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Article(s)
Pardons and commutations in Nigeria
on 29 August 2009
Shortly after Kenya commuted thousands of death sentences, the Nigerian state of Lagos took similar steps and moved closer to abolition.
2009
Clemency
Nigeria
Nigeria
Article(s)
Is the death penalty a cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment under international law?
on 20 March 2009
Special Rapporteur Manfred Nowak raised the issue at the UN’s Human Rights Council, triggering a debate in which World Coalition member organisations had their say.
2009
Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment
Article(s)
E Book review: a guidebook to the death penalty in Asia
on 10 March 2009
A new, authoritative study sheds a new light on capital punishment across Asia and may help abolitionists enhance their strategies.
2009
China
Japan
Philippines
Republic of Korea
Taiwan
Viet Nam
Article(s)
UAE use of death penalty raises “grave concerns”
on 7 May 2010
In a letter to the United Arab Emirates’ justice minister, the World Coalition denounced the growing number of death sentences handed down in the country, especially after unfair trials or against juvenile offenders.
2010
Fair Trial
Juveniles
United Arab Emirates
Article(s)
Abolition in New Mexico hailed around the world
on 19 March 2009
New Mexico’s governor Bill Richardson signed the repeal of the death penalty in to law on March 18, 2009, attracting praise from the global abolitionist community.
2009
United States
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
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)
After the debates, the victims’ emotions
on 28 February 2010
A large crowd gathered at Geneva’s Bâtiment des Forces Motrices Thursday evening to listen to the poignant stories of thirteen victims allied by their commitment to abolition.
2010
Member(s)
Legal Awareness Watch (LAW)
on 30 April 2020
Legal Awareness Watch (LAW) is a nonpartisan, non-profitable NGO registered under law since 1999, holding registration number 1388. Since its creation, LAW has been advocating, and raising awareness in Pakistan on human rights of prisoners in 104 Pakistani prisons i.e. the right to vote, right to dignity, right to life etc. Apart from the promotion […]
2020
Pakistan
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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Article(s)
Abolitionist Challenges for 2013 in Puerto Rico
By Puerto Rican Coalition against the Death Penalty, on 7 March 2013
This annual report covers the situation of death penalty cases involving Puerto Ricans who face death penalty proceedings in the federal jurisdiction, as well as in those states of the US where such punishment is strictly upheld, and one case of petition for extradition.
2013
United States
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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
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Article(s)
Texas maintains distance from abolitionist trend after 500th execution
By Léa Macarez, on 4 July 2013
52 year-old black woman Kimberly McCarthy was executed on 26 June and became the 500th prisoner put to death since Texas restored the death penalty in 1982.
United States
Women
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Article(s)
Linking the death penalty and torture to achieve abolition
By Thomas Hubert, on 20 June 2013
Recognising the process from sentencing to execution as a form of torture would ensure progress towards abolition in international law as well as in the US.
2013
Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment
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Article(s)
EU regrets difficulties in dialogue with Belarus
By Tiziana Trotta, on 16 June 2013
European Union officials and Belarusian activists denounce Minsk’s lack of political will to tackle the death penalty.
2013
Belarus
Belarus
Public Opinion
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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
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Article(s)
Two perspectives on assistance to foreign nationals facing the death penalty
By Thomas Hubert, on 13 June 2013
World Coalition member Reprieve and the Mexican government share their experience of helping those facing a capital case overseas.
2013
Legal Representation
Mexico
United States
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Article(s)
Taiwan visit tarnished by six executions
By Patrick Kamenka, on 25 April 2013
The meeting of the World Coalition Steering Committee on 12 and 13 April 2013 in Taipei, attended by twenty people, was tarnished the same week by the execution of six prisoners sentenced to death, even though high-level assurances had been given by the State with regard to reducing such barbarous acts.
2013
Death Row Conditions
Public Opinion
Taiwan
Taiwan
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Article(s)
Death penalty at the heart of human rights review
By Thomas Hubert, on 5 February 2013
The Taiwanese authorities have been conducting a voluntary assessment of the human rights situation in the country, culminating in the visit of a panel of experts in late February. The World Coalition is taking part in the process.
2013
Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment
Moratorium
Taiwan
Taiwan
Article(s)
Community of Sant’Egidio meets the president of Mongolia
on 7 October 2010
A delegation of the Community of Sant’Egidio has been invited from 6 to 11 September in Ulan Bator, Mongolia, and received by the President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdor.
2010
Mongolia
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Article(s)
Justice ministers meet as Colosseum lights up to say yes to life
By Community of Sant'Egidio, on 10 December 2012
The Community of Sant’Egidio conducted a crucial political networking exercise in favour of abolition in Rome at the end of November before 1,600 cities lit up their monuments against the death penalty.
2012
Benin
Burundi
Central African Republic
France
Gabon
Italy
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Mongolia
Public Opinion
Switzerland
Togo
United States
Uzbekistan
Zimbabwe
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Article(s)
Singaporean and Malaysian activists welcome changes in their country
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 16 July 2012
In Singapore and Malaysia, governments are considering removing mandatory death penalty in some drug and murder cases. A move welcomed by activists on the ground, though they consider it “only a small step in the right direction”.
2012
Drug Offenses
Malaysia
Singapore
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Article(s)
A challenge to the abolitionist movement
By Sandra Babcock, on 16 December 2011
Over the last few decades, we have made great strides toward the universal abolition of the death penalty. Nevertheless, despite the progress we have made, the death penalty remains entrenched in a significant number of states. And even in those nations that have refrained from carrying out executions in a sort of de facto moratorium, […]
2011
Intellectual Disability
Malawi
Mental Illness
Mexico
Moratorium
United States
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Article(s)
India asked to maintain the moratorium on executions
By Emile Carreau, on 28 July 2011
After a six year moratorium on executions, India’s President Patil has rejected the mercy petition of two Indian nationals despite international outcry to maintain the moratorium.
2011
Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment
Drug Offenses
India
Moratorium
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Article(s)
Belize PM aims to amend constitution to resume executions
on 9 June 2011
The Government of the small Caribbean nation has recently introduced a Constitution Amendment Bill, which seeks to make it clear that the death penalty is not unconstitutional.
2011
Belize
Belize
Legal Representation
Trinidad and Tobago
Article(s)
Trinidad and Tobago narrowly avoids resumption of executions
on 8 March 2011
A bill which aimed to facilitate executions in the Caribbean nation was defeated in Parliament on February 28.
2011
Public Opinion
Trinidad and Tobago
Article(s)
World Forum an opportunity to gather abolitionists
on 4 July 2008
As the World Coalition held its general meeting in Nantes at the end of June, discussions focussed on the involvement of corporations and local authorities.
2008
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Article(s)
10.10.10 Looking back on the World Day in Asia
on 3 December 2010
The Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network rounds up reports from the main events organised across the Asia-Pacific region for World Day Against the Death Penalty on October 10.
2010
Australia
Bangladesh
India
Indonesia
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Italy
Japan
Pakistan
Singapore
Terrorism
United States
![World Coalition Against the Death Penalty](https://worldcoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/WC-ImageDefautArticle1.png)
Article(s)
Glossary of the Second Optional Protocol
By Pierre Désert, on 25 June 2008
From “Acceptance” to “Treaty”, discover the vocabulary of international law and get a clearer picture of the Second Optional Protocol.
2008
Document(s)
Advisory on the Increased Vulnerabilty of Women Migrant Workers on Death Row
By Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines, on 3 December 2021
2021
Government body report
Drug Offenses
Legal Representation
Philippines
Women
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The Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines issues this advisory to bring the Philippines’ attention to the heightened vulnerabilities of women Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs).
- Document type Government body report
- Countries list Philippines
- Themes list Drug Offenses / Legal Representation / Women
- Available languages Avis sur la vulnérabilité accrue des travailleuses migrantes dans le couloir de la mort
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Article(s)
Debunking narratives for a return of the death penalty
By Venus Aves, on 13 November 2023
Time and time again, abolitionists have been making the case against the death penalty, highlighting how inhumane, inefficient and unfair it is.
2023
Drug Offenses
Maldives
Philippines
Public Opinion
Sri Lanka
Trend Towards Abolition
Turkey
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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
Document(s)
Women and Death Penalty Factsheet – World Day 2023
By World coalition against the death penalty, on 15 August 2023
2023
World Coalition
Gender
frMore details Download [ pdf - 424 Ko ]
- Document type World Coalition
- Themes list Gender
- Available languages Faits et chiffres Les femmes et la peine de mort - 21e journée mondiale contre la peine de mort
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Article(s)
Burundi: Promising advocacy workshop for the ratification of the abolitionist treaty
By Sarah Saint-Sorny, on 10 June 2022
On April 25, 2022, the Burundian Prison Observatory (BPO) organized a one-day advocacy workshop on the ratification of the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (OP2-ICCPR) with the support of the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty.
2022
Burundi
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Article(s)
Public opinion supportive of the abolition
By Sarah Saint-Sorny, on 10 June 2022
The 31st Session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice of the ODC took place in Vienna from the 16th to the 20th of May 2022. At this occasion, the Japan Federation of Bar Associations organized a side-event: “Abolishing the Death Penalty: Public Opinion and the Road to Abolition”, which was held online […]
France
Japan
Public Opinion
United States
![World Coalition Against the Death Penalty](https://worldcoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/WC-ImageDefautArticle1.png)
Article(s)
Joint statement for the 71st Ordinary Session of the African Commission
By ECPM, FIACAT, World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 9 June 2022
Joint statement on the situation of the death penalty in Africa for the 71st Ordinary Session of the African Commission, signed by the FIACAT, ECPM and the World coalition.
2022
Congo
Côte d'Ivoire
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Kenya
Liberia
Malawi
Niger
Uganda
![World Coalition Against the Death Penalty](https://worldcoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/WC-ImageDefautArticle1.png)
Article(s)
PRESS RELEASE – Indignation after 30 death sentences in Kinshasa
By Michel Kalemba, Suzanne Mangomba, Xavière Prugnard and Bertin Leblanc, on 4 August 2021
Kinshasa, Paris, May 27, 2021 Our organizations denounce the recent death sentences handed down by the High Court of Gombe, in the center of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo, following violence against the forces of order.
2021
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Fair Trial
Legal Representation
Moratorium
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Member(s)
Grupo de Apoyo Mutuo (GAM)
on 30 April 2020
Mandate and goals: Organization of relatives of missing persons illegally detained which works for justice, investigating past cases, opening legal proceedings against the national system and the human rights system. Kind of actions: We work for justice, for the strengthening of the institutions linked to the criminal investigation and against the death penalty. Actions aiming […]
2020
Guatemala
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Article(s)
68th Ordinary Session African Commission on Human & Peoples’ Rights- Anti-Death Penalty Advocacy Continues
By Bronwyn Dudley, on 11 June 2021
The ACHPR (the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights) met virtually for its 68th Ordinary Session from 14 April – 4 May 2021.
2021
Terrorism
Women
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Article(s)
Editorial: Amnesty International releases annual report
By Amnesty International, on 27 May 2021
On 21 April, we published our annual report on the global use of the death penalty, which shows that in 2020 the world got one step closer to freeing itself from this cruel punishment.
2021
Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment
Death Row Conditions
Public Opinion
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Article(s)
Widespread and systematic violations of human rights in Iran
By Impact Iran, on 12 March 2021
Joint letter sent to Member states of the United Nations Human Rights Council on 12 March 2021
2021
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
![World Coalition Against the Death Penalty](https://worldcoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/WC-ImageDefautArticle1.png)
Article(s)
The Flaws of Deterrence Theory for Capital Punishment
By Fiacat, on 23 February 2021
Joint Oral Statement delivered during the United Nations 46th Human Rights Council Biennial high-level panel discussion on the question of the death penalty.
2021
Public Opinion
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Article(s)
Community of Sant’Egidio Calls for Universal Abolition with Cities for Life, Cities Against the Death Penalty
By Louis Linel, on 8 December 2020
The discussion was chaired by Mario Marazitti, who stood in front of broadcasted live images of the light-draped Colosseum in Rome, Italy, displaying the slogan of this international key event, “No Justice Without Life”.
2020
Italy
Malaysia
Public Opinion
United States
Document(s)
The Problem of False Confessions in the Post – DNA World
By Steven A. Drizen / Richard A. Leo / North Carolina Law Review 82(3), 894-1009, on 1 January 2004
2004
Article
United States
More details See the document
In recent years, numerous individuals who confessed to and were convicted of serious felony crimes have been released from prison— some after many years of incarceration—and declared factually innocent, often as a result of DNA tests that were not possible at the time of arrest, prosecution, and conviction. DNA testing has also exonerated numerous individuals who confessed to serious crimes before their cases went to trial. Numerous others have been released from prison and declared factually innocent in cases that did not involve DNA tests, but instead may have occurred because authorities discovered that the crime never occurred or that it was physically impossible for the (wrongly) convicted defendant to have committed the crime, or because the true perpetrator of the crime was identified, apprehended, and convicted. In this Article, we analyze 125 recent cases of proven interrogation-induced false confessions (i.e., cases in which indisputably innocent individuals confessed to crimes they did not commit) and how these cases were treated by officials in the criminal justice system.This Article has three goals. First, we provide and analyze basic demographic, legal, and case-specific descriptive data from these 125 cases. This is significant because this is the largest cohort of interrogation-induced false confession cases ever identified and studied in the research literature. Second, we analyze the role that (false) confession evidence played in these cases and how the defendants in these cases were treated by the criminal justice system. In particular, this Article focuses on how criminal justice officials and triers-of-fact respond to confession evidence, whether it biases their evaluations and overwhelms other evidence (particularly evidence of innocence), and how likely false confessions are to lead to the wrongful arrest, prosecution, conviction, and incarceration of the innocent. Analysis of the aforementioned questions leads to the conclusion that the problem of interrogationinduced false confession in the American criminal justice system is far more significant than previously supposed. Furthermore, the problem of interrogation-induced false confessions has profound implications for the study of miscarriages of justice as well as the proper administration of justice. Third, and finally, this Article suggests that several promising policy reforms, particularly mandatory electronic recording of police interrogations, will minimize the number of false confessions and thereby inject a much needed dose of justice into the American criminal justice system.
- Document type Article
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Due Process , Networks,
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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)
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
Article(s)
Death sentences in Morocco
on 9 May 2007
The World Coalition against the death penalty, the FIDH and the Moroccan Coalition against the Death Penalty are concerned with the continued pronunciation of death sentences by Moroccan courts
2007
Morocco
Article(s)
Teng Biao: Olympics an opportunity to put pressure on the Chinese authorities”
on 13 February 2008
Teng Biao is one of the rare activists who call for the immediate abolition of the death penalty from within China. In the past weeks, the police confiscated his passport and he received threats.
2008
China
Innocence
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
Article(s)
Nie Shubin: a victim of the arbitrary in China
on 21 January 2008
In the lead up to the Beijing Olympics, the French coalition Collectif Chine JO 2008 highlights cases of human rights abuse in China on a weekly basis. This week, they focus on Nie Shubin, who was executed by mistake in 1995.
2008
China
Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment
Women
Article(s)
While we wait for the Supreme Court
on 17 January 2008
After the Supreme Court held a hearing much awaited by the abolitionist community on January 7th, we all need to reassess our strategy for abolition in America, writes Sandrine Ageorges.
2008
Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment
Public Opinion
United States
Article(s)
New Jersey sets an example for US states
on 8 January 2008
The abolition of the death penalty in New Jersey on December 17 could pave the way for other US states. Death Penalty Focus’s Speedy Rice explains how some of them may make the move.
2008
Public Opinion
United States
Article(s)
World Coalition hands 5 million signatures over to the UN
on 1 November 2007
The President of UN General Assembly is to receive 5 million signatures calling for a moratorium on executions collected worldwide by the Community of Sant’Egidio and the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty.
2007
Albania
Angola
Brazil
Croatia
Gabon
Mexico
Moratorium
New Zealand
Philippines
Portugal
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Article(s)
“Frightening” increase of executions in Iran
By World coalition against the death penalty, on 20 June 2024
Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) reports that at least 243 people, including 10 women, have been executed in 2024, as of 15 June. In 2023, the number of people executed has increased from 582 to 834. At least 471 people were executed for drug-related offenses. This represent a 84% increase compared to 2022 (256).
2024
Drug Offenses
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
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Article(s)
Children of people sentenced to death attract the UN’s attention
By Léa Macarez, on 19 September 2013
The UN Human Rights Council brought together representatives from civil society, States and the UN itself to discuss the rights of children whose parents are sentenced to death or executed.
2013
Juveniles
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Article(s)
Pakistani authorities urged to renew moratorium
By Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, on 8 July 2013
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, a World Coalition member, has called on the government formed following recent elections to suspend executions. A previous moratorium order has expired and many prisoners are at risk of being hanged.While the 2008 moratorium was introduced under the rule of the Pakistan People Party, whose former leader Benazir Bhutto was a well-known abolitionist, it expired shortly after Nawaz Sharif of the Pakistan Muslim League became Prime minister.
Pakistan had already broken the moratorium when it executed a soldier in November 2012.
2013
Moratorium
Pakistan
Pakistan
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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)
Events, strong words and hard facts to fight death penalty in the Caribbean
By Thomas Hubert, on 11 October 2013
As World Day Against the Death Penalty events unfolded on an unprecedented scale across the region, local activists and international organisations took a firm stance against capital punishment across the Caribbean.
2013
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Guatemala
Jamaica
Public Opinion
Puerto Rico
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Trinidad and Tobago
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Article(s)
Saudi Arabia: “Killing in the Name of Justice”
By Elisa Belotti, on 7 October 2015
When it comes to the execution of death penalties, Saudi Arabia is one of the most prolific country in the world. This is what emerges from a new report published by Amnesty International in August 2015.
2015
Saudi Arabia
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Article(s)
Fewest death sentences in 40 years in the US
By Death Penalty Information Center, on 12 January 2015
The number of executions in the United States was at its lowest in 20 years and seven death row prisoners were exonerated in 2014.
2015
Intellectual Disability
Mental Illness
United States
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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)
Executions in Jordan and Pakistan show need to go beyond moratorium
By Thomas Hubert, on 16 January 2015
The World Coalition and its members have criticised decisions by the governments of Jordan and Pakistan to reverse their policy of suspending executions despite a historic vote in favour of a moratorium on the use of the death penalty at the UN General Assembly.
2015
Jordan
Moratorium
Pakistan
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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
Article(s)
Director (Research)
By Project 39A, on 14 June 2018
The National Law University, Delhi (“University”) is seeking to engage on a contractual basis, one Director (Research) for Project 39A.
2018
India
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Article(s)
Indonesia: execution for drug crimes is no solution
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 26 January 2015
In an open letter, the World Coalition and its members, including KONTRAS and Amnesty International, condemn the Indonesian government’s politicizing of the death penalty to show its commitment to eradicating drug-related crimes. Recent resumptions of executions show one thing, they are carried out for political reasons only: in Pakistan to show that it is tough on terrorism, Jordan that it tough on crime and Indonesia that it is tough on drugs. Instead, those states should abolish the death penalty to show their commitment to upholding human rights. The next World Day against the Death Penalty will be dedicated to the issue of capital drug crimes.
2015
Drug Offenses
Indonesia
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Article(s)
The death penalty at the heart of the debates of the 62nd Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
By Guillaume Colin - Jessica Corredor, on 15 May 2018
The 62nd Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR), the African Union body responsible for the promotion and protection of human rights in Africa, was held from April 25th to May 9th, 2018 in Nouakchott, Mauritania.The death penalty was at the heart of the debates throughout this Session, during panel discussions, side-events or during the review of the State’s periodic reports.
2018
Mauritania
Public Opinion
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Article(s)
Mandatory Death Penalty for Blasphemy in Mauritania
By World Coalition Against the death penalty, on 11 May 2018
Through this joint statement twenty one national and international NGOs, calls upon Mauritanian authorities to reverse the recent adoption of a law on apostasy related crimes making the death penalty mandatory for blasphemy.
2018
Mauritania
Public Opinion
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Article(s)
Greater Caribbean for Life addresses Inter-American Commission on death penalty in their region
on 19 March 2015
On Monday, 16 March 2015, the Greater Caribbean for Life (GCL) addressed the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on issues relating to the death penalty in the Greater Caribbean, during a dedicated thematic hearing held at the Organisation of American States (OAS) headquarters in Washington, D.C., USA.
2015
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
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
United States
Uruguay
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
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Article(s)
Why Jordan resumed executing people on the death row?
By Hend Hanafy, Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge, on 18 April 2018
For eight years since June 2006, Jordan was adopting a moratorium on the death penalty. However, on the 21st of December 2014, 11 people were hung in Swaqa Prison, thus, triggering questions about the timing and the reasons behind the resumption of the death penalty in Jordan. It is arguable that the internal political pressures on the government have fuelled this setback which was further eased through the international political opportunity of Jordan’s role in the war on terrorism.
2018
Jordan
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Article(s)
Joint statement of the death penalty in Japan
By Center for Prisoners' Rights and Japan Innocence & Death Penalty Information Center, on 30 March 2018
Joint Statement signed by Center for Prisoners’ Rights and Japan Innocence & Death Penalty Information Center to to call Japanese government for a sincere dialogue while condemning the government for refusing a dialogue with international communityand not accepting capital punishment as a human rights issue.
2018
Japan
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Article(s)
3rd Regional Congress Against the Death Penalty
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 13 March 2018
The African Congress will be held in Abidjan, Ivory Coast on 9-10 April 2018. Over 300 participants are expected.
2018
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Article(s)
« A new Gambia » welcomes the 61st session of the ACHPR
By FIACAT and World Coalition against the Death Penalty, on 21 November 2017
From November 1st to November 15, 2017, the 61st session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, as well as the NGO Forum, took place in Banjul, Gambia. During the opening session, the President of The Gambia, Adama Barrow, confirmed the “New Gambia’s commitment” to human rights.
2017
Gambia
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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)
International support for abolition is continuing to grow – foreign ministers
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 9 October 2015
The Declaration signed by 18 Foreign Ministers from different world regions, including several that are still on a path towards abolition of the death penalty, brings one common message: International support for abolition is continuing to grow, driven by an increasing awareness of the death penalty’s inherent risks and shortcomings.
2015
Argentina
Australia
Benin
Brazil
Burkina Faso
Costa Rica
Fiji
Haiti
Latvia
Madagascar
Mexico
Mongolia
Norway
Philippines
Poland
Spain
Switzerland
Turkey
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Article(s)
Abolitionists support death row survivors
By Thalia Gerzso, on 14 November 2017
On October 26, abolitionists all around the world celebrated the release of Cheng Hsing-Tse, originally sentenced to death in 2006. This successful outcome highlights the work of numerous organizationss which assist death row survivors.
2017
Innocence
Murder Victims' Families
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Article(s)
Terrorism is no excuse for unfair trials in Iraq
By Elisa Belotti, on 25 November 2015
Earlier in November, the UN Human Rights Committee released its concluding observations on Iraq’s implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The Committee and civil society’s representatives specifically dwelled on Iraq’s application of the death penalty.
2015
Fair Trial
Iraq
Iraq
Terrorism
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Article(s)
Strong mobilization in Sub-Saharan Africa on World Day
By Thalia Gerzso, on 19 October 2017
On October 10, 2017, all the abolitionists all around the world joined their forces to celebrate the 15th World Day Against the Death Penalty. The mobilization was particularly strong in Sub-Saharan Africa where many events were organized. Thus, the pugnacity of African abolitionists put the abolition of the death penalty at the heart of every discussion.
2017
Public Opinion
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Article(s)
Joint statement from 48 coalitions, networks and human rights organizations from 12 Arab countries
By The Arab Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 6 January 2016
The statement strongly condemns the execution of Nimr Baqir al-Nimr in Saudi Arabia and renewed its demand for Saudi Arabia to support the United Nations resolution on a global moratorium on the death penalty and to abolish the death penalty in national legislation.
2016
Saudi Arabia
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Article(s)
Democratic Republic of the Congo: the abolitionists organize workshops for journalists
By Thalia Gerzso, on 25 September 2017
Concerned by the population’s view on the death penalty, the Human Rights Defenders and Abolitionist Advocates in Democratic Republic of the Congo Network [Réseau des associations de défense des droits de l’homme et militants abolitionnistes de la peine de mort en République Démocratique du Congo (RADHOMA)] organized several training courses for journalists in the past few months.
2017
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Public Opinion
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Article(s)
Gambia and Madagascar commit to irreversible abolition
By Aurelie Placais, on 22 September 2017
on 20 and 21 September 2017, Gambia signed and Madagascar ratified the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty.
2017
Gambia
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Article(s)
Between hope and disillusion: the Iranian death penalty reform
By Thalia Gerzso, on 13 September 2017
On August 13, 2017, the Iranian parliament finally approved an amendment aiming at raising the bar for a mandatory death sentence in cases involving drug related offenses. Despite this first step, abolitionists deplore the limited effect of this new legislation.
2017
Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
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Article(s)
Greater Caribbean for Life responds to the call for the resumption of the death penalty in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
By Greater Caribbean for Life and Emmanuel Trépied, on 21 July 2017
Emotions are running high in Trinidad and Tobago because of “runaway crime,” and once again the country finds itself in the throes of looking for ways in which to resume hanging. The Greater Caribbean for Life (GCL) urges Trinidad and Tobago’s government to focus on human development and crime prevention rather than expend time and energy in seeking to resume hanging.
2017
Trinidad and Tobago
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Article(s)
Makwanyane Institute Is Launched at Cornell Law School
By Sherrie Negrea, Cornell Law School, on 17 July 2017
Fifteen capital defense lawyers from eight African countries arrived at Cornell Law School on June 12 to begin eight days of training on how best to represent death penalty clients in the first session of the Makwanyane Institute.
2017
Legal Representation
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Article(s)
Abolition of the death penalty in Nauru
By Marion Gauer, on 3 June 2016
Nauru recently ended its de facto moratorium by abolishing the death penalty in law.
2016
Nauru
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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
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Article(s)
Gambia commits to full abolition of the death penalty
By Nicolas Chua, on 26 October 2018
On 28 September 2018, during the UN Treaty Event in New York, Gambia ratified the Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR, aiming at the irreversible abolition of the death penalty, alongside the Convention Against Torture.
2018
Gambia
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Article(s)
Call for Moratorium on Executions Gains Record-High Support at Committee Vote
By Amnesty International & Comunità di Sant'Egidio, on 16 November 2018
Today the international community offered unprecedented support to a UN call to halt executions when the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly considered a draft resolution on a moratorium on the use of the death penalty.
2018
Moratorium
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Article(s)
LEDAP condemns the killing of three death row prisoners in Nigeria
By Chino Obiagwu - LEDAP National Coordinator, on 28 December 2016
Legal Defence and Assistance Project (LEDAP) condemns the killing on December 23 2016 of three death row prisoners in Benin City prison on death warrants signed by the Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki. Those executed were Ogbomoro Omoregie, Apostle Igene and Mark Omosowhota. They were all convicted and sentenced to death nearly 20 years ago by military tribunals under the Robbery and Firearms (Special Provisions) Decree as amended.
2016
Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment
Nigeria
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Article(s)
Ivory Coast invited to ratify the UN Protocol on the death penalty
By Guillaume Colin (FIACAT), on 27 November 2013
World Coalition member organization FIACAT has taken part in a follow up mission to the Ivory Coast after the African human rights body issued the country with recommendations including ratifying the treaty that copperfastens abolition.
2013
Côte d'Ivoire
Côte d'Ivoire
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Article(s)
Lawyers’ manual published in traditional Chinese
By Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty, on 30 November 2013
On the occasion of Cities for Life Day on November 30, the Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty (TAEDP) and the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty are proud to announce the online publication of the Chinese version of Representing Individuals Facing the Death Penalty: A Best Practices Manual. This publication is intended for lawyers who defend people facing the death penalty around the world.
2013
China
Legal Representation
Taiwan
Taiwan
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Article(s)
Top UN representatives take stance on death penalty at Human Rights Council
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 14 March 2014
From UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to abolitionist and retentionist government ministers and World Coalition members, participants to a recent discussion on the death penalty placed the issue high on the international agenda.
2014
Afghanistan
Benin
Brazil
Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Mongolia
Morocco
Myanmar
Namibia
Pakistan
Saudi Arabia
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Sudan
United States
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Article(s)
China rejects all UN recommendations on death penalty use
By Aurélie Plaçais, on 24 March 2014
“China’s position is to retain the death penalty, but strictly and prudently limit its application according to law,” said the world’s top executioner after it rejected all 20 UPR recommendations to curb capital punishment.
2014
China
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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
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Article(s)
New study shows Taiwan death penalty violates human rights standards
By The Death Penalty Project, on 8 June 2014
Collaboration between World Coalition member organisations The Death Penalty Project and Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty follows acceleration of executions in the country.
2014
Taiwan
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Article(s)
Suriname and Haiti to lead abolitionist way in the Caribbean
By Thomas Hubert (in San Juan, Puerto Rico), on 27 June 2014
The World Coalition held its 2014 AGM in abolitionist Puerto Rico and highlighted key regional developments in the fight against the death penalty, which remains on the books of many countries in the Greater Caribbean.
2014
Barbados
Haiti
Jamaica
Puerto Rico
Suriname
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
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Article(s)
The State of Palestine commits to abolishing the death penalty
By Louis Linel, Aurélie Plaçais, on 10 April 2019
On 18 March 2019, the State of Palestine acceded to the United Nations Treaty aiming to abolish the death penalty, becoming the 87th State Party to the OP2-PIDCP.
2019
State of Palestine
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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
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Member(s)
International Academic Network for the Abolition of Capital Punishment (REPECAP)
on 30 April 2020
REPECAP was founded in 2009 with the aim of supporting preparations for the creation of the International Commission against the Death Penalty that was created a year later. We represent a non-governmental organization whose purpose is of academic nature for the dissemination of scientific knowledge impartially through its many nodes present at prestigious Universities around […]
2020
Spain
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Article(s)
Sudan Repeals Capital Punishment for Homosexuality
By Louis Linel, on 31 July 2020
Sudan repealed the death penalty for homosexuality and apostasy
2020
Sudan
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Article(s)
Civil society instrumental in UN monitoring of progress towards abolition
By Thomas Hubert, on 22 September 2014
The World Coalition and its members are present at every step in the international human rights law process – from the signature of human rights treaties to the verification of their implementation. Their contribution is yielding more and more concrete results.
2014
Indonesia
United States