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…pardons 61 death row inmates. This is a positive step towards abolition of death penalty in Tanzania in line with the growing worldwide trend against death penalty. Death penalty as…

Mario Marazziti, World Coalition Against the Death Penalty: “Let’s give the kids of the new generation a world without death penalty. The Death Penalty is sick and weakened. Well, it…

…man; rather he describes human vulnerability during the countdown period that precedes the execution: the suffering endured by waiting, the impossible indifference of time slipping past, the last days, the…

…even though a majority of the country’s population still supports the death penalty. He also insisted in the risk of miscarriage of justice as a key argument to abolish the…

…a significant increase in the number of death penalty cases or even one or several death sentences for the coming years in Puerto Rico. The Puerto Rican Coalition against the…

…the United States. Five states and the federal government carried out 11 executions in 2021, down from 17 executions in 2020. The 11 executions conducted this year were the fewest…

…in the seven executions so far which have taken place using drugs from Lundbeck. Citing their “concern over the use of the drugs in U.S. executions”, the fund directors sold…

The submission, which was initiated by World Coalition member Penal Reform International, comes after the revelation that Jeffery Landgrin had been executed in Arizona using sodium thiopental that was produced…

The participants discussed several aspects of the Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR. Former Amnesty International France president Denys Robiliard insisted on the irrevocable nature of the treaty, which state…

…the immediate adoption of a moratorium, recalled that no study could prove that Death Penalty is efficient against re-offence. On the contrary, it is proved that the death penalty is…

…crime of a military nature committed during wartime”. The Protocol does not offer state parties the possibility to opt out. It therefore makes the abolition of the death penalty final…

…as protector of its citizens. Bellivier invited the participants to the Marrakesh Forum to join the debate during the sessions on death penalty issues scheduled during the event. Follow the…

…Resolution calling for a moratorium on the death penalty. “However, while strides have been made worldwide in the campaign for the abolition of the death penalty, progress in the Arab…

…and popular support for the death penalty and American influence in regional politics. Amnesty International’s death penalty coordinator Piers Bannister, made an implacable demonstration: “Behind the tourist picture of the…

What is the International Academic Network for the Abolition of Capital Punishment about? The idea is to bring together research projects and publications. You can find articles on the death…

Members of the conference welcomed news from the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice that the Nigerian Government has instituted a moratorium on the death penalty because…

…on the US. Two plenary sessions and four thematic debates will give participants a chance to discover or further explore the fields in which the battle against the death penalty…

…largest Muslim country in the world) and executions. But the political temptation is there. “The government that pleads for death penalty using the Islamic pretext to gain public favour is…

…including inside the prison. Abroad, Rome city council said they would illuminate the Colosseum in support of the condemned man, while French abolitionists gathered near the US embassy. “The Internet…

…least seven executions by hanging in the last two years. The revelation came just one month after a Nigerian government representative at the UN spoke about the death penalty in…

The Italian-based international abolitionist organization Hands Off Cain has chosen Jean Ping (photo) as its 2010 “Abolitinonist of the Year”. The chairman of the African Union Commission will receive the…

…that peaceful activities against the death penalty are sentenced to 10 years in prison shows that the Iranian authorities consider the death penalty as an important tool for their survival”. …

…of the death penalty. Live from the Congress To escape the death penalty: be rich and kill a foreigner Campaigners and political leaders unite against the death penalty Protecting vulnerable…

…the death penalty’s deterrent value and any miscarriage or failure of justice in the death penalty’s implementation is irreversible and irreparable”. There are 21 inmates on death row in Guatemala….

Although the last execution in Benin took place in 1987, the country’s courts continued to impose death sentences until 2012, when Benin acceded to the Second Optional Protocol to the…

…mandatory death penalty remains the law. While the crime rate remains high in many of these countries, inadequacies in law enforcement and preventive measures hinder progress. There is a need…

…preparation of the World Day Against the Death Penalty that in 2016 will be focused on the death penalty and terrorism. The slogan of this year World Day is “Execution…

…support for the forthcoming UNGA Resolution on the same issue in 2010. State secretary for international relations Angel Lossada introduced the seminar and described the ambition of the Spanish government…

…denouncing the large-scale organ trafficking network that feeds on China’s death row. In the lead up to the Beijing Olympics in 2008, the World Coalition printed in a public information…

On the 24th of June at 9.30 am, members of the World Coalition met for their ordinary General Assembly at the written invitation of the President, in conformity with the…

…death penalty by depositing the instruments of ratification with the United Nations Secretary General. Armenia became the 89th State Party to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,…

…sustainable development, exploring how the rehabilitation and reintegration of offenders back into their communities can incorporate a broader developmental perspective, contributing to the goals set out in the 2030 Agenda…

…to the right to human life through the events it organised and those of the many organisations it gathers (more than 100, including the city of Paris). The mobilisation shall…

During its General Assembly held on the morning of the opening of the 5th World Congress against the Death Penalty in Madrid, the World Coalition elected 20 member organizations to…

Caroline Muchuma is Legal Officer with the “death penalty” project at the Foundation for Human Rights Initiative (FHRI) in Uganda. She explains the different means lawyers employ to help those…

…•    Russia. For more information about the small grants programme, please download the Terms of Reference (in Arabic, English and Russian). The duration of the projects submitted to the programme…

…a large majority a resolution calling for a moratorium on the use of the death penalty worldwide. The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty calls upon the Japanese government to…

The increasing use of the death penalty was among the key issues raised at the Universal Periodic Review on human rights in Iraq at the UN Human Rights Council in…

…in drug-related executions in 2017, Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, IHR’s Director and spokesperson, said: “We welcome the new amendments in the Anti-Narcotics law which, if implemented properly, will commute several thousand death…

…tragedy,” said MVFHR executive director Renny Cushing. “In the public debate about the death penalty and how to respond in the aftermath of violent crime, these are the voices that…

…during wartime. Drop in number of executions Although the reduction in death penalty crimes in China is not expected to greatly reduce the number of executions per year, a new…

…the footsteps of abolitionist movement in India by advocating alternative sentences, as well as preventive and rehabilitation penal measures and noting the bias or the ineffectiveness of the death penalty….

…the abolition of the death penalty, its analysis raises fundamental questions about the obvious breaches of the judiciary system in India. This report thus provides an in-depth understanding of the…

…the state of the world they are living in: the severity, sometimes the cruelty, but also the beauty of the human rights ideal. Our aim is for them to acquire…

On Friday 23rd July 2021, Sierra Leone’s Parliament unanimously abolished the death penalty by passing the Abolition of the Death Penalty Act. Prior to this vote, the Deputy Justice Minister…

…there is a nationwide shortage of sodium thiopental, the anesthetic in the three-drug cocktail. The drug was rushed in from Britain for the execution. Landrigan’s lawyers raised questions over the…

…2007, it has conducted targeted research and advocacy on the death penalty for drug offences. The successful candidate will be an integral part of the Human Rights and Justice team,…

…no to the death penalty. The closing ceremony was also an opportunity for the World Coalition to read the final declaration of the Congress. Finally, to conclude this very beautiful…

…involved in the human rights area, such as Lush Cosmetics and Virgin, whose representatives were invited to the 7th World Congress Against the Death Penalty in February 2019 in Brussels,…

…Death Penalty on October 10, the online library contains the sources of information you need. It contains all the resources on the death penalty identified by the World Coalition since…

…successfully completed without the enthusiastic involvement of numerous partners, who were all present at the closing ceremony: there were militants of the abolitionist cause (such as Sandrine Ageorges-Skinner), the French…

…programme. The Swedish presidency of the European Union, too, criticised the executions. As more people face execution in the wake of the Xinjiang riots, it said in a statement: “The…

After Strasburg in 2001, Montreal in 2004 and Paris in 2007, Geneva will host the 4th World Congress Against the Death Penalty between February 24-26, 2010. Together Against the Death…

…with organizations. “If you’re sitting in Dakar and oppose the death penalty, how do you contact like-minded people?” he asked. With the Death Penalty Action Network, he hopes to make…

The USA is one of the few federalist countries which give the states the power to legislate on the issue of the death penalty. At present there are 15 abolitionist…

The ruling was issued in the case of Allen Gregory, an African-American man sentenced to death for rape and murder: in the process of proving the death penalty’s unconstitutionality, the…

…an extract from Gavin’s speech at the “Words of Victims” evening during the World Congress: Campaigning started within the family. “Grandpa is for the death penalty, but we are slowly…

According to the Ugandan newspaper The Daily Monitor, 167 death row inmates have seen their sentence commuted to life in prison this year. Their reprieve is the consequence of a…

…International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), a member of the World Coalition, and its branch in Togo, the Togolese League for Human Rights (LTDH), also hailed the introduction of the…

…these circumstances. I am now in Taiwan and joining the campaign organized by Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty, together with Speedy Rice from the World Coalition Against the…

…policy violates international legal provisions that reserve the death penalty for the most horrible crimes. “There is no room to interpret that drug-related offences are regarded as ‘the most serious…

…punishment in Texas. The report was launched at a press conference in the state capitol in Austin (watch the video). Speaking at the event, TCADP president Rick Halperin said: “Is…

…than 500 words explaining their interest in interning with the Centre. > Read more about the call for intership: http://www.nludelhi.ac.in/UploadedImages/d9019b31-7ea0-46fb-a40f-8589f99bbca8.pdf > Read more about the Death Penalty Research Project: http://www.deathpenaltyindia.com/…

In February 2024, Armenia’s ratification of Protocol No. 13 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms concerning the abolition of the death penalty in all…

…Sierra Leone signed into law a bill for abolition.  In June 2022, the President of the Central African Republic promulgated the law abolishing the death penalty. In September 2022, the…

…2005. Its goals include the recognition of the suffering, of the Afghan people, investigations into crimes committed and the creation of a justice system. This indicated the beginnings of national…

…penalty depends upon the people of India being mature enough to understand the ills of capital punishment. Photo: demonstration in India for World Day against the Death Penalty in 2008…

…the country the second, after China, in the number of executions carried out annually. The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty strongly opposes the increase of executions in Iran and…

…discussed the international trend towards the abolition of the death penalty from domestic laws, and the recent United Nations General Assembly resolution calling for a moratorium on executions. During the…

…their submission to EZITRIN*]}*@DeathPenalty.org. The organization will then organize a state-wide day of action in California on June 30 to highlight the demands made in its submissions to the CDCR.…

…the civilian population for the theft of a chicken without the justice system intervening”. Moreover, the majority of politicians support the death penalty. But the five experts are confident and…

…for this conclusion. The Commission displayed empirical evidences questioning the deterrent effect of the death penalty. It points out that the Indian justice system is flawed and may conduct to…

…a lawyer. 130 on death row Since he took office, Ogawa has clearly denied the possibility of continuing the stay of executions, by claiming that ordering an execution is the…

Take action now! The 14th World Day Against the Death Penalty is an excellent opportunity to publicly oppose the use of this inhumane punishment and to support those who are…

…Sant’Egidio and Arianna Ballotta for the Italian Coalition Against the Death Penalty. The event is co-sponsored by Coop. Sociale Città dell’Essere, The Italian Coalition Against the Death Penalty, association Campi…

The global figures on the use of the death penalty in 2015 revealed two starkly divergent developments. On one hand, four countries abolished the death penalty, reinforcing the long-term trend…

…Poland have signed it but not ratified it. In 1995, Italy ratified the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Politic Rights, which abolishes the death penalty…

…dinner, Gail Chasey, member of New Mexico legislature and promoter of the bill to abolish the death penalty adopted in 2009, was awarded the Abolitionist of the year prize (watch…

…the death penalty, which though is no longer in use in Nigeria, is anachronistic and not an effective deterrent to crimes,” HURILAWS said in a statement. Nearly 1,000 prisoners are…

…Berlin, Germany in November. The last execution in Zambia took place in January 1997.  Full statement made by Amnesty: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/12/zambia-amnesty-international-welcomes-the-abolishment-of-the-death-penalty/  Photo credit: Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema assenting the bill/ Twitter …

…from across the world, a diversity which reflects the universal nature of the death penalty. To join the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, please download the membership form here….

…1: THE MANDATORY DEATH PENALTY 5PM to 6PM Testimonies: JUDICIAL OFFICIALS/JUDGES/LAWYERS AND THE DEATH PENALTY Friday 12 June 9AM to 10.30AM: First roundtable discussion: THE ELEMENTS OF UNFAIR TRIALS 11AM…

…Death Penalty will walk part of the way with him. Born in a Puerto-Rican neighbourhood in New York, Latallade was in and out of prison for two decades for drug-related…

…Todd Willingham and Troy Davis, the high number of capital cases on the Registry of Exoneration once again highlights the high risk of executing innocents inherent to the death penalty….

…High Court seeking the death penalty. The original sentence was subsequently replaced by the death penalty, which was confirmed by the Supreme Court. It must be said that this execution…

In the framework of this project, GCL and the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty want to support a civil society movement for the abolition of the death penalty in…

…2003 to obtain the legislative abolition of the death penalty in their country. Although no execution has taken place in Morocco since 1994, the courts still hand down death sentences….

As an abolitionist country in practice applying a moratorium on executions since 2002, Guinea finally took it to the next level by choosing to abolish the death penalty in law….

…to create a platform for death penalty reform in Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, leading to eventual abolition. In the framework of this project, GCL and the World Coalition want…

…for the privilege we had to discuss with him,” another person added. The emotion was palpable among the public.“Mumia doesn’t feel like a symbol of the anti-death penalty campaign,” said…

…board so their death sentence may be commuted, which contributes to reducing the scope of the death penalty as a first, but crucial, step toward abolition in law. Source: The Guardian…

…New Guinea is one of the few countries that had previously abolished the death penalty in 1970 before reinstating it in 1991. The last execution took place in November 1954….

…Presidents for two years. The Executive Board, under the delegation of the Steering Committee, has the responsibility for the general control, management, governance and legal issues concerning the non-profit association….

The 8th World Day aims to strengthen the trend towards abolition in the US and also the trend towards universal abolition. It is an opportunity to publicly oppose the use…

That is the age when Weng started debating. “The death penalty was the first topic I had to debate on. I thought I supported it, but the moment you have…

…in the lead up to the Olympics in their own country, travelled to Paris to join in the action. Watch the video of the Paris protest below and send us…

Responding to the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty’s appeal, citizens, national and international institutions and NGOs rally together every year on 10 October to oppose the use of the…

One of Nigeria’s most influential states has taken an important step towards abolition of the death penalty by pardoning and releasing three condemned prisoners. A further 37 death row inmates…

…the dramatic increase in the number of public executions. This increase is due to the fact that the Iranian authorities use executions as a political instrument to spread fear among…

…retain the death penalty in both law and practice, and Europe remains on the list of continents where capital punishment still exists – in 2015 – because of Belarus. •…