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World Coalition General Assembly: all eyes on the UN
on 29 June 2007
The General Assembly of the World Coalition took place in Brussels on June 22nd. Particular focus was placed on the World Day on 10 October and the draft UN resolution for a world moratorium on the death penalty.
2007
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Europe to lead the abolitionist way
on 29 June 2007
European institutions have decided to press a resolution against the death penalty at the next General Assembly and to mark an official European Day against the Death Penalty on October 10th.
Moratorium
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5th World Day against the death penalty: the world decides!
By Thomas Hubert, on 29 June 2007
On October 10th, 2007, the World Day against the Death Penalty focussed on the proposed UN General Assembly resolution for a universal moratorium on executions. The proposal would save lives and give the population of retentionist states an opportunity to see for themselves that a pause in death sentences does not lead to higher crime rates.
Moratorium
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Creation of the Tunisian Coalition Against the Death Penalty
on 21 June 2007
The representativesof the seven NGOs who met in Tunis on 14 June have announced the creation of the Tunisian National Coalition Against the Death Penalty.
Tunisia
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Mobilisation for Mumia Abu Jamal
on 19 June 2007
Last May 17, the Philadelphia Federal Court of Appeal held a hearing that could seal the fate of Mumia Abu Jamal. On the occasion of this new hearing, the Collectif unitaire de soutien à Mumia Abu Jamal, and all his supporters, organized public mobilization and information initiatives on all continents.
2007
Fair Trial
United States
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Human Rights and the Death Penalty in Iran
on 19 June 2007
A gathering has taken place in Geneva on June 11, 2007 to protest against human rights violations in Iran. On the initiative of Human Rights in Iran, this demonstration was supported by Hands Off Caïn, the International Committee against Torture, Rights & Democracy, and the Canadian Center for the Victims of Torture (CCVT), among others.
Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Juveniles
Women
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Campaigning for the ratification of the Second Optional Protocol
on 16 June 2007
What if abolitionists were able to begin their next appeal, with a sentence to this effect: “A majority of countries has formally ratified a United Nations treaty permanently banning the death penalty.”
2007
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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
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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
