertePeine capitale et application des garanties pour la protection des droits des personnes passibles de la peine de mortСмертная казнь и применение мер, гарантирующих защиту прав тех, кому грозит смертная казнь死刑和保护死刑犯权利的保障措施的执行情况
Document(s)
The death penalty in Egypt: Ten year after the uprising
By Jeed Basyouni - Reprieve, on 10 August 2021
2021
NGO report
Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment
Death Row Conditions
Egypt
Fair Trial
More details See the document
Reprieve wrote this report about the use of the death penalty in Egypt.
- Document type NGO report
- Countries list Egypt
- Themes list Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment / Death Row Conditions / Fair Trial
Document(s)
Debunking the deterrence theory
By World coalition against the death penalty, on 9 July 2024
2024
Campaigning
World Coalition
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- Document type Campaigning / World Coalition
- Available languages La théorie de la dissuasion démystifiée
Document(s)
Maldives – Committee Against Torture (LOIPR) – Death Penalty – June 2022
By The Maldivian Democracy Network (MDN) , on 21 July 2022
2022
NGO report
World Coalition
Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment
Maldives
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This report addresses the Maldives’ compliance with its human rights obligations with respect to the death penalty. Despite its long-standing, de facto moratorium on executions, the Maldives sentenced two people to death in 2019, after sentencing no one to death in 2018.[1] At the end of 2019, there were 19 people on death row in the Maldives – three of whom had exhausted their appeals and five of whom were juveniles when the crime was committed.[2] The Maldives sentenced another individual to death in 2022, which represented the first time the country sentenced a foreign national to death.[3] The continued use of the death penalty in sentencing is particularly concerning given evidence of due process violations, including the use of torture to obtain confessions, the lack of effective and accessible complaint mechanisms for detained individuals, the lack of an independent judiciary, and the use of the death penalty as a sentence for crimes committed by juveniles.
- Document type NGO report / World Coalition
- Countries list Maldives
- Themes list Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment
Document(s)
Initiatives World Day 2006
By World Coalition against the death penalty , on 10 October 2006
2006
Campaigning
Trend Towards Abolition
frMore details See the document
Initiatives World Day 2006
- Document type Campaigning
- Themes list Trend Towards Abolition
- Available languages Initiatives journée mondiale 2006
Article(s)
United Nations panel hears from innocent sentenced to death
By Maria Donatelli, on 4 July 2013
World Coalition members and a man who spent 18 years on death row for murders he did not commit joined UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon for a debate on capital punishment.
2013
Innocence
United States
20th World Day Against the Death Penalty – Death penalty: a road paved with torture
on 10 June 2022
As the 20th World Day Against the Death Penalty is marked around the world, now is a time to consider and celebrate the gains the abolitionist movement has made over the past 20 years. Now, more than ever, abolitionist actors need to continue working towards the complete abolition of the death penalty worldwide, for all […]
2022
Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment
Death Row Conditions
21st World Day Against the Death Penalty – The death penalty: An irreversible torture
on 12 June 2023
2023
Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment
Death Row Conditions
Document(s)
Efforts towards abolition of the death penalty: Challenges and prospects
By Death Penalty Research Unit (DPRU), University of Oxford, on 5 February 2024
2024
Academic Article
Trend Towards Abolition
More details See the document
Published in December 2023.
This paper reflects on the role of international human rights treaties in promoting universal abolition and progressive restriction of the death penalty. It suggests that over the past quarter of a century a ‘new human rights dynamic’ has aimed to generate universal acceptance that however it is administered, the death penalty violates the human rights of all citizens exposed to it. Nevertheless, defences of capital punishment based on principles of national sovereignty are engrained in some parts of the world, particularly in Asia and the Middle East. The human rights project struggles to make inroads into such jurisdictions where political will is opposed to abolition, and trenchant protection of sovereignty threatens the very universality of these rights.
- Document type Academic Article
- Themes list Trend Towards Abolition
Article(s)
Towards the abolition of the death penalty in DRC: advances to be confirmed
By Olivier LUNGWE FATAKI - Pax Christi Uvira, on 13 December 2016
To date, the Democratic Republic of the Congo maintains the death penalty in its legislation. The proponents of the capital punishment argue that it remains an efficient tool for deterrence in general as well as a solution to the recurring criminal phenomenon hitting the country’s Eastern part.
2016
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Moratorium
Public Opinion
Article(s)
FIACAT and ACAT Benin congratulate Benin on having removed the death penalty from its criminal legislation
By FIACAT, on 6 June 2018
Cotonou, Paris, 6 June 2018 – On 5 June, Benin’s National Assembly adopted a new Penal Code removing all references to the death penalty from the law.
2018
Benin
14-United-Nations-Congress-on-Crime-Prevention-and-Criminal-Justice
on 23 April 2021
2021
Document(s)
Iraq – Committee Against Torture – Death Penalty – March 2022
on 18 March 2022
2022
NGO report
World Coalition
Iraq
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This report provides an update to the coauthors’ report at the List of issues stage and responds to the State party’s responses to the Committee’s questions in the List of issues that touch on the death penalty.
- Document type NGO report / World Coalition
- Countries list Iraq
Article(s)
Abolitionist movement shifts up a gear in Morocco
By Thomas Hubert, on 20 December 2013
Through engagement with members of Parliament, the publication of an unprecedented report on death row conditions and the launch of a new website, the Moroccan abolitionist movement is entering a new dimension.
2013
Mental Illness
Morocco
Article(s)
World Day: everybody stands up against the death penalty!
on 27 September 2007
The 5th World Day Against the Death Penalty takes place on Wednesday, 10 October 2007. Organised by the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, it is marked by thousands of citizens and hundreds of organisations across the world who together, through hundreds of local initiatives, say ‘NO’ to capital punishment.
2007
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Germany
Morocco
Peru
Portugal
Puerto Rico
United States
Yemen
Article(s)
Program and Admin Assistant (Trainee)
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 9 October 2018
The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty recruits an intern for a period of 6 months starting in September 2019.
2018
Article(s)
Program and Admin Assistant (Trainee)
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 31 March 2020
The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty is recruiting an intern for a period of 6 months going from mid-June to mid December 2020.
2020
Article(s)
Publishing the final words of the executed to restore their humanity
By Thomas Hubert, on 16 October 2014
Publisher Joshua Herman and photographer Marc Asnin want to issue thousands of American schools with a book presenting the final statements of executed prisoners in an attempt to remind supporters and opponents of the death penalty alike that it targets human beings.
2014
Public Opinion
United States
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
Article(s)
Can the US move towards abolition under Obama?
on 20 January 2009
The new president’s nominee for the post of attorney general opposes the death penalty and the number of executions and sentences is falling in the US.
2009
United States
Article(s)
What now for Mumia?
on 28 April 2008
On 27 March, a US federal appeals court overturned Mumia Abu-Jamal’s death sentence, but not his conviction for murder. His lead counsel Robert R. Bryan gives his reaction to the ruling and the next steps in America’s most high-profile capital case.
2008
Fair Trial
United States
Article(s)
How the Death Penalty is Politicized: A Reflection on the 8th World Congress Against the Death Penalty
By Dunia Schaffa, on 27 January 2023
During the 8th World Congress Against the Death Penalty, in Berlin Germany, the phrase “the death penalty is being used as a political tool” was used frequently – in panels, in round tables, in speeches, even amongst the participants getting a coffee in between Congress events.
2023
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
United States
Article(s)
Iran’s brave human rights defenders and their struggle against the death penalty
By Amnesty International, on 5 March 2018
As the world moves away from the death penalty, Iran continues to execute hundreds of people every year and comes second only to China in the number of executions carried out annually. Amnesty International recorded nearly 1,000 executions in Iran in 2015 and at least 567 in 2016.
2018
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Article(s)
10 years with no hanging in the Caribbean
By Greater Caribbean for Life, on 19 December 2018
The Greater Caribbean for Life (GCL) notes that 19 December, 2018 marks the 10th anniversary of the hanging of Charles la Place in St Kitts and Nevis. He was the last person who was hanged in the English-speaking Caribbean.
2018
Article(s)
1,700-mile “Walk4Life” across the US
on 13 March 2008
American hip-hop artist Andre Latallade, also known as Capital-“X”, will walk 1,700 miles from New Jersey to Texas from March 31 to campaign against the death penalty.
2008
Drug Offenses
United States
Document(s)
Somebody’s Child: Amid the Lingering Trauma of Trump’s Executions, a New Project Brings Families to Federal Death Row
By The Intercept, on 15 February 2024
2024
Article
United States
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Published on February 11, 2024.
In 2002, Ra’id was arrested alongside several other suspects following a botched bank robbery that left two people dead and another paralyzed. His co-defendants pointed to him as the mastermind, which Ra’id adamantly denied. “I did not take part in that atrocity,” he told the court following his trial. “I did not shoot and kill anyone.”
Newson attended his father’s sentencing hearing, along with his mother, Jeannie Gipson-Newson. A death sentence would be “devastating to my child,” she remembered testifying. But it felt futile. The jurors seemed to have made up their minds. In 2004, Ra’id was sentenced to die.
- Document type Article
- Countries list United States
Article(s)
California ruling paves way for abolition of one of the world’s largest death rows
By Elizabeth Zitrin, on 18 July 2014
United States Federal District Court Judge Cormac J. Carney, who was appointed by former President George W. Bush, a strong supporter of the death penalty, ruled on 16 July that California’s death penalty system violates the US Constitution.
2014
Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment
United States
Article(s)
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
Oral statement on behalf of FIACAT, FIDH, World Coalition against the Death Penalty, ECPM, Avocats sans frontières, COJESKI-RDC, ECPM, RAL and Reprieve on the activities of the Members of the Commission and the Special Mechanisms.
2021
Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment
Article(s)
Philippines: one step forward in the reintroduction of the death penalty
By Lorène du Crest, on 3 March 2017
The Philippines are a step closer to the reintroduction of the death penalty, violating their international obligations.
2017
Drug Offenses
Philippines
Article(s)
30 countries gather in Rome to oppose capital punishment
on 21 May 2010
17 ministers and numerous experts met in Rome on May 17 to discuss crime-busting policies that reject the death penalty. Representatives for the Republic of Congo and Burkina Faso pledged their support for abolition.
2010
Italy
Article(s)
The Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines launches a campaign against the reinstatement of the death penalty in the country
By Thalia Gerzso, on 26 October 2017
Despite its national and international commitment not to carry out any executions, Philippines is taking worrying measures toward the reinstatement of the death penalty for drug offenses. Determined to thwart the government’s plan, the Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines has taken various actions, including an awareness campaign for the 15th World Day Against the Death Penalty.
2017
Philippines
Public Opinion
Article(s)
The shared responsibility of capital punishment
on 27 September 2011
Everyone agrees that the highest international standards should apply in the fight against drug. But what about the standards used in punishing traffickers- and the inappropriate use of the death penalty against such criminals?
2011
Australia
Bhutan
Colombia
Drug Offenses
Indonesia
Italy
Mozambique
Nepal
Niue
Pakistan
Philippines
South Africa
State of Palestine
Sweden
Taiwan
Terrorism
Thailand