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In a year awash with incendiary political advertising that drove the public’s perception of rising crime to record highs, public support for capital punishment and jury verdicts for death remained near fifty-year lows. Defying conventional political wisdom, nearly every measure of change — from new death sentences imposed and executions conducted to public opinion polls and election results — pointed to the continuing durability of the more than 20-year sustained decline of the death penalty in the United States.
The Gallup crime survey, administered in the midst of the midterm elections while the capital trial for the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida was underway, found that support for capital punishment remained within one percentage point of the half-century lows recorded in 2020 and 2021. The 20 new death sentences imposed in 2022 are fewer than in any year before the pandemic, and just 2 higher than the record lows of the prior two years. With the exception of the pandemic years of 2020 and 2021, the 18 executions in 2022 are the fewest since 1991.

• Document type NGO report
• Countries list United States

Use of the death penalty in Texas remained near historic low levels in 2022, with juries sentencing two people to death and the State executing five people. Three other scheduled executions were stayed by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (CCA). Overall, the eight execution dates set for 2022 were the fewest in Texas since 1996.
Despite their low number, the executions set and carried out in 2022 raise troubling issues about the fairness and utility of the death penalty. Four of the men put to death, including 78-year-old Carl Wayne Buntion, suffered from physical or mental impairments or histories of childhood trauma, while two maintained their innocence of the crimes for which they were convicted.

• Document type NGO report
• Countries list United States

В настоящем докладе Генеральной Ассамблеи Организации Объединенных Наций представлены резолюции 77-й сессии. В него включены доклады о моратории на применение смертной казни (A/77/463/Add.2 DR XII), который был принят 15 декабря 2022 года в результате голосования (125-37-22) (A/77/PV.54) по пункту 68(b). Руководствуясь целями и принципами, содержащимися в Уставе Организации Объединенных Наций, она подтверждает Всеобщую декларацию прав человека, Международный пакт о гражданских и политических правах и Конвенцию о правах ребенка и напоминает о втором Факультативном протоколе к Международному пакту о гражданских и политических правах, направленном на отмену смертной казни.

• Document type Доклад Организации Объединенных Наций
• Available languages الجمعية العامة للأمم المتحدة - قرارات الدورة السابعة والسبعينUnited Nations General Assembly - Resolutions of the 77th SessionAsamblea General de las Naciones Unidas - Resoluciones del 77º Período de SesionesAssemblée Générale des Nations Unies - Résolutions de la 77e Session联合国大会 - 第77届会议的决议

يعرض هذا التقرير المقدم من الجمعية العامة للأمم المتحدة قرارات الدورة السابعة والسبعين. وهو يتضمن تقارير عن وقف استخدام عقوبة الإعدام (A / 77/463 / Add.2 DR XII) الذي تم اعتماده في 15 ديسمبر 2022 بتصويت (125-37-22) (A / 77 / PV.54) في إطار البند 68 (ب). واسترشاداً بالمقاصد والمبادئ الواردة في ميثاق الأمم المتحدة ، فإنه يؤكد من جديد الإعلان العالمي لحقوق الإنسان ، والعهد الدولي الخاص بالحقوق المدنية والسياسية ، واتفاقية حقوق الطفل ، ويشير إلى البروتوكول الاختياري الثاني للاتفاقية الدولية. العهد الخاص بالحقوق المدنية والسياسية الهادف إلى إلغاء عقوبة الإعدام.

• Document type تقرير للأمم المتحدة
• Available languages United Nations General Assembly - Resolutions of the 77th SessionAsamblea General de las Naciones Unidas - Resoluciones del 77º Período de SesionesAssemblée Générale des Nations Unies - Résolutions de la 77e SessionГенеральная Ассамблея ООН - Резолюции 77-й сессии联合国大会 - 第77届会议的决议

联合国大会提供的这份报告介绍了第77届会议的决议。它包括关于暂停使用死刑的报告（A/77/463/Add.2 DR XII），该报告于2022年12月15日在项目68（b）下以投票方式（125-37-22）通过（A/77/PV.54）。在《联合国宪章》所载宗旨和原则的指导下，它重申了《世界人权宣言》、《公民及政治权利国际公约》和《儿童权利公约》，并回顾了旨在废除死刑的《公民及政治权利国际公约第二项任择议定书》。

• Document type 联合国报告
• Available languages الجمعية العامة للأمم المتحدة - قرارات الدورة السابعة والسبعينUnited Nations General Assembly - Resolutions of the 77th SessionAsamblea General de las Naciones Unidas - Resoluciones del 77º Período de SesionesAssemblée Générale des Nations Unies - Résolutions de la 77e SessionГенеральная Ассамблея ООН - Резолюции 77-й сессии

Este informe de la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas presenta las resoluciones del 77º periodo de sesiones. Incluye informes sobre la moratoria del uso de la pena de muerte (A/77/463/Add.2 DR XII) que fue adoptada el 15 de diciembre de 2022 con una votación (125-37-22) (A/77/PV.54) bajo el punto 68(b). Guiada por los propósitos y principios contenidos en la Carta de las Naciones Unidas, reafirma la Declaración Universal de Derechos Humanos, el Pacto Internacional de Derechos Civiles y Políticos y la Convención sobre los Derechos del Niño y recuerda el Segundo Protocolo Facultativo del Pacto Internacional de Derechos Civiles y Políticos, destinado a abolir la pena de muerte.

• Document type Informe de las Naciones Unidas
• Available languages الجمعية العامة للأمم المتحدة - قرارات الدورة السابعة والسبعينUnited Nations General Assembly - Resolutions of the 77th SessionAssemblée Générale des Nations Unies - Résolutions de la 77e SessionГенеральная Ассамблея ООН - Резолюции 77-й сессии联合国大会 - 第77届会议的决议

Ce rapport fourni par l’Assemblée générale des Nations Unies présente les résolutions de la 77e session. Il comprend des rapports sur le moratoire sur l’application de la peine de mort (A/77/463/Add.2 DR XII) qui a été adopté le 15 décembre 2022 avec un vote (125-37-22) (A/77/PV.54) au point 68(b). Guidée par les buts et principes contenus dans la Charte des Nations Unies, elle réaffirme la Déclaration universelle des droits de l’homme, le Pacte international relatif aux droits civils et politiques et la Convention relative aux droits de l’enfant et rappelle le deuxième protocole facultatif se rapportant au Pacte international relatif aux droits civils et politiques, visant à abolir la peine de mort.

• Document type Rapport des Nations Unies
• Available languages الجمعية العامة للأمم المتحدة - قرارات الدورة السابعة والسبعينUnited Nations General Assembly - Resolutions of the 77th SessionAsamblea General de las Naciones Unidas - Resoluciones del 77º Período de SesionesГенеральная Ассамблея ООН - Резолюции 77-й сессии联合国大会 - 第77届会议的决议

This report provided by the United Nations General Assembly presents the resolutions of the 77th session. It includes reports on the moratorium on the use of the death penalty (A/77/463/Add.2 DR XII) which was adopted on the 15th of December 2022 with a vote (125-37-22) (A/77/PV.54) under item 68(b). Guided by the purposes and principles contained in the Charter of the United Nations, it reaffirms the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Convention on the Rights of the Child and recalls the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty.

• Document type United Nations report
• Available languages الجمعية العامة للأمم المتحدة - قرارات الدورة السابعة والسبعينAsamblea General de las Naciones Unidas - Resoluciones del 77º Período de SesionesAssemblée Générale des Nations Unies - Résolutions de la 77e SessionГенеральная Ассамблея ООН - Резолюции 77-й сессии联合国大会 - 第77届会议的决议

Death Penalty and the Indian Supreme Court (2007-2021) maps the important trends and developments in the Supreme Court’s death penalty jurisprudence. These past 15 years have witnessed significant developments in the law on capital sentencing, post-mercy jurisprudence, and other procedural developments pertaining to the administration of the death penalty. Imagined as an intellectual successor of PUCL and Amnesty International’s doctrinal study of the Supreme Court’s death penalty cases between 1950 to 2006, in ‘Lethal Lottery: The Death Penalty in India’, this report highlights the sustained inconsistency and judge-centric reasoning in capital cases, with particular emphasis on the problem of arbitrariness in approaches to capital sentencing at the Supreme Court. 

• Document type NGO report
• Countries list India

On July 1, 2021, Virginia ended a 413-year tradition by abolishing the death penalty.
Many of those convicted from 1608 to 2017 deserved harsh punishment – but Virginia took harsh to a whole new level with its “finality over fairness” philosophy. Four hundred years of her racist, mob-driven capital punishment system ensnared many innocent and undeserving victims under the toxic guises of protecting white citizens or being “tough on crime.” So many of those killed by the state died with their guilt or innocence lost to history.
Virginia leads the nation with 1,390 executions. After a 1976 Supreme Court decision, Virginia institutionalized and streamlined the parade to the death chamber more efficiently than any other state, executing between 1976 and 2017 a breathtaking 73 percent of all who received death sentences. The national average is 16 percent.

• Document type Book
• Countries list United States

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

An increasing number of countries have recognized that state killing undermines human dignity and respect for human rights, such as the discriminatory use of the death penalty, the use of forced confession that increases the possibility of executing an innocent person, and the lack of deterrence effect of capital punishment. This move towards abolition of the death penalty is being witnessed in all regions of the world regardless of political system, religion, culture or tradition. As of today, at least 110 countries have abolished the death penalty for all crimes, while at least eight countries have abolished for ordinary crimes, while less than 20 countries have reportedly
carried out executions in 2021.
This publication is a supplement to the ICDP´s 2018 work on “How States Abolish the Death Penalty: 29 Case Studies.”

• Document type NGO report

Le rôle des institutions nationales des droits de l’homme (INDH) en tant qu’actrices influentes dans le domaine des droits humains est primordial et, à ce titre, leur contribution à l’abolition de la peine de mort ne doit pas être sous-estimée lors de l’élaboration d’une stratégie de lutte contre la peine de mort.
Rédigé par le président de la Commission béninoise des droits de l’Homme, le contenu de ce guide a été enrichi par des exemples et des conseils provenant d’organisations non gouvernementales (ONG) sur le terrain. Travailler avec les INDH peut sembler être une tâche intimidante, en particulier pour les organisations de la société civile qui n’ont pas l’habitude de collaborer avec ce type de structure. Ce guide a été spécialement conçu à l’intention des groupes abolitionnistes de la société civile du monde entier, avec des points de focus provenant du continent africain.

• Document type Coalition mondiale / Travailler avec...
• Available languages How to Work with National Human Rights Institutions to Abolish the Death Penalty - A Practical Guide

National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) role as influential human rights actors is paramount, and as such their contributions to abolition of the death penalty should not be underestimated when developing an anti-death penalty strategy. Expertly written by the President of the of the Beninese Commission on Human Rights, this guide’s content has been bolstered by examples and advice coming from nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in the field. Working with NHRIs can seem like a daunting task, especially for civil society organizations that do not have previous experience working with them. As such, this guide has been specifically designed for abolitionist civil society groups around the world, both beginners and advanced activists, with a focus on the African continent.

• Document type Working with... / World Coalition
• Themes list Trend Towards Abolition
• Available languages Comment travailler avec les institutions nationales des droits de l’homme pour abolir la peine de mort ?

Most of the workers NPR interviewed reported suffering serious mental and physical repercussions. But only one person said they received any psychological support from the government to help them cope. The experience was enough to shift many of their perspectives on capital punishment. No one who NPR spoke with whose work required them to witness executions in Virginia, Nevada, Florida, California, Ohio, South Carolina, Arizona, Nebraska, Texas, Alabama, Oregon, South Dakota or Indiana expressed support for the death penalty afterward, NPR found.

• Document type Article
• Countries list United States

In Roper v. Simmons (2005), the US Supreme Court raised the minimum age at which someone could be subjected to capital punishment, ruling that no one under the age of 18 at the time of their crime could be sentenced to death. The present article discusses the legal context and rationale by which the Court established the current age-based limit on death penalty eligibility as well as the scientific basis for a recent American Psychological Association Resolution that recommended extending that limit to include members of the “late adolescent class” (i.e., persons from 18 to 20 years old). In addition, we present new data that address the little-discussed but important racial/ethnic implications of these age-based limits to capital punishment, both for the already established Roper exclusion and the APA-proposed exclusion for the late adolescent class. In fact, a much higher percentage of persons in the late adolescent class who were sentenced to death in the post-Roper era were non-White, suggesting that their age-based exclusion would help to remedy this problematic pattern.

• Document type Academic report
• Countries list United States

These individual cases illustrate issues found in systemic reviews of the state’s death penalty system. In 2017, a bipartisan commission that included former prosecutors, defense lawyers, judges, citizens, crime victim advocates, and law professors found that the state’s capital punishment system created “unacceptable risks of inconsistent, discriminatory, and inhumane application of the death penalty.” In an extensively researched report, the commission recommended a moratorium on executions until reforms were made. Five years later, Oklahoma has enacted “virtually none” of the suggested reforms.

• Document type Article
• Countries list United States

In their new book, released in the Summer of 2022, University of Denver criminology and sociology professor Scott Phillips and University of Georgia sociologist Mark Cooney apply the concept of “social geometry,” developed in the 1970s by sociologist Donald Black, to analyze outcomes of capital cases. After reviewing extensive data collected in connection with the landmark Baldus Study of capital sentencing in Georgia and from the national Capital Jury Project, they conclude that the sentencing outcomes in the cases in those databases support key principles of Black’s theory: the higher the social status of the victim and the lower the social status of the defendant, the more likely a death sentence will be imposed.

• Document type Book
• Countries list United States

The implementation of capital punishment has seen substantial shifts over the course of the past decade. During the period from the end of a moratorium on executions in December 2014 to August 2019, an estimated 1,800 death sentences were imposed across the entire court system and 520 people were executed. Various amendments to Pakistan’s criminal law over the past several decades have resulted in a list of 33 offenses, most of which are far removed from the definition of the “most serious crimes” under international law. A full list of offences is attached at the end of the report.

• Document type NGO report
• Countries list Pakistan

في رسالة وجّهتها حكومة البحرين في فبراير/شباط 2019 إلى “مكتب الأمم المتحدة في جنيف”، زعمت أن محاكمها أصدرت عددا صغيرا جدا من أحكام الإعدام. في الواقع، منذ 2011، حكمت المحاكم في البحرين على 51 شخصا بالإعدام، وأعدمت الدولة ستة منذ انتهاء الوقف الفعلي لتنفيذ الإعدامات في 2017. لغاية يونيو/حزيران 2022، كان 26 رجلا ينتظرون تنفيذ حكم الإعدام فيهم، وجميعهم استنفدوا الاستئناف. بموجب القانون البحريني، يتمتع الملك حمد بن عيسى آل خليفة بصلاحية التصديق على الأحكام، أو تخفيفها، أو منح العفو.

• Document type مقالة
• Countries list Bahrain
• Available languages The Court is Satisfied with the Confession: Bahrain Death Sentences Follow Torture, Sham Trials

In a February 2019 letter to the United Nations Office in Geneva, the government of Bahrain claimed that its courts “actually hand down very few death sentences.” In fact, since 2011, courts in Bahrain have sentenced 51 people to death, and the state has executed six since the end of a de facto moratorium on executions in 2017. As of June 2022, 26 men were on death row, and all have exhausted their appeals. Under Bahraini law, King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa has the power to ratify these sentences, commute them, or grant pardons.

• Document type Article
• Countries list Bahrain
• Available languages المحكمة تطمئن إلى سلامة الاعتراف : أحكام الإعدام في البحرين إثر التعذيب والمحاكمات الصُوَرية

This paper updates The Death Penalty in the OSCE Area: Background Paper 2021. It is intended to provide a concise update to highlight changes in the status of the death penalty in OSCE participating States since the previous publication and to promote constructive discussion of the issue. It covers the period from 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022.

• Document type Regional body report

• Document type Array

• Document type Array

Les individus et les organisations non-gouvernementales (ONG) peuvent collaborer de plusieurs manières avec les Nations unies pour signaler des cas de violations des droits humains. L’une d’entre elles consiste à saisir les procédures spéciales du Conseil des droits de l’Homme (CDH) des Nations unies. Découvrez comment travailler avec elles ici.

• Document type Coalition mondiale
• Available languages UN Special Procedures toolkit - World Day 2022

There are several ways in which individuals and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) can work with the UN to report human rights violations. One way is through the special procedures of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC). Find out how to work with them here.

• Document type World Coalition
• Available languages Travailler avec les Procédures spéciales des Nations unies - Journée mondiale 2022

An investigation into the death penalty in the People’s Republic of China in the Xi Jinping era (2012–) shows that unlike previous administrations, Xi does not appear to have articulated a signature death penalty policy. Where policy in China is unclear, assessing both the quality and frequency of discourse on the topic can provide evidence regarding an administration’s priorities.
This article was first published in Crime Justice Journal: https://www.crimejusticejournal.com/issue/view/119

• Document type Academic report
• Countries list China

The death penalty in Malaysia is a British colonial legacy that has undergone significant scrutiny in recent times. While the Malaysian Federal Constitution 1957 provides that ‘no person shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty save in accordance with law’, there are several criminal offences (including drug-related crimes) that impose the mandatory and discretionary death penalty. Using Benford and Snow’s framing processes, this paper reviews death penalty politics in Malaysia by analysing the rhetoric of abolitionists and retentionists. The abolitionists, comprising activist lawyers and non-government organisations, tend to use ‘human rights’ and ‘injustice’ frames, which humanise the ‘criminal’ and gain international support. The retentionists, such as victims’ families, use a ‘victims’ justice’ frame emphasising the ‘inhuman’ nature of violent crimes. In addition, the retentionist state shifts between ‘national security’ and ‘national development’ frames. This paper finds that death penalty politics in Malaysia is predominantly a politics of framing.
This article was first published in Crime Justice Journal: https://www.crimejusticejournal.com/issue/view/119

• Document type Academic report
• Countries list Malaysia

The South Pacific forms a cohesive region with broadly similar cultural attributes, legal systems and colonial histories. A comparative analysis starts from the assumption that these countries should also have similar criminal justice policies. However, until 2022, both Papua New Guinea and Tonga were retentionist death penalty outliers in the South Pacific, a region home to seven other fully abolitionist members of the United Nations. In this article, we use the comparative method to explain why Papua New Guinea and Tonga have pursued a different death penalty trajectory than their regional neighbours. Eschewing the traditional social science explanations for death penalty retention, we suggest two novel explanations for ongoing retention in Papua New Guinea and Tonga: the law and order crisis in the former and the traditionally powerful monarchy in the latter.
This article was first published in Crime Justice Journal: https://www.crimejusticejournal.com/issue/view/119

• Document type Academic report
• Countries list Papua New Guinea / Tonga

In the former penal colony of New South Wales (NSW), a Labor government attempted what its counterpart in Queensland had achieved in 1922: the abolition of the death penalty. Although NSW’s unelected Legislative Council scuttled Labor’s 1925 bill, the party’s prevarication over capital punishment and the government’s poor management of the campaign thwarted abolition for a further three decades. However, NSW’s failure must be analysed in light of ambivalent abolitionism that prevailed in Britain and the US in the postwar decade. In this wider context, Queensland, rather than NSW, was the abolitionist outlier.
This article was first published in Crime Justice Journal: https://www.crimejusticejournal.com/issue/view/119

• Document type Academic report
• Countries list Australia

The abolition of the death penalty in Queensland in 1922 was the first in Australian jurisdictions, and the first in the British Empire. However, the legacy of the Queensland death penalty lingered in Australian colonial territories. This article considers a variety of practices in which the death penalty was addressed by Australian decision-makers during the first half of the 20th century. These include the exemption of Australian soldiers from execution in World War I, use of the death penalty in colonial Papua and the Mandate Territory of New Guinea, hanging as a weapon of war in the colonial territories, and the retrieval of the death penalty for the punishment of war crimes. In these histories, we see not only that the Queensland death penalty lived on in other contexts but also that ideological and political preferences for abolition remained vulnerable to the sway of other historical forces of war and security.
This article was first pubished in Crime Justice Journal: https://www.crimejusticejournal.com/issue/view/119

• Document type Academic report
• Countries list Australia

This article reviews the executions of Australians in the region and the Australian responses over the past two decades. Informed by the author’s legal defence role in death penalty cases in Singapore and Indonesia and other countries, the article explores developments in anti–death penalty advocacy since 2015: the parliamentary enquiry, the ‘whole of government’ strategy led by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the efforts made by Australia and Australians in Asia.
This article was first published in Crime Justice Journal: https://www.crimejusticejournal.com/issue/view/119

• Document type Article
• Countries list Australia

Two-thirds of the countries worldwide have moved away from the death penalty in law or in practice, with global and regional organisations as well as individual governments working towards universal abolition. This article critically examines the narratives of these abolitionist governments that have abolished the death penalty in their country and have adopted the role of ‘moral crusaders’ (Becker 1963) in pursuit of global abolition. In 2018, the Australian Government, while being surrounded by retentionist states in Asia, joined the anti–death penalty enterprise along with the European Union, the United Kingdom and Norway. Using the concepts of ‘moral crusader’ (Becker 1963) and ‘performativity’ (Butler 1993), this article argues that advocacy must be acted on repeatedly for governments to be anti–death penalty advocates. Otherwise, these government efforts serve political ends in appearance but are simply a self-serving form of advocacy in practice.
This article was first published in Crime Justice Journal: https://www.crimejusticejournal.com/issue/view/119

• Document type Academic report

Despite a steady increase worldwide in the number of states that have abolished the death penalty, capital punishment remains a troubling presence in the international order. The world’s leading powers in terms of economics and population include the retentionist states of China, India, Japan and the United States of America (USA). It seems there is no linear path to abolition, and its achievement is indeterminate. Yet, in international human rights law, death penalty abolition is a powerful norm embraced by half the countries across the world. While the majority of death penalty research has emanated from and focuses on the USA, well over 90 per cent of global executions occur in Asia, which lags behind the global trend towards abolishing the death penalty. Our symposium and this collection seek to bring perspectives from a variety of disciplines and methods—historical, legal, sociological, comparative— to bear on the questions of retention and abolition in a variety of jurisdictions and time periods.
This article was first published in Crime Justice Journal: https://www.crimejusticejournal.com/issue/view/119

• Document type Academic report

The numbers and the politics of the death penalty in India tell very different stories, presenting complicated narratives for its future. The public reaction to instances of sexual violence and other offences over the last decade and the consequent political response has significantly strengthened the retention and expansion of the death penalty. This is reflected from the fact that that of all the death sentences that district courts impose, only about 5 percent get confirmed in India’s appellate system. However, does this mean there is growing scepticism about the death penalty in the Supreme Court of India? Unfortunately, the answer is far from simple. An assessment of the death penalty in India’s appellate courts during the last decade will demonstrate that a crime-centric approach has hindered any principled discomfort with the death penalty or the manner of its administration. In particular, the Supreme Court has faltered in high-profile death sentence cases (i.e., offences against the state and sexual violence cases), and its track record of commutations has very little to do with principled considerations on sentencing. This paper argues that the political and judicial imagination of the death penalty, as a necessary part of the response to crime, creates significant and unique challenges for the path towards abolition.
This article was first published in Crime Justice Journal: https://www.crimejusticejournal.com/issue/view/119

• Document type Academic report
• Countries list India

En 2016, Valentine Cuny-Le Callet entame une correspondance avec Renaldo McGirth, condamné à mort, incarcéré depuis plus de 10 ans en Floride. Au fil de leurs lettres, des images qu’ils s’échangent, des rares visites, naît le récit graphique de leurs vies parallèles. Le livre questionne avec une intense émotion la brutalité d’un système carcéral, et l’amitié qui surgit, depuis une cellule de 5m2.

• Document type Livre
• Countries list United States

“The penalty of death is more likely to be imposed on individuals who suffer from various disadvantages: poverty, poor lawyers, mental illness, intellectual deficits, for example. It also is more common among those with white victims compared to minority victims, those who commit crimes in jurisdictions that have previously sentenced more individuals to death, and those who committed their crimes in the 1980s or 1990s as compared to more recent years (see Baumgartner et al. 2018 for details). In this short report I focus on two particular disadvantages: age and minority status.” – Frank R. Baumgartner

Link to the article: https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/news/report-racial-disparities-in-death-sentences-imposed-on-late-adolescent-offenders-have-grown-since-supreme-court-ruling-banning-juvenile-death-penalty

• Document type Academic report
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Shattered Justice presents original crime victims’ experiences with violent crime, investigations and trials, and later exonerations in their cases. Using in-depth interviews with 21 crime victims across the United States, Cook reveals how homicide victims’ family members and rape survivors describe the painful impact of the primary trauma, the secondary trauma of the investigations and trials, and then the tertiary trauma associated with wrongful convictions and exonerations. Important lessons and analyses are shared related to grief and loss, and healing and repair. Using restorative justice practices to develop and deliver healing retreats for survivors also expands the practice of restorative justice. Finally, policy reforms aimed at preventing, mitigating, and repairing the harms of wrongful convictions is covered.

• Document type Book
• Countries list United States

The present report provides information on the implementation of General Assembly resolution 75/183. It discusses developments towards the abolition of the death penalty and the establishment of moratoriums on executions and highlights trends in the use of the death penalty, including the application of international standards relating to the protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty. The report discusses conditions of detention for persons on death row, the application of the death penalty to foreign nationals, its disproportionate and discriminatory application to women, its disproportionate impact on poor and economically vulnerable individuals, its discriminatory use relating to persons exercising their human rights, and various initiatives for advancing its abolition. The report welcomes progress made towards universal abolition in States representing different legal systems, traditions, cultures and religious backgrounds. It concludes that all measures aimed towards limiting the application of the death penalty constitute progress in the protection of the right to life.

• Document type United Nations report

To mark the fortieth anniversary of the establishment of the mandate on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Morris Tidball-Binz, offers a reflection from a historical perspective on the establishment of the mandate and the subsequent evolution of its working methods. He retraces the development of international standards and guidelines elaborated with the substantial contribution and support of the various mandate holders. The report also contains an analysis of the question of the death penalty from the perspective of whether it is compatible with the absolute prohibition of torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment and recommendations aimed at ensuring the protection of the right to life, as guaranteed under international human rights instruments.

• Document type United Nations report

World Day 2022 Poster in Turkish – ÖLÜM CEZASI: İŞKENCEYLE DÖŞELI BIR YOLDUR

• Document type World Coalition

Pursuant to Human Rights Council decision 18/117, the present report is submitted to update previous reports on the question of the death penalty. In the report, the Secretary-General reaffirms the trend towards the universal abolition of the death penalty and highlights initiatives limiting its use and implementing the safeguards guaranteeing the protection of the rights of those facing this severe penalty. A minority of States continued to use the death penalty. Pursuant to Council resolution 22/11, the report also includes information on the human rights of children of parents sentenced to the death penalty or executed.

• Document type United Nations report

“The President, his administration and Congress must recognize that respect for human dignity and retention of the death penalty are incompatible; that respect for the rule of law must include international human rights law guaranteeing protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty; that upholding universal rights must include upholding the right of everyone to life and freedom from cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; and that making international institutions stronger must include implementing the conclusions of UN human rights treaty bodies,”

• Document type NGO report
• Countries list United States

1. The Committee last reviewed the United States’ compliance with the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination in 2014. Among the 2014 Concluding Observations are two recommendations relevant to this Report. 2. The Committee stated that it “remain[ed] concerned that members of racial and ethnic minorities, particularly African Americans, continue to be disproportionately arrested, incarcerated and subjected to harsher sentences, including life imprisonment without parole and the death penalty.” Among other things, the Committee encouraged “[a]mending laws and policies leading to racially disparate impacts in the criminal justice system … and implementing effective national strategies or plans of action aimed at eliminating structural discrimination.” The Committee specifically encouraged “[i]mposing a moratorium on the death penalty, at the federal level, with a view to abolishing the death penalty.”1 3. The Committee also commented on “the ongoing challenges faced by indigent persons belonging to racial and ethnic minorities to access legal counsel in criminal proceedings in practice.” The Committee encouraged the adoption of “all necessary measures to eliminate the disproportionate impact of systemic inadequacies in criminal defence programmes on indigent defendants belonging to racial and ethnic minorities, including by improving the quality of legal representation provided to indigent defendants.”2 4. This report addresses the United States’ compliance with its human rights obligations under the Convention with regard to the death penalty, including with respect to those areas identified in the Committee’s 2014 Concluding Observations as described above.

• Document type NGO report
• Countries list United States

The Government of the Philippines has taken commendable steps toward protecting and promoting the rights of women overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), but those workers remain vulnerable to exploitation and abuse, and when they come into conflict with the law in their host countries, their vulnerabilities are compounded by linguistic and legal barriers, as well as judicial systems which fail to account for the gendered context in which they allegedly committed criminal acts. The Government of the Philippines should do more to ensure protection of the rights of these women OFWs, particularly when they are at risk of being sentenced to death.

• Document type NGO report
• Countries list Philippines
• Themes list Women

Tunisia carried out its last execution in 1991, over 30 years ago. Despite this de facto moratorium on executions, Tunisian courts continue to sentence people to death. Courts sentence people to death every year for a variety of crimes, especially terrorism. The current administration is undoing many of the positive changes to the Tunisian judicial system brought about by the 2011 revolution, and public opinion is divided over whether to move forward with abolition, maintain the status quo, or even resume executions, a course of action that some politicians and officials within the government support. Tunisia continues to support the UN resolutions aiming to establish a global moratorium on executions but has refused to ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

This report recommends that Tunisia maintain its commitment to the UN moratorium and move to ratify the Second Optional Protocol, while also working to restore the independence of its judiciary and reducing the total number of crimes punishable by death in the short term. In the long-term Tunisia should completely and unconditionally abolish the death penalty.

• Document type NGO report / World Coalition
• Countries list Tunisia
• Themes list Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment

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

This report addresses Ethiopia’s compliance with its human rights obligations with regard to the death penalty. Although there are currently at least 147 people on death row in Ethiopia, the country has not carried out any executions during the reporting period and has also pardoned and released 41 additional death row inmates since that time.[1] The Federal Supreme Court of Ethiopia has also issued sentencing guidelines that purport to further reduce the likelihood of persons being sentenced to death as a punishment for their crimes.[2] Nonetheless, Ethiopia has not taken concrete steps to reduce the number of crimes eligible for the death penalty, and the use of torture and other due process violations related to judicial proceedings render all death sentences arbitrary.

• Document type NGO report / World Coalition
• Countries list Ethiopia

The State of Palestine on 1 April 2014 ratified the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. On 28 December 2017, the State of Palestine signed the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. On 18 March 2019, the State of Palestine also ratified the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), which aims to abolish the death penalty. The State of Palestine has not yet abolished the death penalty. Indeed-as described herein-the 14 June 2007 split in power between the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah in the West Bank under President Abbas, and the Hamas movement in Gaza, has been followed by many documented executions in Gaza without the requisite signature of President Abbas, and Gazan military courts conduct trials of civilians, where they can be sentenced to death.

This report considers the prevalence of torture and other issues ancillary to the death penalty itself: confessions under torture or degrading treatment, due process, access to legal counsel, death-row conditions, and methods of execution.

• Document type NGO report / World Coalition
• Countries list State of Palestine

On June 29, 1972, the United States Supreme Court decided Furman v. Georgia, striking down all existing death penalty laws in the United States and ushering in the modern era of the U.S. death penalty. In the decades that followed—as jurisdictions revised their death-sentencing procedures in response to the Supreme Court’s rulings on capital punishment—thousands of people were sentenced to death.

The Death Penalty Census is DPIC’s effort to identify and document every death sentence imposed in the U.S. since Furman. The census captures more than 9,700 death sentences imposed between the Supreme Court’s issuance of the Furman ruling and January 1, 2021. These sentences were imposed in 1,280 counties across 40 states, as well as by the federal government and the U.S. Military.

• Document type NGO report
• Countries list United States

A Death Penalty Information Center Analysis of 185 Death-Row Exonerations Shows Most Wrongful Convictions Are Not Merely Accidental.

• Document type NGO report
• Countries list United States
• Themes list Innocence

This is a report about the role of official misconduct in the conviction of innocent people. We
discuss cases that are listed in the National Registry of Exonerations, an ongoing online archive
that includes all known exonerations in the United States since 1989, 2,663 as of this writing.
This Report describes official misconduct in the first 2,400 exonerations in the Registry, those
posted by February 27, 2019

• Document type Academic report
• Themes list Innocence

Supreme Court rhetoric, scholarly discussion, blackletter law, and ethical rules have perpetuated a myth that individual rights protect the autonomy of defendants within the criminal legal system. To expose this myth, I examine six rights that the Court has enshrined as essential decision points for criminal defendants due to the rights’ purported expressive and consequential functions: (1) the right to self-representation; (2) the right to plead guilty; (3) the right to waive a jury; (4) the right to testify; (5) the right to waive appeals; and (6) the right to maintain innocence at a capital trial. I conclude that each of these rights fails to protect defendant autonomy.

I then argue that genuine displays of autonomy under the criminal legal system take the form of resistance to the law, legal advocates, and the legal system. Thus, the autonomy of criminal defendants occurs not because of law but in spite of it. As such, scholarly discussions of the personal autonomy of criminal defendants should focus not on rights and rules but on acts of resistance. The current autonomy rights discourse is harmful because it obscures the system’s defects by framing discussions around individual rights instead of structural limitations. This lends itself to solutions involving procedural tinkering to better actualize individual rights instead of radical structural reform or abolition. By obscuring these structural defects and stressing the system’s protective qualities, the autonomy rights discourse presents the system not only as legitimate, but as functional, and potentially even successful. As such, a new scholarly frame is warranted: autonomy as resistance to law and the legal system. By illuminating the ways in which autonomy in the criminal legal system resembles autonomy under the American institution of slavery, the autonomy as resistance frame exposes the need for radical structural change and facilitates a reimagining of the criminal legal system.

• Document type Article
• Countries list United States

• Document type التحالف العالمي
• Available languages Leaflet - World Day 2022Brochure - Journée mondiale 2022

Este kit de ratificación está destinado a los encargados de la formulación de políticas y proporciona el procedimiento de ratificación y los argumentos para convencer al gobierno de que adopte el Segundo Protocolo Facultativo del Pacto Internacional de Derechos Civiles y Políticos, destinado a abolir la pena de muerte. Por lo general, los gobiernos no conocen a fondo el Protocolo Americano. Este material puede contener respuestas a las preguntas que se le harán durante sus esfuerzos de cabildeo.

• Document type Coalición mundial / Lobbying
• Countries list Sierra Leone
• Available languages Ratification Kit - Sierra Leone

Esta carpeta de ratificación está dirigida a los encargados de la formulación de políticas y proporciona el procedimiento de ratificación y los argumentos para convencer al gobierno de que adopte el Segundo Protocolo Facultativo del Pacto Internacional de Derechos Civiles y Políticos, destinado a abolir la pena de muerte. Por lo general, los gobiernos no conocen a fondo el Protocolo Americano. Este material puede contener respuestas a las preguntas que se le harán durante sus esfuerzos de cabildeo.

• Document type Lobbying
• Countries list Burkina Faso
• Available languages Ratification Kit - Burkina FasoKit de ratification - Burkina Faso

Ce kit de ratification est à destination des décideur·e·s politiques et donne la procédure de ratification ainsi que les arguments pour convaincre le gouvernement d’adopter le Protocole facultatif se rapportant au Pacte international relatif aux droits civils et politiques, visant à abolir la peine de mort. Les gouvernements n’ont habituellement pas de connaissances approfondies du Protocole. Ce matériel peut contenir des réponses aux questions qui vous seront adressées lors de vos actions de lobbying.

• Document type Lobby
• Countries list Burkina Faso
• Available languages Ratification Kit - Burkina FasoKit de Ratificación - Burkina Faso

Este kit de ratificación está destinado a los encargados de la formulación de políticas y proporciona el procedimiento de ratificación y los argumentos para convencer al gobierno de que adopte el Segundo Protocolo Facultativo del Pacto Internacional de Derechos Civiles y Políticos, destinado a abolir la pena de muerte. Por lo general, los gobiernos no conocen a fondo el Protocolo Americano. Este material puede contener respuestas a las preguntas que se le harán durante sus esfuerzos de cabildeo.

• Document type Lobbying
• Countries list Burundi
• Available languages Ratification Kit - BurundiKit de ratification - Burundi

Este kit de ratificación se dirige al gobierno y parlamento. Indica el procedimiento para ratificar o adherirse al Protocolo y argumentos para convencer al país. Es posible que los gobiernos no tienen un conocimiento experto del Segundo Protocolo Facultativo. Este documento puede contener las respuestas a las preocupaciones del gobierno que será dirigido a los ONG durante sus acciones de lobby.

• Document type Informe académico
• Countries list Samoa
• Themes list El derecho internacional,
• Available languages Ratification Kit - SamoaKit de ratification - Samoa

Este kit de ratificación está destinado a los encargados de la formulación de políticas y proporciona el procedimiento de ratificación y los argumentos para convencer al gobierno de que adopte el Segundo Protocolo Facultativo del Pacto Internacional de Derechos Civiles y Políticos, destinado a abolir la pena de muerte. Por lo general, los gobiernos no conocen a fondo el Protocolo Americano. Este material puede contener respuestas a las preguntas que se le harán durante sus esfuerzos de cabildeo.

• Document type Lobbying
• Countries list Côte d'Ivoire
• Available languages Ratification Kit - Côte d'IvoireKit de ratification - Côte d'Ivoire

Este kit de ratificación está destinado a los encargados de la formulación de políticas y proporciona el procedimiento de ratificación y los argumentos para convencer al gobierno de que adopte el Segundo Protocolo Facultativo del Pacto Internacional de Derechos Civiles y Políticos, destinado a abolir la pena de muerte. Por lo general, los gobiernos no conocen a fondo el Protocolo Americano. Este material puede contener respuestas a las preguntas que se le harán durante sus esfuerzos de cabildeo.

• Document type Lobbying
• Countries list Congo
• Available languages Ratification Kit - CongoKit de ratification - Congo

Este kit de ratificación está destinado a los encargados de la formulación de políticas y proporciona el procedimiento de ratificación y los argumentos para convencer al gobierno de que adopte el Segundo Protocolo Facultativo del Pacto Internacional de Derechos Civiles y Políticos, destinado a abolir la pena de muerte. Por lo general, los gobiernos no conocen a fondo el Protocolo Americano. Este material puede contener respuestas a las preguntas que se le harán durante sus esfuerzos de cabildeo.

• Document type Lobbying
• Countries list Fiji
• Available languages Ratification Kit - FijiKit de ratification - Fidji

Este kit de ratificación está destinado a los encargados de la formulación de políticas y proporciona el procedimiento de ratificación y los argumentos para convencer al gobierno de que adopte el Segundo Protocolo Facultativo del Pacto Internacional de Derechos Civiles y Políticos, destinado a abolir la pena de muerte. Por lo general, los gobiernos no conocen a fondo el Protocolo Americano. Este material puede contener respuestas a las preguntas que se le harán durante sus esfuerzos de cabildeo.

• Document type Lobbying
• Countries list Guinea
• Available languages Ratification Kit - GuineaKit de ratification - Guinée

Este kit de ratificación está destinado a los encargados de la formulación de políticas y proporciona el procedimiento de ratificación y los argumentos para convencer al gobierno de que adopte el Segundo Protocolo Facultativo del Pacto Internacional de Derechos Civiles y Políticos, destinado a abolir la pena de muerte. Por lo general, los gobiernos no conocen a fondo el Protocolo Americano. Este material puede contener respuestas a las preguntas que se le harán durante sus esfuerzos de cabildeo.

• Document type Lobbying
• Countries list Marshall Islands
• Available languages Ratification Kit - Marshall IslandsKit de ratification - Îles Marshall

Este kit de ratificación está destinado al gobierno y parlamento. Indica el procedimiento para ratificar o adherirse al Protocolo y argumentos para convencer al país. Es posible que los gobiernos no tienen un conocimiento experto del Segundo Protocolo Facultativo. Este documento puede contener las respuestas a las preocupaciones del gobierno que será dirigido a los ONG durante sus acciones de lobby.

• Document type Lobbying
• Countries list Suriname
• Available languages Ratification Kit - SurinameKit de ratification - Suriname

Ce kit de ratification est à destination des décideur·e·s politiques et donne la procédure de ratification ainsi que les arguments pour convaincre le gouvernement d’adopter le deuxième Protocole facultatif se rapportant au Pacte international relatif aux droits civils et politiques, visant à abolir la peine de mort. Les gouvernements n’ont habituellement pas de connaissances approfondies du Protocole. Ce matériel peut contenir des réponses aux questions qui vous seront adressées lors de vos actions de lobbying.

• Document type Lobby
• Countries list Burundi
• Available languages Ratification Kit - BurundiKit de Ratificación - Burundi

Ce kit de ratification est à destination des décideur·e·s politiques et donne la procédure de ratification ainsi que les arguments pour convaincre le gouvernement d’adopter le deuxième Protocole facultatif se rapportant au Pacte international relatif aux droits civils et politiques, visant à abolir la peine de mort. Les gouvernements n’ont habituellement pas de connaissances approfondies du Protocole. Ce matériel peut contenir des réponses aux questions qui vous seront adressées lors de vos actions de lobbying.

• Document type Lobby
• Countries list Côte d'Ivoire
• Available languages Ratification Kit - Côte d'IvoireKit de Ratificación - Côte d'Ivoire

Ce kit de ratification est à destination des décideurs politiques et donne la procédure de ratification ainsi que les arguments pour convaincre le gouvernement d’adopter le Protocole. Les gouvernements n’ont habituellement pas de connaissances approfondies du Protocole. Ce matériel peut contenir des réponses aux questions qui vous serons adressées lors de vos actions de lobbying.

• Document type Rapport académique
• Countries list Samoa
• Themes list Droit international,
• Available languages Ratification Kit - SamoaKit de ratificación - Samoa

Ce kit de ratification est à destination des décideur·e·s politiques et donne la procédure de ratification ainsi que les arguments pour convaincre le gouvernement d’adopter le deuxième Protocole facultatif se rapportant au Pacte international relatif aux droits civils et politiques, visant à abolir la peine de mort. Les gouvernements n’ont habituellement pas de connaissances approfondies du Protocole. Ce matériel peut contenir des réponses aux questions qui vous seront adressées lors de vos actions de lobbying.

• Document type Lobby
• Countries list Suriname
• Available languages Ratification Kit - SurinameKit de Ratificación - Surinam

Ce kit de ratification est à destination des décideur·e·s politiques et donne la procédure de ratification ainsi que les arguments pour convaincre le gouvernement d’adopter le deuxième Protocole facultatif se rapportant au Pacte international relatif aux droits civils et politiques, visant à abolir la peine de mort. Les gouvernements n’ont habituellement pas de connaissances approfondies du Protocole. Ce matériel peut contenir des réponses aux questions qui vous seront adressées lors de vos actions de lobbying.

• Document type Lobby
• Countries list Congo
• Available languages Ratification Kit - CongoKit de Ratificación - Congo

Ce kit de ratification est à destination des décideur·e·s politiques et donne la procédure de ratification ainsi que les arguments pour convaincre le gouvernement d’adopter le deuxième Protocole facultatif se rapportant au Pacte international relatif aux droits civils et politiques, visant à abolir la peine de mort. Les gouvernements n’ont habituellement pas de connaissances approfondies du Protocole. Ce matériel peut contenir des réponses aux questions qui vous seront adressées lors de vos actions de lobbying.

• Document type Lobby
• Countries list Guinea
• Available languages Ratification Kit - GuineaKit de Ratificación - Guinea

Ce kit de ratification est à destination des décideur·e·s politiques et donne la procédure de ratification ainsi que les arguments pour convaincre le gouvernement d’adopter le deuxième Protocole facultatif se rapportant au Pacte international relatif aux droits civils et politiques, visant à abolir la peine de mort. Les gouvernements n’ont habituellement pas de connaissances approfondies du Protocole. Ce matériel peut contenir des réponses aux questions qui vous seront adressées lors de vos actions de lobbying.

• Document type Lobby
• Countries list Fiji
• Available languages Ratification Kit - FijiKit de Ratificación - Fiyi

Ce kit de ratification est à destination des décideur·e·s politiques et donne la procédure de ratification ainsi que les arguments pour convaincre le gouvernement d’adopter le deuxième Protocole facultatif se rapportant au Pacte international relatif aux droits civils et politiques, visant à abolir la peine de mort. Les gouvernements n’ont habituellement pas de connaissances approfondies du Protocole. Ce matériel peut contenir des réponses aux questions qui vous seront adressées lors de vos actions de lobbying.

• Document type Lobby
• Countries list Marshall Islands
• Available languages Ratification Kit - Marshall IslandsKit de Ratificación - Islas Marshall

This Ratification Kit is designed for government decision-makers. It gives the procedure to ratify or accede to the Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty, and arguments to convince target countries to endorse it. Governments are not likely to have an expert understanding of the Second Optional Protocol. This document may contain answers to government concerns that will be addressed to you during your lobbying action.

• Document type Lobbying
• Countries list Burundi
• Available languages Kit de Ratificación - BurundiKit de ratification - Burundi

This Ratification Kit is designed for government decision-makers. It gives the procedure to ratify or accede to the Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty, and arguments to convince target countries to endorse it. Governments are not likely to have an expert understanding of the Second Optional Protocol. This document may contain answers to government concerns that will be addressed to you during your lobbying action.

• Document type Lobbying
• Countries list Côte d'Ivoire
• Available languages Kit de Ratificación - Côte d'IvoireKit de ratification - Côte d'Ivoire

This Ratification Kit is designed for government decision-makers. It gives the procedure to ratify or accede to the Protocol and arguments to convince target countries to endorse it. Governments are not likely to have an expert understanding of the Second Optional Protocol. This document may contain answers to government concerns that will be addressed to you during your lobbying action.

• Document type Academic report
• Countries list Samoa
• Themes list International law,
• Available languages Kit de ratificación - SamoaKit de ratification - Samoa

This Ratification Kit is designed for government decision-makers. It gives the procedure to ratify or accede to the Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty, and arguments to convince target countries to endorse it. Governments are not likely to have an expert understanding of the Second Optional Protocol. This document may contain answers to government concerns that will be addressed to you during your lobbying action.

• Document type Lobbying
• Countries list Suriname
• Available languages Kit de Ratificación - SurinamKit de ratification - Suriname

This Ratification Kit is designed for government decision-makers. It gives the procedure to ratify or accede to the Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty, and arguments to convince target countries to endorse it. Governments are not likely to have an expert understanding of the Second Optional Protocol. This document may contain answers to government concerns that will be addressed to you during your lobbying action.

• Document type Lobbying
• Countries list Congo
• Available languages Kit de Ratificación - CongoKit de ratification - Congo

This Ratification Kit is designed for government decision-makers. It gives the procedure to ratify or accede to the Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty, and arguments to convince target countries to endorse it. Governments are not likely to have an expert understanding of the Second Optional Protocol. This document may contain answers to government concerns that will be addressed to you during your lobbying action.

• Document type Lobbying
• Countries list Guinea
• Available languages Kit de Ratificación - GuineaKit de ratification - Guinée

This Ratification Kit is designed for government decision-makers. It gives the procedure to ratify or accede to the Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty, and arguments to convince target countries to endorse it. Governments are not likely to have an expert understanding of the Second Optional Protocol. This document may contain answers to government concerns that will be addressed to you during your lobbying action.

• Document type Lobbying
• Countries list Burkina Faso
• Available languages Kit de Ratificación - Burkina FasoKit de ratification - Burkina Faso

This Ratification Kit is designed for government decision-makers. It gives the procedure to ratify or accede to the Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty, and arguments to convince target countries to endorse it. Governments are not likely to have an expert understanding of the Second Optional Protocol. This document may contain answers to government concerns that will be addressed to you during your lobbying action.

• Document type Lobbying
• Countries list Fiji
• Available languages Kit de Ratificación - FiyiKit de ratification - Fidji

This Ratification Kit is designed for government decision-makers. It gives the procedure to ratify or accede to the Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty, and arguments to convince target countries to endorse it. Governments are not likely to have an expert understanding of the Second Optional Protocol. This document may contain answers to government concerns that will be addressed to you during your lobbying action.

• Document type Lobbying
• Countries list Marshall Islands
• Available languages Kit de Ratificación - Islas MarshallKit de ratification - Îles Marshall

أداة الذكرى السنوية لليوم العالمي العشرين لمناهضة عقوبة الإعدام.
تتتبع هذه الأداة 20 عامًا من النضال من أجل إلغاء عقوبة الإعدام. أعد اكتشاف الموضوعات المختلفة التي تم تناولها وإنجازات اليوم العالمي.

• Document type التحالف العالمي
• Available languages Anniversary tool - 20th World DayOutil anniversaire - 20e Journée mondiale

• Document type ائتلاف جهانی
• Available languages 2022 ملصق اليوم العال مWorld Day Poster 2022Poster Spanish – 2022 Día Mundial contra la Pena de MuerteAffiche Journée mondiale 2022Poster Russian 2022 - 20Й ВСЕМИРНЫЙ ДЕНЬ ПРОТИВ СМЕРТНОЙ КАЗНИPoster Chinese 2022- 第20届世界反死刑日

• Document type Всемирная Коалиция
• Available languages 2022 ملصق اليوم العال مWorld Day Poster 2022Poster Spanish – 2022 Día Mundial contra la Pena de MuertePoster Farsi 2022 - بیستمین روز جهانی علیهمجازات مرگAffiche Journée mondiale 2022Poster Chinese 2022- 第20届世界反死刑日

• Document type 世界联盟
• Available languages 2022 ملصق اليوم العال مWorld Day Poster 2022Poster Spanish – 2022 Día Mundial contra la Pena de MuertePoster Farsi 2022 - بیستمین روز جهانی علیهمجازات مرگAffiche Journée mondiale 2022Poster Russian 2022 - 20Й ВСЕМИРНЫЙ ДЕНЬ ПРОТИВ СМЕРТНОЙ КАЗНИ

• Document type Array

• Document type World Coalition

• Document type World Coalition

• Document type World Coalition

Outil anniversaire pour la 20e Journée mondiale contre la peine de mort.
Cet outil retrace 20 ans de combat pour l’abolition de la peine de mort. Redécouvrez les différentes thématiques abordées et les achèvements de la Journée mondiale.

• Document type Coalition mondiale
• Available languages أداة الذكرى السنوية - اليوم العالمي العشرينAnniversary tool - 20th World Day

Anniversary tool for the 20th World Day Against the Death Penalty.
This tool traces 20 years of struggle for the abolition of the death penalty. Rediscover the different themes addressed and the achievements of the World Day.

• Document type World Coalition
• Available languages أداة الذكرى السنوية - اليوم العالمي العشرينOutil anniversaire - 20e Journée mondiale

ملصق اليوم العال م / World Day Poster

• Document type التحالف العالمي
• Available languages World Day Poster 2022Poster Spanish – 2022 Día Mundial contra la Pena de MuertePoster Farsi 2022 - بیستمین روز جهانی علیهمجازات مرگAffiche Journée mondiale 2022Poster Russian 2022 - 20Й ВСЕМИРНЫЙ ДЕНЬ ПРОТИВ СМЕРТНОЙ КАЗНИPoster Chinese 2022- 第20届世界反死刑日

• Document type World Coalition

• Document type World Coalition

• Document type World Coalition

• Document type World Coalition

• Document type World Coalition

• Document type Array

Poster ES – 2022 Día Mundial contra la Pena de Muerte

• Document type Coalición mundial
• Available languages 2022 ملصق اليوم العال مWorld Day Poster 2022Poster Farsi 2022 - بیستمین روز جهانی علیهمجازات مرگAffiche Journée mondiale 2022Poster Russian 2022 - 20Й ВСЕМИРНЫЙ ДЕНЬ ПРОТИВ СМЕРТНОЙ КАЗНИPoster Chinese 2022- 第20届世界反死刑日

Welttag gegen die Todesstrafe Poster

• Document type Array

Fiche détaillée sur le lien entre la torture et la peine de mort, à l’occasion de la 20e Journée mondiale contre la peine de mort.

• Document type Coalition mondiale
• Available languages Detailed Factsheet - World Day 2022

Detailed factsheet on torture and the death penalty, for the 20th World Day Against the Death Penalty (2022).

• Document type World Coalition
• Available languages Fiche détaillée - Journée mondiale 2022

La Coalition mondiale et ses membres ont collecté des témoignages de torture dans le cadre de la peine de mort. Aveux, syndrome du couloir de la peine, moments précédant l’exécution, torture psychologique des non-condamnés à mort, méthodes d’exécution. Découvrez les témoignages de ces victimes.
Nous remercions toutes les victimes qui ont accepté de partager leurs témoignages et leurs histoires.

• Document type Coalition mondiale
• Available languages Testimonies tool - World Day 2022

The World Coalition and its members have collected testimonies of victims of torture in the death penalty. Confessions, death row phenomenon, moments before the execution, psychological torture of those not sentenced to death, methods of execution. Read the stories of these victims.
We thank all those who agreed to share their testimonies and their stories.

• Document type World Coalition
• Available languages Outil témoignages - Journée mondiale 2022

Brochure pour la 20e Journée mondiale contre la peine de mort, sur le lien entre la torture et la peine de mort.

• Document type Coalition mondiale
• Available languages للیوم العالمي لمناھضة عقوبة الإعدام كتيب باللغة العربيةLeaflet - World Day 2022

Leaflet for the 20th World Day against the death penalty (2022), on torture and the death penalty.

• Document type World Coalition
• Available languages للیوم العالمي لمناھضة عقوبة الإعدام كتيب باللغة العربيةBrochure - Journée mondiale 2022

Fiche sur les principaux faits et chiffres relatifs à la peine de mort dans le monde en 2021 et début 2022.

• Document type Coalition mondiale
• Available languages Facts and Figures 2022

Find the main facts and figures regarding the death penalty worldwide in 2021 and early 2022.

• Document type World Coalition
• Available languages Faits et chiffres 2022

In 2021, The Death Penalty Project and the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights, in partnership with the Australian National University commissioned Prof. Carolyn Hoyle, Director of The Death Penalty Research Unit, at the University of Oxford, to undertake research in order to provide accurate data on attitudes towards the death penalty in Kenya and facilitate a constructive conversation on the future of capital punishment. The research examined the views of both the general public in Kenya and also opinion formers, those considered influential in shaping, and responding to, national views.

Key findings :

– The vast majority of opinion formers that took part in the interviews were in favour of abolishing the death penalty.
– 90% of opinion formers were in favour of abolishing the death penalty
– 82% of opinion formers were strongly in favour of of abolishing the death penalty
– Most of the opinion formers interviewed were very well informed on the administration of the death penalty in Kenya.
– Across both groups there were concerns around the possibility that innocent people could be sentenced to death.
– 88% of opinion formers believe wrongful convictions occur fairly regularly
– 93% of opinion formers thought Kenya should be influenced by high rates of abolition around the world
– Opinion formers believed that 75% of the public would accept abolition of the death penalty, despite initial reservations.

• Document type Rapport d’ONG
• Countries list Kenya
• Themes list Public Opinion 

In 2021, The Death Penalty Project and the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights, in partnership with the Australian National University commissioned Prof. Carolyn Hoyle, Director of The Death Penalty Research Unit, at the University of Oxford, to undertake research in order to provide accurate data on attitudes towards the death penalty in Kenya and facilitate a constructive conversation on the future of capital punishment. The research examined the views of both the general public in Kenya and also opinion formers, those considered influential in shaping, and responding to, national views.

Key findings:

– 40% in favour of abolishing the death penalty, 10% did not know either way
– 51% in favour of retaining the death penalty, only 32% strongly in favour
– Those against the death penalty believed that criminals deserved the opportunity for rehabilitation.
– Knowledge of the death penalty appears to be limited, just 66% were aware Kenya retains the death penalty and just 21% knew no executions had take place in the past 10 years
– The public expressed concerns around the possibility that innocent people could be sentenced to death: 61% of the public – including retentionists – thought that ‘many’ or ‘some’ innocent people have been sentenced to death in Kenya; only 8% thought that ‘no innocent people have been sentenced to death’
– Public support fell from 51% to 31% when considering abolition in the region
59% of the public, who were initially in favour of retention, said that they would accept a new policy of abolition

• Document type NGO report
• Countries list Kenya
• Themes list Public Opinion 

Le 10 octobre 2021, la Coalition mondiale et les abolitionnistes du monde entier ont célébré la 19ème Journée mondiale contre la peine de mort (« Journée mondiale »). Chaque année, lors de la Journée mondiale, la Coalition mondiale met en lumière un aspect spécifique de la peine de mort. En 2021, la Journée mondiale a exploré le thème « Les femmes et la peine de mort, une réalité invisible » pour sensibiliser à la manière dont le traitement du genre et les inégalités fondées sur le genre créent des conditions particulièrement précaires pour les femmes condamnées à la peine capitale. Ce rapport présente ainsi les activités organisées pour la 19ème Journée mondiale et la couverture médiatique dont elle a bénéficié.

• Document type Coalition mondiale
• Themes list Women
• Available languages 2021 World Day Report

On 10 October 2021, the World Coalition and abolitionists around the world celebrated the 19th World Day Against the Death Penalty (‘World Day’). Every year on World Day, the World Coalition highlights one problematic aspect of the Death Penalty. In 2021, the World Day explored the theme “Women sentenced to death, an invisible reality” to raise awareness on how the treatment of gender and gender-based inequalities create particularly precarious conditions for women sentenced to capital punishment. This report presents the activities organised for the 19th World Day and the media coverage it received.

• Document type World Coalition
• Themes list Women
• Available languages Rapport journée mondiale 2021

20e Journée mondiale sur le thème: “Torture et peine de mort”.

• Document type Campagnes / Coalition mondiale
• Available languages 2022 ملصق اليوم العال مWorld Day Poster 2022Poster Spanish – 2022 Día Mundial contra la Pena de MuertePoster Farsi 2022 - بیستمین روز جهانی علیهمجازات مرگPoster Russian 2022 - 20Й ВСЕМИРНЫЙ ДЕНЬ ПРОТИВ СМЕРТНОЙ КАЗНИPoster Chinese 2022- 第20届世界反死刑日

20th World Day on “Torture and the death penalty”.

• Document type Campaigning / World Coalition
• Available languages 2022 ملصق اليوم العال مPoster Spanish – 2022 Día Mundial contra la Pena de MuertePoster Farsi 2022 - بیستمین روز جهانی علیهمجازات مرگAffiche Journée mondiale 2022Poster Russian 2022 - 20Й ВСЕМИРНЫЙ ДЕНЬ ПРОТИВ СМЕРТНОЙ КАЗНИPoster Chinese 2022- 第20届世界反死刑日

Depuis 20 ans, la Coalition mondiale contre la peine de mort appelle à des initiatives locales et à des actions mondiales qui mettent en lumière l’abolition de la peine de mort. Le but de ce kit de mobilisation est d’informer sur les objectifs de cette Journée mondiale et de fournir des idées d’activités qui renforcent l’objectif abolitionniste mondial. Cette année, la Journée mondiale est consacrée aux personnes qui, durant le processus de condamnation à mort, ou après la condamnation à mort, ont été victimes de torture.

• Document type Coalition mondiale
• Available languages Mobilization Kit World Day 2022

For the 20th year in a row, the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty is calling for local initiatives and world-wide actions that shine a spotlight on the abolition of the death penalty. The goal of this Mobilization Kit is to inform of this year’s objectives as well provide ideas of activities that boost the global abolitionist goal. This year’s World Day is dedicated to people who, during the process of being sentenced to death, or following the sentence of their death, have been victims of torture.

• Document type World Coalition
• Available languages Kit de mobilisation Journée mondiale 2022

• Document type Derecho internacional - Naciones Unidas
• Available languages A/HRC/48/L.17/Rev.1 قرار اعتمده جملس حقوق اإلنسايفA/HRC/48/L.17/Rev.1 Resolution adopted by the Human Rights CouncilA/HRC/48/L.17/Rev.1 Résolution adoptée par le Conseil des droits de l’hommeA/HRC/48/L.17/Rev.1 Резолюция, принятая Советом по правам человекаA/HRC/48/L.17/Rev.1 人权理事会 月 日通过的决议

• Document type Droit international - Nations Unies
• Available languages A/HRC/48/L.17/Rev.1 قرار اعتمده جملس حقوق اإلنسايفA/HRC/48/L.17/Rev.1 Resolution adopted by the Human Rights CouncilA/HRC/48/L.17/Rev.1 Resolución aprobada por el Consejo de DerechosA/HRC/48/L.17/Rev.1 Резолюция, принятая Советом по правам человекаA/HRC/48/L.17/Rev.1 人权理事会 月 日通过的决议

قالت منظمة العفو الدولية اليوم في استعراضها السنوي لعقوبة الإعدام، إنَّ عام 2021 شهد ارتفاعًا مثيراً للقلق في تنفيذ عمليات الإعدام وإصدار أحكام الإعدام، حيث عادت بعض البلدان الأكثر تنفيذاً لعمليات الإعدام في العالم إلى سابق عهدها من حيث استخدام العقوبة، بعد تحرير المحاكم من قيود وباء فيروس كوفيد-19.

• Document type تقرير منظمة غير حكومية
• Available languages Amnesty International Global Report : Death Sentences and Executions 2021Condenas A Muerte Y Ejecuciones 2021Condamnations à mort et exécutions 2021

En 2021 tuvo lugar un preocupante aumento de las ejecuciones y las condenas a muerte, a raíz de que algunos de los verdugos más prolíficos del mundo volvieran a las andadas y los tribunales se liberaran de las restricciones relacionadas con la COVID-19. Así lo ha manifestado hoy Amnistía Internacional en su informe anual sobre la pena de muerte.

• Document type Informe de ONG
• Available languages التقرير العالمي لمنظمة العفو الدولية أحكام وعمليات الإعدام في 2021Amnesty International Global Report : Death Sentences and Executions 2021Condamnations à mort et exécutions 2021

En 2021, le nombre d’exécutions et de condamnations à mort a connu une hausse inquiétante, car dans les pays qui recourent le plus massivement à ce châtiment les choses ont repris leur cours normal et les activités des tribunaux n’ont plus été entravées par les restrictions liées à la pandémie de COVID-19, souligne Amnesty International dans son rapport annuel sur le recours à la peine de mort rendu public le 24 mai. 

• Document type NGO report
• Available languages التقرير العالمي لمنظمة العفو الدولية أحكام وعمليات الإعدام في 2021Amnesty International Global Report : Death Sentences and Executions 2021Condenas A Muerte Y Ejecuciones 2021

2021 saw a worrying rise in executions and death sentences as some of the world’s most prolific executioners returned to business as usual and courts were unshackled from Covid-19 restrictions, Amnesty International said today in its annual review of the death penalty.

• Document type NGO report
• Available languages التقرير العالمي لمنظمة العفو الدولية أحكام وعمليات الإعدام في 2021Condenas A Muerte Y Ejecuciones 2021Condamnations à mort et exécutions 2021

2021 saw a worrying rise in executions and death sentences as some of the world’s most prolific executioners returned to business as usual and courts were unshackled from Covid-19 restrictions, Amnesty International said today in its annual review of the death penalty.

• Document type NGO report
• Available languages

2021 saw a worrying rise in executions and death sentences as some of the world’s most prolific executioners returned to business as usual and courts were unshackled from Covid-19 restrictions, Amnesty International said today in its annual review of the death penalty.

• Document type NGO report

“Nous venons de publier notre rapport annuel sur le recours à la peine de mort dans le monde en 2021. Le bilan ? Inquiétant. Le nombre d’exécutions recensées a augmenté par rapport à 2020 notamment en Iran et en Arabie saoudite, ainsi que le nombre de condamnations à mort. Une hausse due à l’allégement des restrictions liées à la pandémie de Covid-19.”

• Document type Rapport d’ONG

Since 2010, persons convicted of rape offences were executed in at least 9 countries, including India and Pakistan. Moreover, public protests against the rape epidemic, which led governments to introduce capital rape laws, illustrates the need to shine a spotlight in South Asia.

The report examines the use of the death penalty for rape in four South Asian countries: Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka and explores ways that anti-death penalty activists can challenge this concerning trend.

• Document type Arguments against the death penalty / NGO report
• Countries list Bangladesh / India / Pakistan / Sri Lanka

Ce rapport de 120 pages évalue et analyse les tendances des pratiques en matière de peine de mort afin de proposer des recommandations, adaptées au contexte national, et d’engager un dialogue constructif sur la peine capitale dans le pays.

La situation de la peine de mort en République islamique d’Iran reste alarmante avec une augmentation significative des exécutions en 2021 (+25%) et un nombre croissant de femmes iraniennes exécutées. Le nombre d’exécutions a doublé après l’élection d’Ebrahim Raeisi à la présidence, et alors que la République islamique et les gouvernements occidentaux négocient pour relancer l’accord nucléaire, également appelé Plan global d’action conjoint (JCPOA). Telles sont quelques-unes des principales conclusions du 14e rapport annuel sur la peine de mort en Iran publié aujourd’hui par Iran Human Rights (IHR) et Ensemble Contre la Peine de Mort (ECPM).

• Document type NGO report
• Countries list Iran (Islamic Republic of)
• Available languages Annual Report on The Death Penalty In Iran 2021

The 120-page report assesses and analyses trends in death penalty practices in order to propose recommendations, tailored to the national context, and to engage in a constructive dialogue on capital punishment in the country.

The death penalty situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran remains alarming with a significant increase in executions in 2021 (+25%) and an increasing number of Iranian women being executed. The number of executions has doubled after the election of Ebrahim Raeisi as President, and as the Islamic Republic and Western governments negotiate to revive the nuclear deal, also called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). These are some of the main findings of the 14th Annual Report on the Death Penalty in Iran by Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) and Ensemble Contre la Peine de Mort (ECPM) released today.

• Document type NGO report
• Countries list Iran (Islamic Republic of)
• Available languages Rapport annuel sur la peine de mort en Iran 2021

In 2019-20, The Department of Law at the University of Dhaka, in collaboration with the Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST) and The Death Penalty Project, conducted a study to investigate socio-economic characteristics and experiences of death row prisoners in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh continues to retain and implement the death penalty, with several executions taking place each year. Excluding laws relating to the defence forces and international crimes, there are currently 33 crimes punishable by death. 25 of these offences are non-lethal and arguably do not meet the threshold of the ‘most serious crimes’ under international law.

Inspired by similar studies in other countries, a pilot study was commissioned to examine the demographics and experiences of those sentenced to death. Consistent with those studies around the world, our findings evidence that the death penalty in Bangladesh is disproportionately used against the most vulnerable and marginalised sections of society.

72% of prisoners were classified as economically vulnerable
53% of prisoners were in low-paid work or unemployed
87% of prisoners had no qualifications beyond secondary school level
15% of prisoners had no formal education.

The study also raised serious concerns around the treatment of prisoners, the length of time prisoners spent in prison under the sentence of death and the integrity of criminal investigations and trial.

33% of prisoners’ families alleged their relative had been tortured in police custody, 5% suspected this and 15% refused to comment
60% of respondents were not satisfied with the trial process, with some claiming that the courts had failed to properly appreciate the evidence
On average it took over 10 years for death row cases to be disposed by the HCD (where sentences are confirmed). Prolonged time spent in isolation on death row, has been declared inhumane and degrading in many countries.

The sample consisted of 39 individuals on death row, evidence from their case files and face-to-face interviews with their families were conducted under rigorous ethical guidelines to reveal their profiles and experiences. Despite its small size, the sample is indicative of the general prison population allowing us to draw conclusions on possible trends.

• Document type Academic report / NGO report
• Countries list Bangladesh
• Themes list Death Row Conditions 

近年來，台灣死刑定讞判決數量，在學界、律師、民間的努力，加上最高法院開啟死刑量刑言詞辯論及各級法院裁判實務大致恪遵人權公約，乃至於量刑精緻化等政策趨向下，確實已越來越少。死刑判決是死刑制度運作之具體展現，本書基於釐清陸續經內國法化之公民與政治權利國際公約（ICCPR）、身心障礙者權利公約（CRPD）以及兒童權利公約（CRC）下死刑在台灣的樣貌，以公約內國法化後之台灣死刑案件判決為觀察標的，藉此指出人權公約之於死刑判決的作用以及其對台灣刑事法制的影響。

作者期盼，以人權公約為開端，在台灣死刑案件判決的實踐上，可以讓死刑的使用，漸漸走向盡頭。同時，我們也要深刻地記住，人權公約就死刑這個議題，永遠只會是價值思辨的起點，而非思考的終點。

• Document type NGO report
• Countries list Taiwan

1. This report addresses the Philippines’ compliance with its international human rights
obligations with respect to the death penalty. For years, the Philippines imposed the death
penalty, particularly for so-called heinous crimes. In 2006, President Gloria MacapagalArroyo abolished the death penalty.1 Since then, however, lawmakers have introduced
numerous bills to reinstate the death penalty, with the House adopting Bill No. 7814 as
recently as March 2, 2021.2

2. The report examines the current state of the death penalty in the Philippines, including (1)
acceptance of international norms; (2) proposed legislation reintroducing the death penalty;
(3) torture and cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment in enforcing drug control; (4)
conditions of detention; and (5) administration of justice and fair trial.

3. This report recommends that the Philippines continue the abolition of the death penalty,
refrain from reintroducing the death penalty, honor its international commitments, and
implement a human rights-based approach to anti-drug policy

• Document type NGO report / World Coalition
• Countries list Philippines

Pakistan’s criminal justice system fails to provide meaningful protection to persons suffering from mental illness at all stages of arrest, trial, sentencing and detention. Under Pakistani law, a person of unsound mind is unable to form criminal intent and therefore is not subject to punishment. Despite this, a disproportionate number of mentally ill prisoners are currently in Pakistan’s jails and on death row.

In light of the above, JPP, in collaboration with Monash University Australia, is launching a report titled “Trapped Inside: Mental Illness & Incarceration”, a comprehensive review of Pakistani law and practice with regards to mentally ill prisoners and defendants. This report seeks to help relevant stakeholders to better understand and respond appropriately to the mental health needs of individuals across the criminal justice system. It focuses on the steps stakeholders can take to promote and protect mental health and well-being of individuals at each stage. The report also explores last year’s landmark ‘Safia Bano’ judgement by Pakistan’s Supreme Court, which commuted the death sentences of two mentally ill death row prisoners, banned the execution of prisoners with psycho-social disabilities and set key safeguards for the same.

• Document type NGO report
• Countries list Pakistan
• Themes list Mental Illness

2021年，死刑项目和台湾终止死刑联盟（TAEDP）委托牛津大学的Carolyn Hoyle教授和台北东吴大学的Shiow-duan Hawang教授进行了一项研究，探索台湾立法者对死刑的态度。

该研究显示，大多数台湾立法者希望看到死刑被废除。支持废除死刑的主要原因是错误定罪的风险、对人权的滥用以及认识到死刑没有独特的威慑作用。此外，大多数受访的立法者对台湾的刑事司法系统表示了相当低的信任度，并对其为面临死刑审判的个人提供充分保障的能力表示怀疑。

主要发现。

– 61%的受访立法者赞成废除死刑
– 39%的受访立法者赞成保留死刑，但只有一位立法者表示强烈支持
– 71%的保留死刑者和65%的废除死刑者断言，错误的定罪 “有时 “会发生
– 只有11%的受访立法者认为错误定罪’很少’发生
– 当被要求对一系列旨在减少暴力犯罪的政策进行排序时，所有受访的立法者都表示倾向于社会正义措施，如减少贫困，而不是增加死刑。

• Document type NGO report
• Countries list Taiwan
• Themes list Public Opinion 
• Available languages Legislators’ Opinions on the Death Penalty in Taiwan

In 2021, The Death Penalty Project and the Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty (TAEDP) commissioned Professor Carolyn Hoyle at the University of Oxford and Professor Shiow-duan Hawang at Soochow University, Taipei to carry out a study exploring Taiwanese legislators’ attitudes towards capital punishment.

The study reveals that the majority of Taiwan’s legislators would like to see the death penalty abolished. The risk of wrongful convictions, the abuse of human rights and a recognition that the death penalty has no unique deterrent effect, were the primary reasons cited for supporting abolition. Additionally, a majority of legislators interviewed expressed fairly low levels of trust in the Taiwanese criminal justice system, with doubts raised over its ability to offer adequate safeguards to individuals facing capital trials.

Key findings:

– 61% of legislators interviewed are in favour of abolishing the death penalty
– 39% of legislators interviewed are in favour of retaining the death penalty, but only one legislator was strongly in favour
– 71% of retentionists and 65% of abolitionists asserted that wrongful convictions ‘sometimes’ occurred
– Only 11% of legislators interviewed thought that wrongful convictions ‘rarely’ occur
– All legislators interviewed expressed a preference for social justice measures, such as poverty reduction, over increased executions when asked to rank a range of policies aimed at reducing violent crime

• Document type NGO report
• Countries list Taiwan
• Themes list Public Opinion 
• Available languages 台灣立法委員對死刑 之意見調查

Although other countries have largely rejected the felony murder doctrine, 48 states, the District of Columbia, and the federal government still use these laws. Felony murder laws compel harsh decades-long – or even life – sentences even when the individual charged did not directly cause or intend the loss of life.

This report evaluates the legal and empirical foundation, and failings, of the felony murder rule, profiles impacted individuals, and highlights recent reform efforts in 10 jurisdictions. Key findings include:

1. Felony murder laws widen the net of extreme sentencing and are counterproductive to public safety.
2. Felony murder laws have particularly adverse impacts on people of color, young people, and women.
3. Existing reforms must be expanded to achieve justice.

• Document type NGO report
• Countries list United States

In this report, we summarise the current international position on clemency and the death penalty and compare it to snapshots of the clemency processes in the following Southeast and East Asian countries: Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, Japan, Taiwan, and China. All references to clemency in this paper are in the context of reprieve from the death penalty.

• Document type NGO report
• Countries list China / Indonesia / Japan / Malaysia / Singapore / Taiwan / Thailand / Viet Nam
• Themes list Clemency

Harm Reduction International has monitored the use of the death penalty for drug offences worldwide since our first ground-breaking publication on this issue in 2007. This report, our eleventh on the subject, continues our work of providing regular updates on legislative, policy and practical developments related to the use of capital punishment for drug offences, a practice which is a clear violation of international law.
The Death Penalty for Drug Offences: Global Overview 2021 found that: 1) 35 countries still retain the death penalty for drug offences 2) At least 131 people were executed for drug offences in 2021 – a 336% increase from 2020. However, due to a severe lack of transparency, if not outright censorship, this is only a partial picture. This figure likely represents only a fraction of all drug-related executions carried out globally.

• Document type NGO report
• Themes list Drug Offenses

Cuba has maintained a de facto moratorium on the imposition of the death penalty since its last reported execution in 2003. In 2010, Cuba’s Supreme Court commuted the death sentence of Cuba’s last remaining death row inmate. As of the date of this report, there is no record of an individual currently sentenced to death. Although a de facto moratorium is in place, Cuba has not committed to a de jure abolition of the death penalty, citing national security concerns.

• Document type NGO report / World Coalition
• Countries list Cuba
• Themes list Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment

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

Kenya has not carried out any executions since the late 1980s. Nonetheless, Kenya continues to hand down the death penalty as a sentence in criminal cases. Accordingly, this report recommends that the Committee Against Torture recommend that Kenya formally abolish the death penalty, commute the sentences of all persons on death row, and revise laws to remove capital punishment from the list of principal sentences. Kenya should further take steps to prohibit introduction of evidence obtained through torture and ill-treatment in criminal proceedings and to ensure that all persons at risk of being sentenced to death have access to well-qualified legal counsel with adequate funding for a thorough pre-trial investigation. Kenya should ensure that no person is removed to a country where they may be at risk of being sentenced to death, and should take concrete steps to ensure that conditions of detention for persons under sentence of death comply with the Nelson Mandela Rules.

• Document type NGO report / World Coalition
• Themes list Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment

Project 39A at the National Law University, Delhi published the sixth edition of the Death Penalty in India: Annual Statistics Report which provides an annual update on the use of the death penalty in India along with legislative and international developments on the issue. As on 31st December 2021, there were 488 prisoners on death row across India (a steep rise of nearly 21% from 2020), with Uttar Pradesh having the highest number at 86. This is the highest the death row population has been since 2004 as per the data from the Prison Statistics published by the National Crime Records Bureau.

• Document type Academic report
• Countries list India

Detention conditions for women in Malawi are crowded, and women in prisons are not given adequate food and nutrition. Specifically, many prisons only serve people with one meal a day, often consisting of a maize meal (nsima) and peas or beans. Overcrowded conditions are a particular concern during the COVID-19 pandemic, when risk of transmission of the disease is high. Prison conditions in Malawi amount to inhuman and degrading treatment.

Women in death penalty proceedings in Malawi lack access to qualified legal representation. Defense advocates in Malawi who are assigned to capital cases often lack relevant experience. In at least one case, a lawyer failed to raise the complete defense of self-defense in representing a woman who killed her husband as a result of a long history of domestic abuse. Had the defense been raised, it is possible that the woman would not have been sentenced to death. Moreover, women from poor and marginalized communities are disproportionately affected by the death penalty because when they are accused of crimes, they are often unable to understand the charges against them because they are illiterate and cannot read the complaint against them. They are also unable to retain private counsel.

Women who face extensive gender-based violence are disproportionately affected by the death penalty in Malawi, including those who seek to protect themselves against their abusers. Long histories of gender-based violence can result in complex trauma and can exacerbate psycho-social or intellectual disabilities, yet sentencing courts fail to take these nefarious effects into account as factors in mitigation of a death sentence.

• Document type NGO report / World Coalition
• Countries list Malawi
• Themes list Women

Qatar had been maintaining a de facto moratorium on executions since 2000, but courts continued to sentence people to death. In 2020, however, Qatar executed a Nepali migrant worker by firing squad. Qatar’s death penalty practices are not in compliance with the Covenant. Qatar does not limit the death penalty to the most serious crimes, it is not taking steps toward a de jure moratorium on executions or ratification of the Second Optional Protocol, and it does not ensure that defendants in capital cases have a fair trial. Recent history suggests that a migrant worker may be more likely to be sentenced to death and executed for killing a Qatari national, as opposed to a non-citizen. Migrant workers are particularly vulnerable in the context of the country’s criminal legal system.

• Document type NGO report / World Coalition
• Countries list Qatar

Настоящий документ представляет собой обновленную версию публикации «Смертная казнь в регионе ОБСЕ: справочный документ 2020 года». Задача издания состоит в том, чтобы в кратком виде представить последние данные об изменениях в статусе смертной казни в государствах-участниках ОБСЕ со времени предыдущей публикации, а также в том, чтобы способствовать конструктивному обсуждению данной темы. Данный документ охватывает период с 1 апреля 2020 г. по 31 марта 2021 г. Особая тема: путь к отмене смертной казни.

• Document type Доклад регионального органа
• Countries list Belarus / Kazakhstan / United States
• Available languages Death Penalty in the OSCE Area: Background Paper 2021

The death penalty in the USA in 2021 was defined by two competing forces: the continuing long-term erosion of capital punishment across most of the country, and extreme conduct by a dwindling number of outlier jurisdictions to continue to pursue death sentences and executions.

• Document type NGO report
• Countries list United States

صادف العاشر من أكتوبر 2021، اليوم العالمي التاسع عشر لمناهضة عقوبة الإعدام. تقرير منظمة سلام للديمقراطية وحقوق الإنسان، عقوبة الإعدام في البحرين: نظام مبني على التعذيب ، يوفر مـعلومـات مـختصرة يسهـل الـوصـول إلـيها بـشأن وضـع عـقوبـة الإعـدام فـي البحـريـن.

يـبحث الـتقريـر كـيف تـوسـعت عـمليات الإعـدام فـي مـعايـيرهـا وتـنفيذهـا مـنذ الــــربــــيع الــــعربــــي فــــي عــــام 2011 وكــــيف تــــتناقــــض هــــذه المــــمارســــة مــــع وعــــود حــــكومــــة البحــــريــــن بـالإصـلاح الـتي قـطعتها فـي أعـقاب لـجنة الـتحقيق البحـريـنية المسـتقلة فـي الـعام نـفسه. بـدلا مـن ذلـــك، تـــواصـــل الـــدولـــة البحـــريـــنية الاعـــتماد عـــلى الاعـــترافـــات الـــتي يـــتم إكـــراهـــها تـــحت الـــتعذيـــب والتهـديـد كـوسـيلة لإسـكات الـسجناء الـسياسـيين بـشكل دائـم. وقـد أثـبتت آلـيات المـساءلـة الـداخـلية فـي الـبلد مـرارا وتـكرارا أنـها غـير فـعالـة فـي مـعالـجة هـذه الـحالـة وربـما تـكون مـتواطـئة. وبـالـنظر إلـى هـذه الـنتائـج، ودعـما لأولـئك الـذيـن وقـعوا ضـحايـا، تـوصـي منظمة سلام للديمقراطية وحقوق الإنسان رسـميا بأن يلغي الحكم بالإعدام، من بين إصلاحات أخرى.

• Document type تقرير منظمة غير حكومية
• Countries list Bahrain
• Available languages The Death Penalty in Bahrain: A system built on tortureLa Peine de Mort à Bahreïn: Un Système Construit sur la Torture

Le rapport de Salam pour la démocratie et les droits humains (Salam DHR) publié le 10 octobre 2021 marquait la 19e Journée mondiale contre la peine de mort. La Peine de Mort à Bahreïn : Un Système Construit sur la Torture, fournit des informations accessibles et condensées sur l’évolution de la peine de mort à Bahreïn. Ce rapport s’intéresse sur comment les exécutions ont augmenté à la fois dans leurs critères mais aussi dans leur mise en œuvre depuis le printemps arabe en 2011 et sur comment cette pratique contredit les promesses de réforme du gouvernement de Bahreïn (GoB) faites à la suite de la Commission d’enquête indépendante de Bahreïn (BICI) la même année. Au lieu de cela, l’État de Bahreïn continue de s’appuyer sur des aveux extorqués sous la torture et les menaces comme méthode pour réduire au silence de façon permanente les prisonniers politiques. Les mécanismes internes de responsabilité de la nation se sont avérés, à maintes reprises, inefficaces pour remédier à cette situation et sont peut-être complices. Compte tenu de ces conclusions, et pour soutenir ceux qui ont été victimes, Salam DHR recommande officiellement que le GoB abolisse la peine de mort, parmi ces autres réformes.

• Document type Rapport d’ONG
• Countries list Bahrain
• Available languages عقوبة الإعدام في البحرين : نظام مبني على التعذيبThe Death Penalty in Bahrain: A system built on torture

Salam for Democracy and Human Rights (Salam DHR)’s report was published on October 10, 2021, to mark the 19th World Day Against the Death Penalty. The Death Penalty in Bahrain: A system built on torture, provides accessible and abridged information regarding the development of the death penalty in Bahrain.

This report examines how executions have expanded in both their criteria and implementation since the Arab Spring in 2011 and how this practice contradicts the Government of Bahrain’s (GoB) promises of reform made following the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI) that same year. Instead, the Bahraini State continues to rely on confessions coerced under torture and threats as a method of permanently silencing poliIcal prisoners. The nation’s internal mechanisms of accountability have repeatedly proven themselves to be ineffective in remedying this situation and are possibly complicit. Considering these findings, and in support those who have been victimized, Salam DHR officially recommends that the GoB abolishes the death penalty, among other reforms.

• Document type NGO report
• Countries list Bahrain
• Available languages عقوبة الإعدام في البحرين : نظام مبني على التعذيبLa Peine de Mort à Bahreïn: Un Système Construit sur la Torture

This paper updates The Death Penalty in the OSCE Area: Background Paper 2020. It is intended to provide a concise update to highlight changes in the status of the death penalty in OSCE participating States since the previous publication and to promote constructive discussion of the issue. It covers the period from 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021. Special Focus: The road to abolition in selected OSCE participating States

• Document type Regional body report
• Countries list Belarus / United States
• Available languages Смертная казнь в регионе ОБСЕ, Справочный документ 2021 года

يقدَّم هذا التقرير عملاً بق ا رري مجلس حقوق الإنساااااان 26 / 2 و 42 / 24 . وهو يتضااااامن موج ا زً لحلقة النقاش الرفيعة المساتو بشا ن مسا لة عقوبة الإعدامل التق عقدي ق 23 شااا// ب ا رير 2021 ق الدورة السااةساة والأربعلن للمجلس. وتناولق حلقة النقاش مسا لة انتحاكاي حقوق الإنساان المتمالة بالعم بعقوبة الإعدامل وخاصة فيما يتعلق بما إذا كان للعم بحا أثر ا رةع فيما يخص معدلاي الجريمة.”

• Document type تقرير للأمم المتحدة
• Themes list Public Opinion 
• Available languages 2021 OHCHR Report on Deterrence: High-level panel discussion on the question of the death penaltyInforme de la OACDH 2021 sobre el efecto disuasorio : Mesa redonda de alto nivel sobre la cuestión de la pena de muerteRapport HCDH 2021 sur l'effet dissuasif : Réunion-débat de haut niveau sur la question de la peine de mortОбсуждение в рамках дискуссионной группы высокого уровня вопроса о смертной казни,способствует ли ее применение сдерживанию преступности2021年联合国威慑效应报告 - 关于死刑问题的高级别专题小组讨论会

本报告系根据人权理事会第26/2号和第42/24号决议提交。报告概述了2021年2月23日理事会第四十六届会议期间举行的关于死刑问题的高级别专题小组讨论会的情况。小组讨论会探讨了与使用死刑有关的侵犯人权问题，特别是使用死刑是否对犯罪率具有威慑效应。

• Document type 联合国报告
• Themes list Public Opinion 
• Available languages حلقة نقاش رف عة المستوى بشأن مسألة عقوبة الإعدام2021 OHCHR Report on Deterrence: High-level panel discussion on the question of the death penaltyInforme de la OACDH 2021 sobre el efecto disuasorio : Mesa redonda de alto nivel sobre la cuestión de la pena de muerteRapport HCDH 2021 sur l'effet dissuasif : Réunion-débat de haut niveau sur la question de la peine de mortОбсуждение в рамках дискуссионной группы высокого уровня вопроса о смертной казни,способствует ли ее применение сдерживанию преступности

Настоящий доклад представлен во исполнение резолюций 26/2 и 42/24 Совета по правам человека. В нем кратко изложены материалы обсуждения в рамках дискуссионной группы высокого уровня вопроса о смертной казни, состоявшегося 23 февраля 2021 года в ходе сорок шестой сессии Совета. Дискуссионная группа обсудила вопросы нарушений прав человека в связи с применением смертной казни, в частности вопроса о том, способствует ли ее применение сдерживанию преступности.

• Document type Доклад Организации Объединенных Наций
• Themes list Public Opinion 
• Available languages حلقة نقاش رف عة المستوى بشأن مسألة عقوبة الإعدام2021 OHCHR Report on Deterrence: High-level panel discussion on the question of the death penaltyInforme de la OACDH 2021 sobre el efecto disuasorio : Mesa redonda de alto nivel sobre la cuestión de la pena de muerteRapport HCDH 2021 sur l'effet dissuasif : Réunion-débat de haut niveau sur la question de la peine de mort2021年联合国威慑效应报告 - 关于死刑问题的高级别专题小组讨论会

Este informe se presenta en cumplimiento de las resoluciones del Consejo de Derechos Humanos 26/2 y 42/24. Contiene un resumen de la mesa redonda de alto nivel sobre la cuestión de la pena de muerte que se celebró el 23 de febrero de 2021 durante el 46º período de sesiones del Consejo. La mesa redonda se ocupó de las violaciones de los derechos humanos relacionadas con el uso de la pena de muerte, en particular de si el uso de dicha condena tiene un efecto disuasorio sobre la tasa de delincuencia.

• Document type Informe de las Naciones Unidas
• Themes list Public Opinion 
• Available languages حلقة نقاش رف عة المستوى بشأن مسألة عقوبة الإعدام2021 OHCHR Report on Deterrence: High-level panel discussion on the question of the death penaltyRapport HCDH 2021 sur l'effet dissuasif : Réunion-débat de haut niveau sur la question de la peine de mortОбсуждение в рамках дискуссионной группы высокого уровня вопроса о смертной казни,способствует ли ее применение сдерживанию преступности2021年联合国威慑效应报告 - 关于死刑问题的高级别专题小组讨论会

Le présent rapport est soumis en application des résolutions 26/2 et 42/24 du Conseil des droits de l’homme. Il rend compte, sous forme résumée, de la réunion-débat de haut niveau sur la question de la peine de mort tenue le 23 février 2021 pendant la quarante-sixième session du Conseil. La réunion-débat a porté sur les violations des droits de l’homme liées à l’application de la peine de mort, en particulier en ce qui concerne la question de savoir si l’application de cette peine a un effet dissuasif sur les taux de criminalité.

• Document type Rapport des Nations Unies
• Themes list Public Opinion 
• Available languages حلقة نقاش رف عة المستوى بشأن مسألة عقوبة الإعدام2021 OHCHR Report on Deterrence: High-level panel discussion on the question of the death penaltyInforme de la OACDH 2021 sobre el efecto disuasorio : Mesa redonda de alto nivel sobre la cuestión de la pena de muerteОбсуждение в рамках дискуссионной группы высокого уровня вопроса о смертной казни,способствует ли ее применение сдерживанию преступности2021年联合国威慑效应报告 - 关于死刑问题的高级别专题小组讨论会

The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolutions 26/2 and 42/24. It provides a summary of the high-level panel discussion on the question of the death penalty held on 23 February 2021 at the forty-sixth session of the Council. The panel discussion addressed the human rights violations related to the use of the death penalty, in particular with respect to whether the use of the death penalty has a deterrent effect on crime rates.

• Document type United Nations report
• Themes list Public Opinion 
• Available languages حلقة نقاش رف عة المستوى بشأن مسألة عقوبة الإعدامInforme de la OACDH 2021 sobre el efecto disuasorio : Mesa redonda de alto nivel sobre la cuestión de la pena de muerteRapport HCDH 2021 sur l'effet dissuasif : Réunion-débat de haut niveau sur la question de la peine de mortОбсуждение в рамках дискуссионной группы высокого уровня вопроса о смертной казни,способствует ли ее применение сдерживанию преступности2021年联合国威慑效应报告 - 关于死刑问题的高级别专题小组讨论会

One of every 15 women in prison — amounting to more than 6,600 women — is serving a life sentence and nearly 2,000 of these have no chance for parole. Another 52 women in the U.S. are awaiting execution. Many women serving extreme sentences were victims of physical, sexual, and emotional abuse long before they committed a crime.

• Document type NGO report
• Themes list Women

Rédigé par une équipe comprenant des expert·e·s dans les domaines de la défense de personnes passibles de la peine de mort, des droits des femmes et des droits des personnes transgenres, ce

• Document type Representation légale
• Themes list Women / Legal Representation
• Available languages Defending Women and Transgender Persons Facing Extreme Sentences: A Practical Guide

Written by a team including experts in the fields of capital defense, gender rights, gender-sensitive mitigation and the rights of transgender persons, the guide includes sections on gender-based violence, women’s mental health, prison conditions, discrimination in the legal system, working with the media, and how to build a gender-sensitive team. It also includes a step-by-step gender-sensitive interview protocol that builds on resources developed by the anti-violence community and is tailored to the needs of defense teams.

• Document type Legal Representation
• Themes list Legal Representation / Women
• Available languages Défendre les femmes et les personnes transgenres confrontées à des peines extrêmes

This report addresses Uganda’s compliance with its obligations under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women with respect to the death penalty. The report examines and discusses Ugandan death penalty laws and cases where women are sentenced to death row in Uganda, primarily for murder.

This report recommends that Uganda adopt a number of key recommendations to better align its death penalty practices with Uganda’s obligations to women under the Convention. These steps, among other things, include: (1) abolishing the death penalty and in the interim, limiting the death penalty to only the most serious crimes of intentional killing of another human; (2) ensuring proper gender-sensitive training in the judicial system and protecting women in conflict with the law when gender-based violence is involved; (3) developing and implementing programs to prevent gender-based violence and discrimination; and (4) ensuring fair access to counsel to women sentenced to death or at risk of being sentenced to death.

• Document type NGO report / World Coalition
• Countries list Uganda
• Themes list Women

This report addresses Lebanon’s compliance with human rights obligations under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women regarding its use of the death penalty.

Lebanon has not abolished the death penalty or established a de jure moratorium on the death penalty. The legal system does not protect women in conflict with the law from discrimination on the basis of sex or gender. Nor does it limit capital offenses to the “most serious” crimes.

Women migrant domestic workers appear to be at an elevated risk of being sentenced to death. Indeed, all three women known to be on death row in Lebanon are Sri Lankan migrant domestic workers. Such women face heightened obstacles to realizing their right to a fair trial. Moreover, there is no evidence that sentencing authorities take into account a woman’s history of abuse when determining an appropriate sentence. Finally, women under sentence of death face degrading conditions of detention.

• Document type NGO report / World Coalition
• Countries list Lebanon
• Themes list Women

Is the death penalty “natural” or sometimes legally due?
If not, is the death penalty always a political instrument?
If so, how and why can it be said that the death penalty is unjust, also considering religious values?
What about in case of war time or of very dangerous criminals?
In which way can there be an irrefutable argument for banning the death penalty worldwide and forever?

These and other issues concerning the death penalty are addressed by the Author of this book.
A book, where the most common theories for and against the death penalty are considered in the light of law history and philosophical views, and where Cesare Beccaria’s approach is revised, taking into account the development of the contemporary criminal law and of the legal positivism.

This is an essay, where the protection of humanity is not considered simply as a hope or as a naive dream, but rather as a juridical concept, absolutely necessary to understand one of most tragic questions of all time: “is it just to kill those who killed?”

• Document type Book

En 2017, le Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide publiait la deuxième édition d’un manuel unique en son genre : un Guide de bonnes pratiques destiné aux avocat·e·s défendant les personnes passibles d’une condamnation à mort. La présente édition du Guide représente bien plus qu’une traduction en langue française. Conscientes des attributs uniques des systèmes de droit pénal relevant des pays de droit civil, les co-auteures de ce Guide ont adapté, complété, et étendu le Guide afin d’offrir des conseils mieux adaptés à la réalité des avocat·e·s exerçant dans les juridictions de tradition civiliste, caractérisées par des procédures dites « inquisitoires ». Cette adaptation du Guide complète la formation dispensée dans le cadre de l’Institut Makwanyane, un institut de formation destiné aux avocat·e·s de la défense représentant des personnes passibles de la peine de mort en Afrique anglophone et francophone.

• Document type Travailler avec...
• Themes list Représentation juridique,
• Available languages Representing Individuals Facing the Death Penalty: A Best Practices Manual

• Document type World Coalition

En este escrito presento varios aspectos de las historias subestimadas de las mujeres que han estado sujetas a la pena capital en nuestro país. Para esto llevo a cabo un recuento de los casos desde los inicios del dominio español, con las pocas fuentes disponibles, hasta la actualidad, Además, analizo vertientes como los procedimientos de pena de muerte en la jurisdicción federal, la aplicación de este cruel castigo a personas de la diáspora boricua en los Estados Unidos y la denominada “otra pena de muerte”. Estos datos son complementados con citas de varias autoras puertorriqueñas en oposición a la pena de muerte y una contundente expresión inédita de Eugenio María de Hostos sobre este tema.

• Document type Informe de ONG
• Countries list Puerto Rico
• Themes list Women

This tip sheet provides some guidelines for mental health professionals who may encounter or work with children and families related to individuals who have been sentenced to death or executed.

• Document type Working with...
• Themes list Juveniles

La Commission des droits de l’Homme des Philippines publie cet avis pour attirer l’attention des Philippines sur les vulnérabilités accrues des femmes des travailleurs philippins d’outre-mer (OFW). En anglais uniquement.

• Document type Rapport des organes gouvernementaux
• Countries list Philippines
• Themes list Women / Drug Offenses / Legal Representation
• Available languages Advisory on the Increased Vulnerabilty of Women Migrant Workers on Death Row

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

Une série documentaire sur la peine de mort et le système juridique américain. Des histoires racontées par des personnes qui ont vécu dans le couloir de la mort dont certaines ont été disculpées. Il est question de procureurs trop zélés et de manques de preuves dans un système dysfonctionnel.

• Document type Contenu multimedia
• Countries list United States
• Themes list Death Row Conditions 

Foreign nationals, and within this group migrant workers, are a population that disproportionately faces the death penalty around the world. The data and statistics gathered by Reprieve and Migrant CARE for this report show that migrant workers as a sub-set of the foreign national population are at grave risk of human rights violations related to the death penalty, including arbitrary deprivation of the right to life in the context of unlawful death sentences and executions.

This report focuses on: states that receive migrant workers (‘receiving states’), in particular the states that make up the Association of South East Asian Nations or ASEAN (‘South East Asian states’) and the Gulf Cooperation Council (‘Gulf states’), and on states from which migrant workers travel to work (‘sending states’).

• Document type NGO report
• Countries list Indonesia / Malaysia / Nigeria / Pakistan / Saudi Arabia
• Themes list Fair Trial / Legal Representation / Women

As of 2020, blasphemy was formally criminalised in some 84 countries. As many as 21 countries criminalised apostasy as of 2019. The legal penalties for such offences range from fines to imprisonment to corporal punishment—and in at least 12 countries, the death penalty.

This report examines the extent to which States commit, or are complicit in, killings that violate religious freedom. Focussing on the 12 States in which offences against religion are lawfully punishable by death, we examine four different types of State-sanctioned killings on the basis of religious offence (apostasy, blasphemy, or alike) or affiliation (most commonly, membership of a religious minority): judicial executions, extrajudicial killings, killings by civilians, and killings by extremist groups. We explore the relationship between the retention of the death penalty for religious offences and other forms of State-sanctioned killings motivated by alleged religious offending or by religious identity.

• Document type Academic report
• Countries list Brunei Darussalam / Iran (Islamic Republic of) / Maldives / Mauritania / Nigeria / Qatar / Saudi Arabia / Somalia / United Arab Emirates / Yemen

The People’s Republic of China no doubt leads the world in both numbers of death sentences and executions. Despite being the largest user of the death penalty, China has never conducted a national poll on citizens’ opinions toward capital punishment, while claiming “overwhelming public support” as a major justification for its retention and use. Based on a content analysis of 38,512 comments collected from 63 cases in 2015, this study examines the diversity and rationales of netizens’ opinions of and interactions with China’s criminal justice system. In addition, the book discusses China’s social, systemic, and structural problems and critically examines the rationality of netizens’ opinions based on Habermas’s communicative rationality framework. Readers will be able to contextualize Chinese netizens’ discussions and draw conclusions about commonalities and uniqueness of China’s death penalty practice.

• Document type Academic report
• Countries list China
• Themes list Public Opinion 

In observation of the 2021 World Day Against the Death Penalty dedicated to women, Iran Human Rights is providing a report on the women executed in Iran over the last 12 years (2010-2021). The executions in this period are by no means representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s complete history of executing women; the number of female political prisoners executed in the 1980s must be acknowledged due to their sheer volume and abhorrent nature. But even today, there is ample evidence of their cruel and inhuman treatment of female prisoners, which will be highlighted in this report.

• Document type NGO report
• Countries list Iran (Islamic Republic of)
• Themes list Women

Ce rapport novateur vise à combler les lacunes critiques dans la compréhension de la manière dont les États appliquent la peine capitale dans une perspective de genre. Cette étude est la première à examiner comment et quand les femmes sont condamnées à mort et les conditions dans lesquelles elles sont détenues dans le couloir de […]

• Document type Rapport d’ONG
• Themes list Women
• Available languages Judged for More than Her Crime: a Global Overview of Women Facing the Death Penalty

Ce guide pratique, rédigé en collaboration avec l’Action mondiale des parlementaires et qui s’appuie sur des exemples d’expériences sur le continent africain, s’adresse aux acteurs de la société civile voulant engager ou renforcer une collaboration avec les parlementaires pour l’abolition de la peine de mort.

• Document type Coalition mondiale / Travailler avec...
• Themes list Moratorium / Public Opinion 
• Available languages How to Work with Parliamentarians for the Abolition of the Death Penalty

This how-to guide, elaborated with Parliamentarians for Global Action with highlights coming from the African continent, is specifically designed for the use of abolitionist civil society groups who want to work with parliamentarians for the abolition of the death penalty.

• Document type Working with... / World Coalition
• Themes list Moratorium / Public Opinion 
• Available languages Comment travailler avec les parlementaires pour l'abolition de la peine de mort ?

A first of its kind report, Deathworthy, presents empirical data on mental illness and intellectual disability among death row prisoners in India and the psychological consequences of living on death row. The report finds that an overwhelming majority of death row prisoners interviewed (62.2%) had a mental illness and 11% had intellectual disability. The proportion of persons with mental illness and intellectual disability on death row is overwhelmingly higher than the proportion in the community population. The report also establishes correlations between conditions of death row incarceration and mental illness and ill-health. Led and conceptualised by Maitreyi Misra (Head, Mental Health and Criminal Justice, Project 39A, National Law University Delhi), the study was conducted under the guidance of Dr. Pratima Murthy (Director, NIMHANS), Dr Sanjeev Jain (Senior Professor, Deptt of Psychiatry, NIMHANS) and Dr Gitanjali Narayanan (Associate Professor, Deptt of Psychology, NIMHANS).

• Document type Academic report
• Countries list India
• Themes list Mental Illness

“No one believed me” is a quote from Merri Utami, who was sentenced to death for drug trafficking in Indonesia in 2002. Her quote reflects the injustices faced by women accused of capital drug offenses around the world: many decision-makers disbelieve women’s plausible innocence claims or discount the effects of relationships and economic instability on women’s decisions to traffic drugs.

• Document type NGO report
• Themes list Drug Offenses / Women
• Available languages

Women in conflict with the law in Yemen are at risk of experiencing gender-based discrimination within the legal system and while detained. Such discrimination is particularly acute when women are at risk of being sentenced to death. For example, in Houthi-controlled parts of Yemen, women are in danger of being sentenced to death for “spying,” often based primarily on the conduct of their male family members. In parts of the country controlled by the internationally recognized Government of Yemen, women accused of capital offenses are denied legal aid to mount a successful defense. And because of the mandatory nature of the death penalty for crimes such as murder, courts do not take into account an accused woman’s experiences of gender-based violence that may have motivated her actions. Women are also often financially unable to gather sufficient resources to pay “blood money” to victims’ families. Detention conditions for women, particularly in Houthi-controlled parts of Yemen, amount to cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment and in some cases prison authorities torture women detainees.

Because of continued internal conflict in Yemen, there is limited official data regarding the number of women currently sentenced to death. For the same reason, there is only limited information regarding detention conditions of women sentenced to death.

• Document type NGO report / World Coalition
• Countries list Yemen
• Themes list Women

The Maldives’ continued use of the death penalty undermines government efforts and commitments to end gender-based discrimination. The death penalty invites discriminatory sentences against women for adultery and other crimes of sexual immorality, as well as for acting as accomplices to murder committed by male counterparts. Capital punishment promotes negative stereotypes about women and reinforces discriminatory gender roles. The possibility of facing the death penalty also discourages human rights defenders from civic engagement on a number of human rights issues, including women’s human rights.

• Document type NGO report / World Coalition
• Countries list Maldives

The present report is submitted pursuant to decision 18/117 and resolution 42/24 of the Human Rights Council. The report focuses on consequences arising from the lack of transparency in the application and imposition of the death penalty on the enjoyment of human rights.

• Document type United Nations report
• Themes list Public Opinion 

Créé à l’occasion de la 19ème Journée mondiale contre la peine de mort (10/10/21), cet outil a pour but de fournir des conseils pratiques et des suggestions concrètes aux organisations de la société civile qui souhaitent/ qui ont déjà collaboré avec les parlementaires pour mettre fin à la peine de mort et qui souhaitent attirer […]

• Document type Travailler avec...
• Themes list Women
• Available languages Addressing the Gender Dimension of the Death Penalty: Coaction Between Parliamentarians and Civil Society

Created on the occasion of the 19th World Day Against the Death Penalty (10/10/21), this tool’s aim is to provide practical advice and concrete suggestions to civil society organizations who wish/ are already collaborating with parliamentarians to end the death penalty and bring attention to women sentenced to death.

• Document type Working with...
• Themes list Women
• Available languages Traiter la dimension de genre de la peine de mort : Collaboration entre les parlementaires et la société civile

في 10 أكتوبر/تشرين الأول 2021، يُخصص اليوم العالمي للنساء اللائي قد يتعرضن لصدور أحكام الإعدام في حقهن، واللائي تم إعدامهن، وكذلك النساء اللائي تم تبرئتهن أو تم العفو عنهن. وذلك لأن قصصهن تبقى حقائق غير مرئية.

• Document type حملات
• Themes list Women
• Available languages Leaflet World Day Against the Death Penalty 2021 - ENBrochure FR - 2021 Journée mondiale contre la peine de mort

世界反死刑日既針對尚未廢除死刑國家的政治領袖和公眾輿論，也針對那些已廢除死刑的國家。廢除死刑的意義，以及不以死刑相罰之正義的意義，應該維持並流傳，特別是為了後代子孫。這一天也是廢死運動的團結日，為偶爾顯得孤立的廢死相關實際行動提供全球支持。這一天鼓舞並鞏固了與廢死運動相關的政治和公眾意識。今年世界反死刑日的重點是婦女，她們有的可能將被判處死刑，有的已經被判處死刑，有的已受執行，有的獲得了減刑、確定無罪或大赦。

• Document type 活动
• Themes list Women
• Available languages رزمة التعبئةMobilization Kit World Day 2021Kit de mobilisation Journée mondiale 2021

Statuts de la Coalition mondiale contre la peine de mort Tels que modifiés par l’Assemblée générale du 18 juin 2021

• Document type Coalition mondiale
• Available languages Bylaws 2021

Bylaws of the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty As Amended by the 18 June 2021 General Assembly

• Document type World Coalition
• Available languages Statuts 2021

Rapport d’activité de la Coalition mondiale contre la peine de mort de 2020, tel qu’adopté par son Assemblée générale du 18 juin 2021

• Document type Coalition mondiale
• Available languages 2020 Activity Report

Activity Report of the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty for 2020, as adopted by its General Assembly on 18 June 2021

• Document type World Coalition
• Available languages Rapport d'Activité 2020

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)

Les organisations signataires sont convaincues que la peine de mort est incompatible avec l’interdiction de la torture et des peines ou traitements cruels, inhumains ou dégradants, qui est une norme impérative du droit international (jus cogens), et doit donc être abolie. La peine de mort n’est tolérée par le droit et les standards internationaux que dans la mesure où elle ne peut être imposée que pour les crimes les plus graves et appliquée de manière à causer le moins de souffrance possible. Cependant, les organisations signataires estiment que, de la condamnation à l’exécution, la peine de mort cause inévitablement des dommages physiques et des souffrances psychologiques assimilables à de la torture ou à des mauvais traitements.

Le présent document de position expose dans quelle mesure les organisations internationales et régionales ont déjà reconnu une violation de l’interdiction absolue de la torture dans l’application et l’imposition de la peine de mort.

• Document type Coalition mondiale / Rapport d’ONG
• Themes list Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment
• Available languages The death penalty and the prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment

The signatory organizations are convinced that the death penalty is incompatible with the prohibition of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, which is a peremptory norm of international law (jus cogens) and should thus be abolished. The death penalty is only tolerated by international law and standards to the extent that it may only be imposed for the most serious crimes and applied in a way that causes the least possible suffering. However, the signatory organizations believe that from the sentencing to the execution, the death penalty inevitably causes physical harm and psychological suffering amounting to torture or ill-treatments.

The present position paper documents the extent to which international and regional organisation have already recognised a violation of the absolution prohibitionof torture in the application and imposition of the death penalty.

• Document type NGO report / World Coalition
• Themes list Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment
• Available languages La peine de mort et l'interdiction de la torture et des peines ou traitements cruels, inhumains ou dégradants

Matan da Akama Hukun Cin Raï da Raï : Gaskiyan da Ba’a Gani

• Document type Campaigning
• Themes list Women

Woyboro Kan Wii Yen Ciiti Ndira a Bon Cimi No Kan Borey Si Nga Ndi

• Document type Campaigning
• Themes list Women

Kababaihang nahatulan ng parusang kamatayan: isang di nakikitang realidad

• Document type Campaigning
• Themes list Women

OKUWANIKA ABAKAZI KU KALABBA: AMAZIMA AMEKUSIFU

• Document type Campaigning
• Themes list Women

Basi pe bazali kozuwa etumbu ya liwa: Ezali kosalema kasi komonana na miso ya bato te

• Document type Campaigning
• Themes list Women

هجوتياليوم العالميعلى ءاوسلادحإلى القادة السياسيين والى الر أي العام في الدول متيمليتلاإلغاء عقوبة الإعدام فيها وفي الدول التي قد ألغتها.
للسنة التاسعةعشرة على التوالي، يدعو التحالف العالمي لمناهضة عقوبة الإعدام إلى إطلاق مبادرات محلية وأعمال على المستوى الدولي من أجل تسليط الضوء على إلغاء عقوبة الإعدام. والهدف من رزمة التعبئة هو تقديم معلومات بشأن أهداف هذه تيتلاةطشنلأانعراكفأميدقتوةنسلازعزهدف إلغاء عقوبة الإعدام عالميا.

• Document type حملات
• Themes list Women
• Available languages Mobilization Kit World Day 2021Kit de mobilisation Journée mondiale 2021動員資料包

La Coalition mondiale contre la peine de mort et Reprieve ont rédigé, dans le cadre de la 19ème Journée mondiale contre la peine de mort, ce guide pratique sur la manière de saisir les procédures spéciales des Nations unies afin d’attirer l’attention sur le cas de femmes condamnées à mort.

• Document type Travailler avec...
• Themes list Women
• Available languages 19th World Day Against the Death Penalty - Engaging the Special Procedures of the UN Human Rights Council: Women and the Death Penalty

While the methods in this tool are applicable beyond the scope of capital punishment, for the 19th World Day Against the Death Penalty, Reprieve and the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty have drafted this How-To on engaging the United Nations (UN) Special Procedures for elevating cases pertaining to women who have been sentenced to the death penalty.

• Document type Working with...
• Themes list Women
• Available languages Saisir les procédures spéciales du Conseil des droits de l'Homme des Nations unies : les femmes et la peine de mort

The effectiveness of the death penalty to deter heinous crimes remains a contentious issue even though it has been abolished in many countries. Three years into President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration, the push to re-impose the death penalty is being taken seriously.

There is urgency in providing options to the drug problem other than killing drug suspects in the streets or sentencing them to death. The drug problem is a complex issue and exposes the human vulnerability of its users for criminal exploitation.

We propose here that addressing these vulnerabilities in a balanced and comprehensive manner through health-focused, rights-based criminal justice responses, conducting forensic science-based drug investigations and determining the social causes of drug abuse is an alternative solution that demands cooperation across different sectors of society as well as underscores the fundamental value of human life.

• Document type Academic report
• Countries list Philippines
• Themes list Drug Offenses

The Philippine Congress recently passed a bill amending the Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 and reimposing the penalty of life imprisonment to death for specific-drug related offenses. House Bill No. 7814 also allows the presumption of guilt in certain drug-related crimes unless otherwise proven, thereby overturning the long-standing constitutional presumption of innocence.

The bill has been sent to the Senate for its concurrence and could only be several steps away before being signed into law by President Rodrigo R. Duterte. This paper discusses the ramifications of the new bill and the questioned timeliness of its passage when the country continues to have a large and overcrowded prison population and a significant number of deaths due to SARS-CoV-2 in Southeast Asia.

The government’s lapses in following the 2021 national vaccination plan became apparent in the 31 March 2021 assessment made by the congressional health panel on the government’s response to the pandemic.

From the authors’ perspective, the urgency of using the country’s limited resources to help medical frontliners and local government units prevent further infections and save lives should have outweighed the efforts exerted to pass a law that legalized the death penalty for the third time in the Philippines.

• Document type Academic report
• Countries list Philippines
• Themes list Drug Offenses

Résultats d’une étude préliminaire sur la situation actuelle des organisations de la société civile en faveur de l’abolition, des risques auxquels elles sont confrontées et de leurs besoins pour renforcer leurs capacités.

• Document type Campagnes
• Countries list Maldives
• Themes list Public Opinion 
• Available languages Preventing the Reinstatement of Capital Punishment in the Maldives

Findings from a preliminary study concerning the local abolitionist movement, risksto related civilsociety organizations and the identification of capacity building opportunities.

• Document type Campaigning
• Countries list Maldives
• Themes list Public Opinion 
• Available languages Empêcher le retour de la peine capitale aux Maldives

Résultat d’un étude sur les menaces qui pèsent sur les efforts de la société civile locale et les risques encourus par la réintroduction de la peine de mort aux Philippines.

• Document type Campagnes
• Countries list Philippines
• Themes list Public Opinion 
• Available languages Preventing the Reintroduction of the Death Penalty in the Philippines

Findings of a study on the threats facing local civil society efforts to combat reinstroduction of the death penalty and the risks involved with reintroducing the death penalty in the Philippines.

• Document type Campaigning
• Countries list Philippines
• Themes list Public Opinion 
• Available languages Prévenir la réintroduction de la peine de mort aux Philippines

Résultats de l’étude préliminaire sur la situation des défenseur·e·s des droits humains en Turquie et la possibilité d’un retour à la peine de mort

• Document type Campagnes
• Countries list Turkey
• Themes list Public Opinion 
• Available languages Turkey: The Risk of Reinstatment of the Death Penalty

Findings from a preliminary study on the situation of human rights defenders in Turkey and the potential of a return to capital punishment.

• Document type Campaigning
• Countries list Turkey
• Themes list Public Opinion 
• Available languages Turquie : Quels sont les risques de rétablissement de la peine de mort ?

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

Les organisations de défense des droits humains qui mènent des activités de plaidoyer en ligne sont confrontées à des menaces de plus en plus dangereuses. Dans ce guide, nous fournissons quelques conseils et astuces utiles vis-à-vis du harcèlement en ligne, ainsi qu’une liste de ressources auxquelles les organisations peuvent se référer pour faire face au harcèlement en ligne.

• Document type Campagnes
• Themes list Public Opinion 
• Available languages Helpful Hints and Advice on Online Harassment

Online advocacy efforts by human rights organizations face increasingly dangerous threats. In this short guide, we elaborate a few helpful hints and
advice, as well as list a compilation of resources that organizations can refer to handle online harassment.

• Document type Campaigning
• Themes list Public Opinion 
• Available languages Astuces et conseils utiles face au harcèlement en ligne

އް ތަ ޑު ނގަ ން މި ގެ ތު ޢަ ރީ ޝަ ރި ވެ ފު ސާ ން އި ގެ ޭޖއް ރާ ހި ވެ ދި
2020ސް ވަ ދު ރާ ކު ގަ ހަ ފާ އި ގަ ރު ވަ ން ފެ ގެ ޔޭ ނި ދު ށް ޅަ ކޮ ދެ ބާ ދަ އަ ގެ ރު މ

• Document type Campaigning
• Countries list Maldives
• Themes list Fair Trial / Legal Representation

For the 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty this year is dedicated to the right to effective legal representation for individuals who face death sentences around the world. The theme of access to counsel reinforces the importance of fair trial standards in every legal system and judicial context.

• Document type Campaigning
• Countries list Maldives
• Themes list Fair Trial / Legal Representation

Pandangan Para Pembentuk Opini tentang Hukuman Mati di Indonesia

• Document type NGO report
• Countries list Indonesia
• Themes list Drug Offenses / Public Opinion 

In 2019-20, The Death Penalty Project, in partnership with LBH Masyarakat and the University of Indonesia, commissioned Professor Carolyn Hoyle, of The Death Penalty Research Unit at the University of Oxford to conduct research investigating attitudes towards the death penalty in Indonesia.
The findings have been presented in a two-part report; the first details the findings of a nuanced public survey and the second details the findings of interviews conducted with opinion formers.

• Document type NGO report
• Countries list Indonesia
• Themes list Drug Offenses / Public Opinion 

This report presents statistics on persons who were under sentence of death or were executed in 2019

• Document type Government body report
• Countries list United States
• Themes list Death Row Conditions  / Drug Offenses

This report examines the extent to which states sanction the killing of sexual minorities. It looks beyond those countries that impose the death penalty for same-sex intimacy to the far greater number of countries in which state actors commission, condone, endorse and enable such killings.
He argues that the state-sanctioned killing of sexual minorities is often perpetrated well beyond the boundaries of the law, and even in countries that do not criminalise such conduct.

• Document type Academic report
• Countries list Australia
• Themes list Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment

Upon receiving his execution date, one of the thousands of men living on death row in the United States had an epiphany: “All there ever is, is this moment. You, me, all of us, right here, right now, this minute, that’s love.”

Right Here, Right Now collects the powerful, first-person stories of dozens of men on death rows across the country. From childhood experiences living with poverty, hunger, and violence to mental illness and police misconduct to coming to terms with their executions, these men outline their struggle to maintain their connection to society and sustain the humanity that incarceration and its daily insults attempt to extinguish.

By offering their hopes, dreams, aspirations, fears, failures, and wounds, the men challenge us to reconsider whether our current justice system offers actual justice or simply perpetuates the social injustices that obscure our shared humanity.

• Document type Book
• Countries list United States
• Themes list Death Row Conditions 

THE PHANTOM tells the story of one of the darkest episodes in the long history of American justice. A story of how the State of Texas knowingly sent an innocent man to his death and left a serial killer at large. A case in which – for the first time – it can be conclusively proven that the US courts executed a blameless man.

This film uncovers the shocking truth behind a tale of murder, corruption and lies that unfolded in the dusty, desperate streets of a Texas oil town nearly thirty years ago.

• Document type Multimedia content
• Countries list United States
• Themes list Innocence / Public Opinion 

More than 2500 individuals are now under sentence of death in the United States. At the same time, multiple indicators—public opinion polls, legislative repeal and judicial invalidation of deathpenalty laws, the reduction in new death sentences, and infrequency of executions—suggest that support for capital punishment has significantly eroded. As jurisdictions abandon or consider eliminating the death-penalty, the fate of prisoners on death row—whether their death sentences, valid when imposed, should be carried out or whether these individuals should instead be spared execution—looms as contentious political and legal issues, fraught with complex philosophical, penological, and constitutional questions. This article presents a detailed account of what has happened historically to persons awaiting execution, principally within the United States but also internationally, at the time capital-punishment legislation is repealed or invalidated (either completely, or with respect to a narrow category of crimes or persons). Our analysis has uncovered no instances of executions being carried out under those circumstances. This finding has important policy implications and is directly relevant to the Supreme Court’s Eighth Amendment jurisprudence, which relies on execution practices as one measure to help inform the Court about whether the death penalty is a cruel and unusual punishment.

• Document type Academic report
• Countries list United States

This report addresses Uganda’s compliance with its international human rights obligations with respect to the death penalty. The report examines and discusses the current state of the death penalty in Uganda, including (1) the broad scope of crimes that are eligible for the death penalty; (2) the lack of effective access to counsel in capital cases; (3) the occurrence of extrajudicial killings.

This report recommends that Uganda adopt a number of key steps to better align its death penalty practices with Uganda’s international human rights obligations. These steps include the following: establishing an official, de jure moratorium on the death penalty; reducing the number and scope of crimes that are eligible for the death penalty; reducing the maximum possible sentence from death to one that is fair, proportionate and in compliance with international human rights standards; and other measures

• Document type NGO report / World Coalition
• Countries list Uganda

This report addresses Zimbabwe’s compliance with its human rights obligations with respect to its use of the death penalty. The United Nations considers Zimbabwe a de facto abolitionist country. It has not carried out any executions since 2005. Courts, however, continue to sentence individuals to death, with 88 people currently on death row as of December 2020, after 8 sentences were commuted in April 2020. The new Zimbabwean Constitution (the “2013 Constitution”) has replaced the mandatory death penalty with a discretionary sentence for the crime of murder committed under aggravating circumstances. The 2013 Constitution further outlaws the imposition of the death penalty on women, men over the age of 70, and men under the age of 21 at the time the offence was committed. In its 2016 Universal Periodic Review, Zimbabwe noted all recommendations related to the death penalty, partly on the ground that Zimbabwean public opinion did not support abolition of death penalty. Since 2016, developments demonstrate a more positive attitude among the public and opinion leaders toward further reform and the abolition of death penalty.

This report focuses on various issues concerning the death penalty and related international human rights instruments, and on conditions of detention and acts of torture and ill treatment of people in detention. Specifically, this report recommends that Zimbabwe abolish the death penalty, improve detention conditions, ratify relevant human rights treaties, and increase resources dedicated to improving the justice system.

• Document type NGO report / World Coalition
• Countries list Zimbabwe

Le 10 octobre 2021, la Coalition mondiale contre la peine de mort et d’autres organisations abolitionnistes du monde entier célébreront la 19ème Journée mondiale contre la peine de mort.

Cette année, la Journée mondiale est dédiée aux femmes qui risquent d’être condamnées à mort, qui ont été condamnées à mort, qui ont été exécutées, ainsi qu’à celles qui ont été graciées ou reconnues innocentes.

Cette fiche d’information détaillée utilisera l’expression « femmes condamnées à mort » comme une formulation générale pour toutes ces catégories. Comme les femmes ne représentent qu’un faible pourcentage des personnes condamnées à mort dans le monde, très peu d’informations sont disponibles sur le sujet. Pourtant, il est possible d’en apprendre beaucoup sur les femmes condamnées à mort en analysant leurs crimes, leur vie avant les crimes et les conditions dans lesquelles elles sont détenues dans le couloir de la mort.

• Document type Array
• Themes list Women
• Available languages Detailed Factsheet: Women and the Death Penalty

On 10 October 2021, the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty and other abolitionist organizations worldwide will celebrate the 19th World Day Against the Death Penalty.

This year, the World Day is dedicated to women who risk being sentenced to death, who have received a death sentence, who have been executed, and to those who have had their death sentences commuted, exonerated, or pardoned.

This detailed factsheet will use the phrase “women sentenced to death” as an inclusive phrase for all of these categories. As women represent a small percentage of those on death row globally, very little has been reported about these women. Yet we can learn much by analyzing their crimes, their lives prior to the crimes, and the conditions under which they are detained on death row.

• Document type Campaigning
• Themes list Women
• Available languages Fiche d'information détaillée: Femmes et la peine de mort

Recueil de témoignages d’expériences de femmes dans le monde concernant leur condamnation à mort – Journée mondiale 2021

• Document type Campagnes
• Themes list Women
• Available languages TESTIMONIALS FROM WOMEN SENTENCED TO DEATH

Collection of testimonials of women’s experiences around the world regarding their death sentences- World Day 2021

• Document type Campaigning
• Themes list Women
• Available languages TÉMOIGNAGES DE FEMMES CONDAMNÉES À MORT

Le 10 octobre 2021, la Coalition mondiale contre la peine de mort et d’autres organisations abolitionnistes du monde entier célébreront la 19ème Journée mondiale contre la peine de mort.

Cette année, la Journée mondiale est consacrée aux femmes qui risquent d’être condamnées à mort, qui ont été condamnées à mort, qui ont été exécutées, ainsi qu’à celles qui ont été graciées ou reconnues innocentes. La transidentité constitue une autre minorité de genre. Une personne trans est « une personne qui vit ou qui souhaite vivre dans un genre différent de celui qui lui a été assigné à la naissance. Cela englobe toute personne ayant fait ou souhaitant faire le choix d’une transition, qu’elle choisisse ou non d’avoir recours à des traitements médicaux et/ou des chirurgies dans cet objectif » .

La peine capitale vise de manière disproportionnée les personnes socialement marginalisées : la situation est similaire pour les personnes trans, qui peuvent être victimes de discrimination dans tous les aspects de leur vie.

• Document type Campagnes
• Themes list Women
• Available languages PRIMER ON TRANSGENDER INDIVIDUALS FACING THE DEATH PENALTY

On 10 October 2021, the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty and other abolitionist organizations worldwide will celebrate the 19th World Day Against the Death Penalty.

This year the World Day is dedicated to women who risk being sentenced to death, who have received a death sentence, who have been executed, and to those who have had their death sentences commuted, have been exonerated or pardoned. Included in this theme, are trans women and other gender diverse individuals, who are a minority on death row but who are discriminated against on the basis of gender.

Capital punishment disproportionately targets socially marginalized individuals; it is no different for transgender people, who may face discrimination in every aspect of their lives.

• Document type Campaigning
• Themes list Women
• Available languages FICHE D’INTRODUCTION SUR LES PERSONNES TRANS PASSIBLES DE LA PEINE DE MORT

2020/2021 Fiche de faits et chiffres pour la Journée mondiale contre la peine de mort

• Document type Campagnes
• Themes list Women / Terrorism
• Available languages FACTS AND FIGURES 2020/2021

2020/2021 Facts & Figures Sheet for the World Day Against the Death Penalty

• Document type Campaigning
• Themes list Terrorism / Women
• Available languages FAITS ET CHIFFRES 2020/2021

La Coalition mondiale requiert des contrats pour des services de gestion de voyages, sur une base non exclusive, pour le personnel de la Coalition mondiale, ses membres et partenaires.

• Document type Coalition mondiale
• Available languages Call Tender Travels

The World Coalition requires travel management services, on a non-exclusive basis, for World Coalition staff, members and partners.

• Document type World Coalition
• Available languages Appel d'offre Voyages

Évaluation finale externe du projet « Enrayer les risques de résurgence de la peine de mort dans trois pays abolitionnistes » de 36 mois sur 3 pays : Maldives, Philippines et Turquie

• Document type Coalition mondiale
• Countries list Maldives / Philippines / Turkey
• Available languages Call Tender Evaluation 2021

External Evaluation of the project “Preventing the risk of resurgence of the death penalty in three abolitionist countries” of 36 months in the Maldives, Philippines and Turkey

• Document type World Coalition
• Countries list Maldives / Philippines / Turkey
• Available languages Appel d'Offre Evaluation 2021

Si vous faites partie d’une organisation membres, rejoignez-nous pour ce fabuleux programme du vendredi 18 juin !

• Document type Coalition mondiale
• Themes list Women / Juveniles
• Available languages 2021 General Assembly of the World coalition against the death penalty - Program

If you are a member organization, join the fantastic program we will have on Friday 18 June!

• Document type World Coalition
• Themes list Juveniles / Women
• Available languages Assemblée générale du 18 juin 2021 - Programme

Wanawake waliohukumiwa kunyongwa: Ukweli uliofichika

• Document type Campaigning
• Themes list Women

死刑を科された女性：その知られざる現実

• Document type Campaigning
• Themes list Women

Frauen in der Todeszelle: Ungesehene Realität

• Document type Campaigning
• Themes list Women

Donne condannate a morte: una realta’ invisibile

• Document type Campaigning
• Themes list Women

Le 10 octobre 2021, la Coalition mondiale contre la peine de mort et les organisations abolitionnistes du monde entier célébreront la 19ème Journée mondiale contre la peine de mort.

Cette année, la Journée mondiale est consacrée aux femmes qui risquent d’être condamnées à mort, qui ont été condamnées à mort, qui ont été exécutées, ainsi qu’à celles qui ont été graciées ou reconnues innocentes.

Leurs histoires sont des réalités invisibles.

• Document type Campagnes
• Themes list Women
• Available languages كتيب باللغة العربية - الدورة التاسعة عشرة للیوم العالمي لمناھضة عقوبة الإعدامLeaflet World Day Against the Death Penalty 2021 - EN

On 10 October 2021, the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty and abolitionist organizations around the world will celebrate the 19th World Day Against the Death Penalty.

This year the World Day is dedicated to women who risk being sentenced to death, who have received a death sentence, who have been executed, and to those who have had their death sentences commuted, have been exonerated or pardoned.

Their stories are an invisible reality.

• Document type Campaigning
• Themes list Women
• Available languages كتيب باللغة العربية - الدورة التاسعة عشرة للیوم العالمي لمناھضة عقوبة الإعدامBrochure FR - 2021 Journée mondiale contre la peine de mort

La 18e Journée mondiale contre la peine de mort s’est penchée sur le thème « Accès à un avocat : Une question de vie ou de mort » à la lumière de l’exécution continue d’individus qui luttent pour obtenir un soutien adéquat de la part de l’État (en ayant accès à un avocat formé et expérimenté, en disposant de suffisamment de temps pour monter une défense, etc.

Avoir accès à une représentation qualifiée et efficace à toutes les étapes d’un procès est important pour garantir une procédure régulière et peut faire la différence entre la vie et la mort pour les personnes risquant la peine capitale.

• Document type Campagnes
• Themes list Legal Representation
• Available languages 2020 World Day report

被判死的女人：不被看見的真相

• Document type 活动
• Themes list Women
• Available languages 2021اليوم العالمي ضدّ عقوبة الاعدامPoster EN - 2021 World Day Against the Death PenaltyPoster ES - 2021 Día Mundial contra la Pena de Muerte2021روز جهانی علیه مجازات مرگAffiche FR - 2021 Journée mondiale contre la peine de mortPoster RU- 2021 Всемирный день против смертной казни

Женщины, приговоренные к смертной казни: невидимая реальность

• Document type Кампании
• Themes list Women
• Available languages 2021اليوم العالمي ضدّ عقوبة الاعدامPoster EN - 2021 World Day Against the Death PenaltyPoster ES - 2021 Día Mundial contra la Pena de Muerte2021روز جهانی علیه مجازات مرگAffiche FR - 2021 Journée mondiale contre la peine de mortPoster ZH 2021- 世界反死刑日

زنان محکوم به مرگ: یک حقیقت پنهان

• Document type مبارزات انتخاباتی
• Themes list Women
• Available languages 2021اليوم العالمي ضدّ عقوبة الاعدامPoster EN - 2021 World Day Against the Death PenaltyPoster ES - 2021 Día Mundial contra la Pena de MuerteAffiche FR - 2021 Journée mondiale contre la peine de mortPoster RU- 2021 Всемирный день против смертной казниPoster ZH 2021- 世界反死刑日

La Journée mondiale contre la peine de mort s’adresse aux responsables politiques et à l’opinion publique des pays qui n’ont pas encore aboli comme ceux des pays qui l’ont déjà abolie.

Depuis 19 ans, la Coalition mondiale contre la peine de mort appelle à des initiatives locales et à des actions mondiales qui mettent en lumière l’abolition de la peine de mort.

Le but de ce kit de mobilisation est d’informer sur les objectifs de cette Journée mondiale et de fournir des idées d’activités qui renforcent l’objectif abolitionniste mondial.

• Document type Campagnes
• Themes list Women
• Available languages رزمة التعبئةMobilization Kit World Day 2021動員資料包

The 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty explored the theme “Access to Counsel: A Matter of Life or Death” in light of the continued execution of individuals who struggle to have adequate support from the State (in having access to a trained, experienced attorney, to have adequate time to mount a defense, etc), who consequently also face their challenges in the judicial system.

Having access to qualified and effective representation at all stages of a trial is important to ensure due process and can spell the difference between life and death for people facing capital punishment.

• Document type Campaigning
• Themes list Legal Representation
• Available languages Rapport de la Journée mondiale 2020

Women sentenced to death: an invisible reality.

• Document type Campaigning
• Themes list Women
• Available languages 2021اليوم العالمي ضدّ عقوبة الاعدامPoster ES - 2021 Día Mundial contra la Pena de Muerte2021روز جهانی علیه مجازات مرگAffiche FR - 2021 Journée mondiale contre la peine de mortPoster RU- 2021 Всемирный день против смертной казниPoster ZH 2021- 世界反死刑日

The World Day Against the Death Penalty is aimed at political leaders and public opinion in both retentionist and abolitionist countries.

For the 19th year in a row, the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty is calling for local initiatives and world-wide actions that shine a spotlight on the abolition of the death penalty.

The goal of this Mobilization Kit is to inform of this year’s objectives as well provide ideas of activities that boost the global abolitionist goal. This year the World Day is dedicated to women who risk being sentenced to death, who have received a death sentence, who have been executed, and to those who have had their death sentences commuted, have been exonerated or pardoned.

• Document type Campaigning
• Themes list Women
• Available languages رزمة التعبئةKit de mobilisation Journée mondiale 2021動員資料包

Mujeres condenadas a muerte: una realidad invisible

• Document type Campaigning
• Themes list Women
• Available languages 2021اليوم العالمي ضدّ عقوبة الاعدامPoster EN - 2021 World Day Against the Death Penalty2021روز جهانی علیه مجازات مرگAffiche FR - 2021 Journée mondiale contre la peine de mortPoster RU- 2021 Всемирный день против смертной казниPoster ZH 2021- 世界反死刑日

Femmes condamnées à mort : une réalité invisible

• Document type Campagnes
• Themes list Women
• Available languages 2021اليوم العالمي ضدّ عقوبة الاعدامPoster EN - 2021 World Day Against the Death PenaltyPoster ES - 2021 Día Mundial contra la Pena de Muerte2021روز جهانی علیه مجازات مرگPoster RU- 2021 Всемирный день против смертной казниPoster ZH 2021- 世界反死刑日

النساء المحكومات بالاعدام : واقع غير مرئي

• Document type حملات
• Themes list Women
• Available languages Poster EN - 2021 World Day Against the Death PenaltyPoster ES - 2021 Día Mundial contra la Pena de Muerte2021روز جهانی علیه مجازات مرگAffiche FR - 2021 Journée mondiale contre la peine de mortPoster RU- 2021 Всемирный день против смертной казниPoster ZH 2021- 世界反死刑日

• Document type Международное право - Организация Объединенных Наций
• Available languages A/HRC/48/L.17/Rev.1 قرار اعتمده جملس حقوق اإلنسايفA/HRC/48/L.17/Rev.1 Resolution adopted by the Human Rights CouncilA/HRC/48/L.17/Rev.1 Resolución aprobada por el Consejo de DerechosA/HRC/48/L.17/Rev.1 Résolution adoptée par le Conseil des droits de l’hommeA/HRC/48/L.17/Rev.1 人权理事会 月 日通过的决议

• Document type 国际法 - 联合国
• Available languages A/HRC/48/L.17/Rev.1 قرار اعتمده جملس حقوق اإلنسايفA/HRC/48/L.17/Rev.1 Resolution adopted by the Human Rights CouncilA/HRC/48/L.17/Rev.1 Resolución aprobada por el Consejo de DerechosA/HRC/48/L.17/Rev.1 Résolution adoptée par le Conseil des droits de l’hommeA/HRC/48/L.17/Rev.1 Резолюция, принятая Советом по правам человека

• Document type القانون الدولي - الأمم المتحدة
• Available languages A/HRC/48/L.17/Rev.1 Resolution adopted by the Human Rights CouncilA/HRC/48/L.17/Rev.1 Resolución aprobada por el Consejo de DerechosA/HRC/48/L.17/Rev.1 Résolution adoptée par le Conseil des droits de l’hommeA/HRC/48/L.17/Rev.1 Резолюция, принятая Советом по правам человекаA/HRC/48/L.17/Rev.1 人权理事会 月 日通过的决议

• Document type International law - United Nations
• Available languages A/HRC/48/L.17/Rev.1 قرار اعتمده جملس حقوق اإلنسايفA/HRC/48/L.17/Rev.1 Resolución aprobada por el Consejo de DerechosA/HRC/48/L.17/Rev.1 Résolution adoptée par le Conseil des droits de l’hommeA/HRC/48/L.17/Rev.1 Резолюция, принятая Советом по правам человекаA/HRC/48/L.17/Rev.1 人权理事会 月 日通过的决议

James Aren Duckett è detenuto nell’FSP (Florida State Prison) dal 30 giugno 1988, a seguito della condanna per lo stupro e l’uccisione di una bambina di 11 anni. In questi 33 anni, Jim, così lo chiamano gli amici e i suoi cari, lotta con i suoi legali per affermare la propria innocenza e per evidenziare le incongruenze e i malfunzionamenti del sistema giudiziario (e carcerario) degli Stati Uniti d’America. Oltre alla sua storia, la corrispondenza con l’autrice, iniziata nel 2012 e tuttora attiva, svela pensieri, paure e riflessioni di Jim, eternamente sospeso tra l’attesa di un responso e la vita in un carcere di massima sicurezza. Una preziosa testimonianza, la sua, che impone il rifiuto dell’idea che la Giustizia passi attraverso la pena di morte.

• Document type Book
• Themes list Fair Trial / Innocence

Isolation and Desolation – Conditions of Detention of People Sentenced to Death in Malaysia is the first ever fact-finding mission report on the conditions of detention of death row prisoners in Malaysia.

It examines the use of death penalty in Malaysia as well as the actual situation of people on death row.

This report is not meant to point fingers but rather to put the facts on the table in a transparent manner and work from there. It is mainly an advocacy tool for all abolitionist stakeholders, from civil society actors to the parliamentarians who will keep fighting for the abolition of the death penalty.

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Isolation and Desolation – Conditions of Detention of People Sentenced to Death di Malaysia adalah satu-satunya laporan berasaskan misi mengkaji fakta (fact-finding mission) mengenai keadaan-keadaan penahanan bagi banduan-banduan hukuman mati di Malaysia.

Laporan ini mengkaji pelaksanaan hukuman mati di Malaysia dan juga keadaan sebenar orang-orang yang dijatuhkan hukuman mati.

Laporan ini bukan bertujuan untuk menunding jari terhadap mana-mana pihak, tetapi bertujuan untuk memberi pencerahan kepada fakta-fakta yang ditemui dan berusaha ke atasnya. Laporan ini bertujuan utama sebagai alat advokasi kepada semua pihak yang mempunyai kepentingan dalam pemansuhan, bermula dari ahli persatuan kemasyarakatan sehingga ahli parlimen yang akan berusaha berterusan untuk memansuhkan hukuman mati.

• Document type NGO report
• Countries list Malaysia
• Themes list Death Row Conditions 

Isolement et désespoir – Conditions de détention des condamnés à mort en Malaisie est le tout premier rapport de mission d’enquête sur les conditions de détention des condamnés à mort en Malaisie.

Il examine l’application de la peine de mort en Malaisie ainsi que la situation réelle des condamnés à mort.

Ce rapport n’a pas pour but de stigmatiser les autorités mais plutôt d’établir les faits de manière transparente et de travailler à partir de cette base. Il s’agit principalement d’un outil de plaidoyer pour toutes les parties prenantes abolitionnistes, des acteurs de la société civile aux parlementaires qui continuent à se battre pour l’abolition de la peine de mort.

• Document type Rapport d’ONG
• Countries list Malaysia
• Themes list Death Row Conditions 
• Available languages Isolation and desolation conditions of detention of people sentenced to death Malaysia

Isolation and Desolation – Conditions of Detention of People Sentenced to Death in Malaysia is the first ever fact-finding mission report on the conditions of detention of death row prisoners in Malaysia.

It examines the use of death penalty in Malaysia as well as the actual situation of people on death row.

This report is not meant to point fingers but rather to put the facts on the table in a transparent manner and work from there. It is mainly an advocacy tool for all abolitionist stakeholders, from civil society actors to the parliamentarians who will keep fighting for the abolition of the death penalty.

• Document type NGO report
• Countries list Malaysia
• Themes list Death Row Conditions 
• Available languages Isolement et désespoir conditions de détention des condamnés à mort Malaisie

Overview

This document has been prepared by the Community of Sant’Egidio, Reprieve and the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty to assist the Commissioners ahead of the 2nd/3rd periodic report of the Government of Malawi that covers the reporting period of 2015-2019.

• Document type NGO report
• Countries list Malawi

Le présent document vise à évaluer la mise en œuvre de la Charte africaine des droits de l’Homme et des peuples par l’État du Niger, notamment au regard du quinzième rapport périodique du Niger couvrant la période 2017-2019. Il a été élaboré conjointement par l’Action des chrétiens pour l’abolition de la torture au Niger (ACAT Niger), la Fédération internationale des ACAT (FIACAT), la Coalition nigérienne contre la peine de mort (CONICOPEM), le Syndicat national de le formation et de l’éducation du Niger (SYNAFEN), le Réseau progrès et développement humanitaire du Niger (REPRODHV) et
la Coalition mondiale contre la peine de mort (WCADP). Son objectif est de contribuer à l’amélioration et aux respects des droits humains au Niger.

• Document type Rapport d’ONG
• Countries list Niger

دعـا المسلس اتصتدـــــــــادر واتجتمـاعي في ص اره 1745( د – 54 )المؤرخ 16 أيـار/مـايو 1973
األمين العام إلى أن يقدم إليه كل خمس ســ ـ ـ ـنواا اعتبا ار عام 1975 تقاري دورية مســـــتلملة وتحليلية عن من
عقوبـة اععـدام. وأوصــــــــى المسلس في ص اره 1995 /57 المؤرخ 28 تموز/يوليـه 1995 بـنن تواصــــــــل تقـاري
األمين العام الخمســ ــية تنطية تنضيذ ال ــ ــمالاا التي تلضل نماية نقو من يواجعون عقوبة اععدام. وفي الق ار
لضســــــه لل المسلس إلى األ مين العام أن يســــــتند لدت إعداد التق ي الخمســــــي إلى جمي البيالاا المتانة
بما تسـتخدام
في ذلك البحوث السنائية الحديثة. ويت ـمن هذا التق ي وهو التق ي الخمسـي العا،ـ اسـتع ا الـا
عقوبة اععدام واتساهاتعا بما في ذلك تنضيذ ال مالاا خالل الضت ة 2014 -2018 .
ووفـقــ ـــا 1745( د – 54 )1990 /51 الـمـؤرخ 24 لـقـ ا رر الـمـسـلـس اتصـتدــ ـ ـ ــ ـ ـ ـ ـ ـادر واتجـتـمــ ـــاعـي
تموز/يوليه 1990 ف ـ ال عن مق ره 2005 /247 المؤرخ 22 تموز/يوليه 2005 يقدم هذا التق ي إلى المسلس
وسـيع أي ـا تعا التاسـعة في دورته الموالـويية لعام 2020 على لسنة من الس يمة والعدالة السنائية في دور
والعش ين ومسلس نقو اعلسان في دورته العادية ال ا بعة واألربعين. ويؤكد التق ي المتعلق بالسـنواا الخمس 2014 -2018 اتتساه الموثق في التقاري السـابقة لحو إلنا
عقوبة اععدام وتقييـدها في معمم البلـدان. واســــــــتم في ازدياد عدد الدول التي ألنـ عقوبة اع عدام في القـالون
وفي الممارســــــة العملية. وينع س ذلك في زيادة عدد الدول الملامة بالتااماا تعاهدية بعدم تنضيذ عقوبة اععدام.
زياداا هائلة في عدد ناتا اععدام التي لضذها عدد
و،ـ ـعدا بعل السـ ـنواا من فت ة السـ ـنواا الخمس أي ـ ـا
صليل من الدول. واســـتق الوالـــ في لعاية فت ة الدراســـة اتســـتقدـــائية وكان عدد ناتا اععدام المســـسلة في
السنة األخي ة 2018 هو األدلى منذ سنواا كثي ة.
وتنطبق ال ــ ـ ــ ـمالاا التي تلضل نماية نقو من يواجعون عقوبة اععدام على الدول التي أبق على
توص على أ،ــ ـ ـ ــــخام تقل أعمارهم عن 18
عقوبة اععدام. غي أله من دواعي القلق أن عقوبة اععدام ت ت اال ُ
ســــنة وص ارتلاب الس يمة وأن أن ام اععدام صد صــــدرا في ناتا لم تســــتوا م يار ” أ،ــــد الس ائم خطورة ”
وفي ناتا لم تتقيد فيعا المحاكماا بالمعايي الدولية.

• Document type تقرير للأمم المتحدة
• Available languages Capital punishment and implementation of the safeguards guaranteeing protection of the rights of those facing the death penaltyLa 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

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В своей резолюции 1745 (LIV) от 16 мая 1973 года Экономический и Социальный Совет просил Генерального секретаря представлять Совету через каждые пять лет начиная с 1975 года периодические дополняемые аналитические доклады по вопросу о смертной казни. В своей резолюции 1995/57 от 28 июля 1995 года Совет рекомендовал, чтобы в пятилетних докладах Генерального секретаря и впредь рассматривалось осуществление мер, гарантирующих защиту прав тех, кому грозит смертная казнь. В этой же резолюции Совет просил Генерального секретаря при подготовке пятилетнего доклада использовать все имеющиеся данные, включая текущие криминологические исследования. В настоящем десятом пятилетнем докладе содержится обзор практики и тенденций в области применения смертной казни, включая осуществление мер защиты в период 2014–2018 годов.

В соответствии с резолюциями 1745 (LIV) и 1990/51 от 24 июля 1990 года Экономического и Социального Совета и его решением 2005/247 от 22 июля 2005 года настоящий доклад представляется Совету на его основной сессии 2020 года, а также будет представлен Комиссии по предупреждению преступности и уголовному правосудию на ее двадцать девятой сессии и Совету по правам человека на его сорок четвертой очередной сессии.

Доклад за пятилетний период 2014–2018 годов подтверждает зафиксированную в предыдущих докладах тенденцию к отмене и ограничению применения смертной казни в большинстве стран. Число государств, отменивших смертную казнь де-юре и де-факто, продолжало расти. Это находит отражение в увеличении числа государств, связанных договорными обязательствами не применять смертную казнь. В рамках данного пятилетнего периода в течение нескольких лет был также засвидетельствован резкий рост количества смертных казней, примененных небольшим числом государств. Положение стабилизировалось в конце обзорного периода: в заключительном 2018 году число зарегистрированных смертных казней было самым низким за многие годы.

Меры, гарантирующие защиту прав тех, кому грозит смертная казнь, применяются к государствам, в которых сохраняется смертная казнь. Вместе с тем вызывает обеспокоенность тот факт, что смертная казнь по-прежнему назначалась лицам, не достигшим 18-летнего возраста на момент совершения преступления, и смертные приговоры выносились в тех случаях, когда стандарт в отношении «наиболее тяжких преступлений» не соблюдался, и в тех случаях, когда судебные разбирательства не соответствовали международным стандартам.

• Document type Доклад Организации Объединенных Наций
• Available languages عقوبة اإلعدام وتنفيذ الضمانات التي تكفل حماية حقوق من يواجهون عقوبة اإلعدامCapital punishment and implementation of the safeguards guaranteeing protection of the rights of those facing the death penaltyLa 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 mort死刑和保护死刑犯权利的保障措施的执行情况

摘要
经济及社会理事会 1973 年 5 月 16 日第 1745 (LIV)号决议请秘书长自 1975
年起，每五年一次按期向经济及社会理事会提出关于死刑问题的最新分析报告。
经社理事会 1995 年 7 月 28 日第 1995/57 号决议，建议秘书长提交的五年期报告
继续包括关于保护死刑犯权利的保障措施的执行情况。经社理事会这项决议请秘
书长在编写五年期报告时利用所有可得资料，包括最新的犯罪学研究。目前的第
十次五年期报告审查了 2014 至 2018 年间死刑的使用情况及发展趋势，包括保障
措施的执行情况。
根据经济及社会理事会第 1745 (LIV)号决议和 1990 年 7 月 24 日第 1990/51
号决议以及经社理事会 2005 年 7 月 22 日第 2005/247 号决定，本报告提交经社
理事会 2020 年实质性会议，还将提交预防犯罪和刑事司法委员会第二十九届会
议和人权理事会第四十四届常会。
关于 2014-2018 年五年期的报告确认了以往报告中记录的大多数国家内废除
和限制使用死刑的趋势。在法律和实践中废除死刑的国家数量继续增加。这反映
在受条约义务约束不施行死刑的国家数量有所增加。同时，在该五年期的一些年 份，少数国家实施的处决数量大幅增加。在调查期结束时，情况趋于稳定，2018
年即最后一年记录的处决数量是多年来最低的。
保护死刑犯权利的保障措施适用于保留死刑的国家。然而，令人关切的是，
仍有犯罪时不满 18 岁的人被判处死刑，以及在未达到“最严重的犯罪”标准的案
件和审判不符合国际标准的案件中判处死刑。

• Document type 联合国报告
• Available languages عقوبة اإلعدام وتنفيذ الضمانات التي تكفل حماية حقوق من يواجهون عقوبة اإلعدامCapital punishment and implementation of the safeguards guaranteeing protection of the rights of those facing the death penaltyLa 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

En su resolución 1745 (LIV), de 16 de mayo de 1973, el Consejo Económico y Social invitó al Secretario General a que le presentara informes periódicos
actualizados y analíticos sobre la pena capital a intervalos quinquenales a partir de 1975. En su resolución 1995/57, de 28 de julio de 1995, el Consejo recomendó que los informes quinquenales del Secretario General siguieran abarcando también la aplicación de las salvaguardias para garantizar la protección de los derechos de las personas condenadas a la pena de muerte. En esa misma resolución, el Consejo pidió al Secretario General que, al preparar el informe quinquenal, utilizara todos los datos disponibles, incluidas las investigaciones criminológicas más recientes. El presente informe, que es el décimo informe quinquenal, contiene un examen del uso de la pena capital y las tendencias al respecto, incluida la aplicación de las salvaguardias,
durante el período 2014-2018.

De conformidad con las resoluciones del Consejo Económico y Social 1745 (LIV) y 1990/51, de 24 de julio de 1990, y con la decisión 2005/247 del Consejo, de 22 de julio de 2005, este informe se presenta al Consejo en su período de sesiones sustantivo de 2020, y se presentará también a la Comisión de Prevención del Delito y Justicia Penal en su 29º período de sesiones y al Consejo de Derechos Humanos en su 44º período ordinario de sesiones.

En el informe sobre el quinquenio 2014-2018 se confirma la tendencia, documentada en informes anteriores, a la abolición y limitación del uso de la pena capital en la mayoría de los países. El número de Estados que han abolido la pena de muerte en la legislación y en la práctica siguió aumentando. Esto se refleja en el mayor número de Estados que asumen la obligación dimanante de los tratados de no aplicar la pena de muerte. En el quinquenio también se registraron alguno s años en que aumentó significativamente la cantidad de ejecuciones, que llevaron a cabo un número pequeño de Estados. La situación se estabilizó al final del período abarcado por la encuesta, y el número de ejecuciones registradas en el último año, 2018, fue el
menor en muchos años.

Las salvaguardias para garantizar la protección de los derechos de las personas condenadas a la pena de muerte se aplican a los Estados que mantienen la pena capital. No obstante, preocupa que se siguiera imponiendo la pena de muerte a personas que eran menores de 18 años en el momento de cometer el delito, y que se impusieran sentencias de muerte en casos en que no se cumplía la norma de los “delitos más graves”, y en casos en que los juicios correspondientes no se ajustaron a las normas internacionales.

• Document type Informe de las Naciones Unidas
• Available languages عقوبة اإلعدام وتنفيذ الضمانات التي تكفل حماية حقوق من يواجهون عقوبة اإلعدامCapital punishment and implementation of the safeguards guaranteeing protection of the rights of those facing the death penaltyPeine 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

Résumé

Dans sa résolution 1745 (LIV) du 16 mai 1973, le Conseil économique et social a invité le Secrétaire général à lui présenter, tous les cinq ans, à partir de 1975, un rapport analytique périodique à jour sur la peine capitale. Dans sa résolution 1995/57, du 28 juillet 1995, le Conseil a recommandé que les rapports quinquennaux du Secrétaire général continuent à porter aussi sur l’application des garanties pour la protection des droits des personnes passibles de la peine de mort. Dans la même résolution, il a prié le Secrétaire général, lorsqu’il établirait le rapport quinquennal, de faire usage de toutes les données disponibles, y compris les recherches criminologiques en cours. Le présent rapport, qui constitue le dixième rapport quinquennal, fait le point sur l’usage de la peine capitale et les tendances en la matière durant la période 2014-2018, ainsi que sur l’application des garanties.

Conformément aux résolutions du Conseil économique et social 1745 (LIV) et 1990/51, en date du 24 juillet 1990, et à sa décision 2005/247, en date du 22 juillet 2005, le présent rapport est soumis au Conseil à sa session de fond de 2020 et sera aussi présenté à la Commission pour la prévention du crime et la justice pénale à sa vingt-neuvième session, ainsi qu’au Conseil des droits de l’homme à sa quarantequatrième session ordinaire. Le rapport sur la période quinquennale 2014-2018 confirme la tendance à l’abolition de la peine capitale et à la restriction de son usage dans la plupart des pays, dont il était rendu compte dans les rapports précédents. Le nombre d’États ayant aboli la peine de mort en droit et dans la pratique a continué d’augmenter. Le nombre
croissant d’États tenus de ne pas y recourir en vertu d’obligations conventionnelles témoigne de cette évolution. Au cours de cette période quinquennale, le nombre d’exécutions a toutefois augmenté de manière spectaculaire dans un petit nombre d’États. La situation s’est stabilisée à la fin de la période considérée, et le nombre d’exécutions enregistrées au cours de la dernière année (2018) était le plus faible depuis longtemps.

Les garanties pour la protection des droits des personnes passibles de la peine de mort s’appliquent aux États où cette peine est maintenue. Il est toutefois
préoccupant de constater que la peine capitale a continué d’être appliquée à des personnes qui étaient âgées de moins de 18 ans au moment où elles avaient commis l’infraction, et que des condamnations à mort ont été prononcées sans que soit rempli le critère relatif aux « crimes les plus graves » et sans que les normes internationales relatives à un procès équitable n’aient été respectées.

• Document type Rapport des Nations Unies
• Available languages عقوبة اإلعدام وتنفيذ الضمانات التي تكفل حماية حقوق من يواجهون عقوبة اإلعدامCapital punishment and implementation of the safeguards guaranteeing protection of the rights of those facing the death penaltyLa pena capital y la aplicación de las salvaguardias para garantizar la protección de los derechos de las personas condenadas a la pena de muerteСмертная 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

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

настоящем докладе рассказывается о применении смертной казни по приговору суда за период с января по декабрь 2020 года. Как и в предыдущие годы, информация собиралась из разных источников, включая официальные данные, судебные решения, сведения от приговорённых к смерти, их родственников и представителей, публикации в СМИ и, для ограниченного числа стран, другие организации гражданского общества. Amnesty International упоминает те казни, смертные приговоры и другие аспекты применения смертной казни, такие как замена смертной казни другими видами наказания и полное оправдание (реабилитация) приговоренных, только при наличии надлежащего подтверждения. Власти многих стран не публикуют информацию о смертных казнях. Во Вьетнаме и Китае информация о применении смертной казни считается государственной тайной. Информация из некоторых стран, в частности, Лаоса и Северной Кореи (Корейской Народно-Демократической Республики) в 2020 году была скудной или отсутствовала ввиду государственных запретов и/или вооруженных конфликтов

• Document type Доклад неправительственной организации
• Available languages أحكام وعمليات اإلعدام في2020Death sentences and executions 2020CONDENAS A MUERTE Y EJECUCIONES 2020احکام مرگ و اعدامها۲۰۲۰سالCondamnations à mort et exécutions 2020

Este informe trata sobre la aplicación judicial de la pena de muerte durante el periodo comprendido entre enero y diciembre de 2020.

Como en años anteriores, se ha recabado información de diversas fuentes, entre ellas, las cifras oficiales disponibles, las sentencias dictadas, información de personas condenadas a muerte y sus familias y representantes, informaciones de los medios de comunicación y, en relación con algunos países, informes de otras organizaciones de la sociedad civil.

Amnistía Internacional informa exclusivamente sobre ejecuciones, condenas a muerte y otros aspectos del uso de la pena capital, como conmutaciones y exoneraciones, cuando hay una confirmación razonable.

En muchos países, los gobiernos no publican información sobre el uso que hacen de la pena de muerte. En China y Vietnam, la información sobre el uso de la pena capital está clasificada como secreto de Estado. En 2020, la información disponible sobre algunos países —concretamente Laos y Corea del Norte (República Popular Democrática de Corea)— fue escasa o nula debido a prácticas restrictivas del Estado.

• Document type Informe de ONG
• Available languages أحكام وعمليات اإلعدام في2020Death sentences and executions 2020احکام مرگ و اعدامها۲۰۲۰سالCondamnations à mort et exécutions 2020ГЛОБАЛЬНЫЙ ДОКЛАД СМЕРТНЫЕ ПРИГОВОРЫ И КАЗНИ 2020

ین گزارش در خصوص موارد صدور و اجرای حکم اعدام توسط دستگاه قضایی کشورها در دورهی ژانویه تا دسامبر 2۰2۰ است. همانند گزارشهای ساالنهی قبلی، اطالعات مندرج در این گزارش از منابع مختلف گردآوری شده است، از جمله: آمار رسمی، احکام قضایی، اطالعات کسبشده از افرادی که به اعدام محکوم شدهاند و خانوادهها و وکالیشان، گزارش های رسانهای و در مورد تعداد محدودی از کشورها، سایر نهادهای جامعهی مدنی. اطالعاتی که در این گزارش آمده تنها شامل موارد صدور و اجرای حکم اعدام و نیز سایر جهات استفاده از مجازات اعدام، مانند تخفیفها و معافیتها میشود که عفو بینالملل توانسته دربارهی آن ها اطالعات مستدل و موثق به دست آورد. در بسیاری از کشورها، دولتها اطالعاتی در خصوص به کارگیری مجازات اعدام منتشر نمی کنند. در چین و ویتنام، اطالعات مربوط به مجازات اعدام در ردیف اسرار حکومتی به شمار میرود و محرمانه محسوب میشود. در مورد بعضی از کشورها – بهویژه الئوس و کره شمالی )جمهوری دموکراتیک خلق کره( – با توجه به وضع محدودیتها از جانب حکومت، اطالعات اندکی در خصوص استفاده از مجازات اعدام در سال 2۰2۰ به دست آمد یا این که هیچ اطالعاتی در دسترس نب

• Document type گزارش سازمان های غیر دولتی
• Available languages أحكام وعمليات اإلعدام في2020Death sentences and executions 2020CONDENAS A MUERTE Y EJECUCIONES 2020Condamnations à mort et exécutions 2020ГЛОБАЛЬНЫЙ ДОКЛАД СМЕРТНЫЕ ПРИГОВОРЫ И КАЗНИ 2020

يقتصر التقرير الحالي على تغطية التطبيق القضائي لعقوبة اإلعدام خالل الفترة من يناير/ كانون الثاني إلىً ديسمبر/ كانون األول 2020 .على عادتها في السنوات الماضية، قامت منظمة العفو الدولية بجمع المعلوماتوجريا
من طائفة متنوعة من المصادر، وال سيما األرقام الرسمية الصادرة بهذا الخصوص، واألحكام والمعلومات المستقاة
من األفراد المحكوم عليهم باإلعدام وعائالتهم وممثليهم، والتقارير اإلعالمية وبالنسبة لعدد محدد من البلدان، تم
جمع المعلومات من تقارير تعدها منظمات المجتمع المدني األخرى. ويقتصر التقرير على تغطية أحكام اإلعدام
المنفذة، والصادرة، وغير ذلك من المجاالت المتعلقة بتطبيق عقوبة اإلعدام من قبيل تخفيف األحكام باإلعدام. وال تنشر
وحاالت تبرئة المحكوم عليهم بهذه العقوبة عندما يتوفر تأكيد منطقي بشأن هذه المعلومات تحديدا
ام على أراضيها، وتُ الكثير من الحكومات معلومات بشأن تطبيق عقوبة اإلعد عتبر البيانات المتعلقة بعقوبة اإلعدام من
أسرار الدولة في كل من الصين وفيتنام. ولم يتوفر خالل عام 2020 سوى القليل من المعلومات المتعلقة بعقوبة
ً الوس، وجمهورية كوريا الديمقراطية الشعبية )كوريا الشمالية(، وذل
اإلعدام في بعض البلدان، وخصوصا ك جراء القيود
الصارمة التي تفرضها السلطات على هذه المعلومات

• Document type تقرير منظمة غير حكومية
• Available languages Death sentences and executions 2020CONDENAS A MUERTE Y EJECUCIONES 2020احکام مرگ و اعدامها۲۰۲۰سالCondamnations à mort et exécutions 2020ГЛОБАЛЬНЫЙ ДОКЛАД СМЕРТНЫЕ ПРИГОВОРЫ И КАЗНИ 2020

Ce rapport porte sur l’utilisation judiciaire de la peine de mort pour la période allant de janvier à décembre 2020.

Comme les années précédentes, les informations utilisées proviennent de différentes sources, telles que des données officielles, des décisions de justice, des renseignements fournis par les condamné·e·s à mort et leurs familles ou représentant·e·s, des informations parues dans les médias et, pour un nombre limité de pays, d’autres organisations de la société civile.

Amnesty International ne fait état des condamnations à mort, des exécutions et de certains autres aspects de l’utilisation de la peine de mort comme les commutations et les disculpations que lorsque les informations dont elle dispose ont pu être raisonnablement confirmées.

Dans de nombreux pays, les autorités ne publient pas de données sur l’application de la peine de mort. En Chine et au Viêt-Nam, les chiffres relatifs à ce châtiment sont classés secret d’État. Pour l’année 2020, il n’existe que très peu d’informations, voire aucune, sur certains pays, en particulier la Corée du Nord (République populaire démocratique de Corée) et le Laos, du fait de pratiques restrictives de la part de l’État.

• Document type Rapport d’ONG
• Available languages أحكام وعمليات اإلعدام في2020Death sentences and executions 2020CONDENAS A MUERTE Y EJECUCIONES 2020احکام مرگ و اعدامها۲۰۲۰سالГЛОБАЛЬНЫЙ ДОКЛАД СМЕРТНЫЕ ПРИГОВОРЫ И КАЗНИ 2020

This report covers the judicial use of the death penalty for the period January to December 2020. As in previous years, information is collected from a variety of sources, including:
– official figures;
– judgements;
– information from individuals sentenced to death and their families and representatives;
– media reports;
– and, for a limited number of countries, other civil society organizations.

Amnesty International reports only on executions, death sentences and other aspects of the use of the death penalty, , such as commutations and exonerations, where there is reasonable confirmation. In many countries governments do not publish information on their use of the death penalty. In China and Viet Nam, data on the use of the death penalty is classified as a state secret. During 2020 little or no information was available on some countries – in particular Laos and North Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) – due to restrictive state practice.

• Document type NGO report
• Available languages أحكام وعمليات اإلعدام في2020CONDENAS A MUERTE Y EJECUCIONES 2020احکام مرگ و اعدامها۲۰۲۰سالCondamnations à mort et exécutions 2020ГЛОБАЛЬНЫЙ ДОКЛАД СМЕРТНЫЕ ПРИГОВОРЫ И КАЗНИ 2020

• Document type گزارش سازمان های غیر دولتی
• Countries list Iran (Islamic Republic of)
• Available languages Annual report on the death penalty in Iran 2020

The 13th annual report on the death penalty by Iran Human Rights (IHR) and ECPM (Together Against the Death Penalty) provides an assessment and analysis of the death penalty trends in 2020 in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

• Document type NGO report
• Countries list Iran (Islamic Republic of)
• Available languages گزارش ساالنه اعدام در ایران ۲۰۲۰

Harm Reduction International has monitored the use of the death penalty for drug offences worldwide since our first ground-breaking publication on this issue in 2007.

This report, our tenth on the subject, continues our work of providing regular updates on legislative, policy and practical developments related to the use of capital punishment for drug offences, a practice which is a clear violation of international law.

• Document type NGO report
• Themes list Drug Offenses

Cette brochure a été élaborée par la Coalition mondiale contre la peine de mort en collaboration avec la Commission des droits de l’homme des Philippines. Elle explique pourquoi la peine de mort risque de revenir aux Philippines et les raisons qui s’opposent à sa résurgence. Elle est disponible dans 11 langues des Philippines, ainsi qu’en français et en anglais.

• Document type Campagnes
• Countries list Philippines
• Themes list Drug Offenses
• Available languages Keep the Death Penalty Abolished in the Philippines (English)

This brochure was developed by the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty with the Commission on the Human Rights in the Philippines. It explains why the death penalty risks returning in the Philippines and the reasons against its resurgence. It is available in 11 languages of the Philippines, plus French and English.

• Document type Campaigning
• Countries list Philippines
• Themes list Drug Offenses

This brochure was developed by the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty with the Commission on the Human Rights in the Philippines. It explains why the death penalty risks returning in the Philippines and the reasons against its resurgence. It is available in 11 languages of the Philippines, plus French and English.

• Document type Campaigning
• Countries list Philippines
• Themes list Drug Offenses

This brochure was developed by the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty with the Commission on the Human Rights in the Philippines. It explains why the death penalty risks returning in the Philippines and the reasons against its resurgence. It is available in 11 languages of the Philippines, plus French and English.

• Document type Campaigning
• Countries list Philippines
• Themes list Drug Offenses

This brochure was developed by the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty with the Commission on the Human Rights in the Philippines. It explains why the death penalty risks returning in the Philippines and the reasons against its resurgence. It is available in 11 languages of the Philippines, plus French and English.

• Document type Campaigning
• Countries list Philippines
• Themes list Drug Offenses

This brochure was developed by the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty with the Commission on the Human Rights in the Philippines. It explains why the death penalty risks returning in the Philippines and the reasons against its resurgence. It is available in 11 languages of the Philippines, plus French and English.

• Document type Campaigning
• Countries list Philippines
• Themes list Drug Offenses

This brochure was developed by the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty with the Commission on the Human Rights in the Philippines. It explains why the death penalty risks returning in the Philippines and the reasons against its resurgence. It is available in 11 languages of the Philippines, plus French and English.

• Document type Campaigning
• Countries list Philippines
• Themes list Drug Offenses

This brochure was developed by the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty with the Commission on the Human Rights in the Philippines. It explains why the death penalty risks returning in the Philippines and the reasons against its resurgence. It is available in 11 languages of the Philippines, plus French and English.

• Document type Campaigning
• Countries list Philippines
• Themes list Drug Offenses

This brochure was developed by the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty with the Commission on the Human Rights in the Philippines. It explains why the death penalty risks returning in the Philippines and the reasons against its resurgence. It is available in 11 languages of the Philippines, plus French and English.

• Document type Campaigning
• Countries list Philippines
• Themes list Drug Offenses

This brochure was developed by the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty with the Commission on the Human Rights in the Philippines. It explains why the death penalty risks returning in the Philippines and the reasons against its resurgence. It is available in 11 languages of the Philippines, plus French and English.

• Document type Campaigning
• Countries list Philippines
• Themes list Drug Offenses
• Available languages Maintenir l'abolition de la peine de mort aux Philippines (Français)

This brochure was developed by the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty with the Commission on the Human Rights in the Philippines. It explains why the death penalty risks returning in the Philippines and the reasons against its resurgence. It is available in 11 languages of the Philippines, plus French and English.

• Document type Campaigning
• Countries list Philippines
• Themes list Drug Offenses

This brochure was developed by the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty with the Commission on the Human Rights in the Philippines. It explains why the death penalty risks returning in the Philippines and the reasons against its resurgence. It is available in 11 languages of the Philippines, plus French and English.

• Document type Campaigning
• Countries list Philippines
• Themes list Drug Offenses

Bien que le Liban n’exécute plus depuis 2004, plus de 70 personnes condamnées à mort sont aujourd’hui incarcérées dans les prisons libanaises. Ensemble contre la peine de mort (ECPM), en partenariat avec l’Association justice et miséricorde (AJEM) et l’Association libanaise pour les droits civils (LACR – Lebanese Association for Civil Rights), ont diligenté une mission d’enquête au Liban en 2018, afin de documenter les conditions de détention de ces hommes et de ces femmes condamnés à mort, actuellement incarcérés, en s’appuyant sur leurs témoignages. Ce rapport présente les résultats de cette mission. Il s’inscrit dans le cadre de la collection « Mission d’enquête judiciaire dans les couloirs de la mort » d’ECPM, qui a pour objectif de faire un état des lieux des conditions de vie des condamnés à mort attendant l’exécution de leur sentence dans différents pays du monde.

• Document type Rapport d’ONG
• Countries list Lebanon
• Themes list Death Row Conditions 
• Available languages ما أشباح أحياء، إنمهمة تقصي الحقائقلبنان

Maurice Chammah (The Marshall Project) explores the rise and fall of capital punishment in Texas where it appears to durably decline in spite of the state’s long use of the death penalty.

• Document type Book
• Countries list United States
• Themes list Public Opinion 

Постоянные представительства перечисленных ниже государств при Организации Объединенных Наций в Нью-Йорке имеют честь сослаться на резолюцию 73/175 Генеральной Ассамблеи «Мораторий на применение смертной казни», которая была принята Ассамблеей 17 декабря 2018 года путем заносимого в отчет о заседании голосования. Постоянные представительства хотели бы официально зафиксировать свое настойчивое возражение против любых попыток навязать мораторий на применение смертной казни или ее отмену вопреки существующим положениям международного права по следующим причинам:

• Document type Доклад Организации Объединенных Наций
• Countries list Bangladesh / Bahrain / Botswana / Brunei Darussalam / Grenada / Egypt / Zimbabwe / Iraq / Iran (Islamic Republic of) / Yemen / Qatar / China / Democratic People's Republic of Korea / Kuwait / Libya / Nigeria / United Arab Emirates / Oman / Pakistan / Papua New Guinea / Saudi Arabia / Saint Vincent and the Grenadines / Saint Kitts and Nevis / Saint Lucia / Singapore / Syrian Arab Republic / Sudan / Chad / Ethiopia / Jamaica
• Themes list Moratorium
• Available languages مذكرة شفوية مؤرخة 13 أيلول/سبتمبر 2019 موجهة إلى الأمين العام من الممثل الدائم لمصر لدى الأمم المتحدةNote verbale dated 13 September 2019 from the Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-GeneralNota verbal de fecha 13 de septiembre de 2019 dirigida al Secretario Generalpor el Representante Permanente de Egipto ante las Naciones UnidasNote verbale datée du 13 septembre 2019, adressée au Secrétaire général par le Représentant permanent de l’Égypte auprès de l’Organisation des Nations Unies2019年9月13日埃及常驻联合国代表给秘书长的普通照会

تتشرف البعثات الدائمة لدى الأمم المتحدة في نيويورك المدرجة أدناه بأن تشير إلى قرار الجمعية العامة 71/187 المعنون ”وقف العمل بعقوبة الإعدام“ الذي اعتمدته اللجنة الثالثة في 17 تشرين الثاني/نوفمبر 2016، ومن ثم اتخذته الجمعية العامة في 19 كانون الأول/ديسمبر 2016 بتصويت مسجل. وتود البعثات الدائمة أن تسجل اعتراضها المستمر على أي محاولة لفرض وقف على استخدام عقوبة الإعدام أو إلغائها بما يتنافى مع الأحكام القائمة بموجب القانون الدولي، وهو اعتراض يستند إلى الأسباب التالية:

• Document type تقرير للأمم المتحدة
• Countries list Antigua and Barbuda / Ethiopia / United Arab Emirates / Syrian Arab Republic / Sudan / China / Iraq / Kuwait / Saudi Arabia / اليمن / Papua New Guinea / Pakistan / Barbados / Brunei Darussalam / Bangladesh / Botswana / Chad / Jamaica / Iran (Islamic Republic of) / Democratic People's Republic of Korea / Zimbabwe / Saint Vincent and the Grenadines / Saint Kitts and Nevis / Saint Lucia / Singapore / Oman / Grenada / Libya / Malaysia / Egypt / Maldives / Nigeria
• Themes list Moratorium
• Available languages Note verbale dated 7 September 2017 from the Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-GeneralNota verbal de fecha 7 de septiembre de 2017 dirigida al Secretario General por la Misión Permanente de Egipto ante las Naciones Unidas.Note verbale datée du 7 septembre 2017, adressée au Secrétaire général par la Mission permanente de l’Égypte auprès de l’Organisation des Nations UniesВербальная нота Постоянного представительства Египта при Организации Объединенных Наций от 7 сентября 2017 года на имя Генерального секретаря2017 年 9 月 7 日埃及常驻联合国代表团给秘书长的普通照会

تتشرف البعثات الدائمة لدى الأمم المتحدة في نيويورك، المبينة أدناه، بالإحالة إلى قرار الجمعية العامة 69/186 المعنون ”وقف العمل بعقوبة الإعدام“، الذي اتخذته اللجنة الثالثة في 21 تشرين الثاني/نوفمبر 2014، وأقرته الجمعية العامة لاحقا في 18 كانون الأول/ديسمبر 2014 بتصويت مسجل. وتود البعثات الدائمة أن تسجل مواصلة اعتراضها على أي محاولة لفرض وقف العمل بعقوبة الإعدام أو إلغائها بما يتنافى والشروط القائمة بمقتضى القانون الدولي، وذلك للأسباب التالية:

• Document type تقرير للأمم المتحدة
• Countries list Antigua and Barbuda / Ethiopia / United Arab Emirates / Syrian Arab Republic / Sudan / China / Iraq / Kuwait / Saudi Arabia / اليمن / Pakistan / Brunei Darussalam / Bangladesh / Botswana / Trinidad and Tobago / Jamaica / Iran (Islamic Republic of) / Democratic People's Republic of Korea / Zimbabwe / Singapore / Oman / Guyana / Qatar / Libya / Malaysia / Egypt / Nigeria
• Themes list Moratorium
• Available languages Note verbale dated 28 July 2015 from the Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-GeneralNota verbal de fecha 28 de julio de 2015 dirigida al Secretario General por la Misión Permanente de Egipto ante las Naciones UnidasNote verbale datée du 28 juillet 2015, adressée au Secrétaire général par la Mission permanente de l’Égypte auprès de l’Organisation des Nations UniesВербальная нота Постоянного представительства Египта при Организации Объединенных Наций от 28 июля 2015 года на имя Генерального секретаря2015年7月28日埃及常驻联合国代表团给秘书长的普通照会

تتشرف البعثات الدائمة لدى الأمم المتحدة في نيويورك المدرجة أدناه بالإشارة إلى قرار الجمعية العامة 63/168، المعنون ”وقف استخدام عقوبة الإعدام“، الذي اعتمدته اللجنة الثالثة في 20 تشرين الثاني/نوفمبر 2008، واعتمدته الجمعية العامة لاحقا في 18 كانون الأول/ديسمبر 2008 بتصويت مسجل. وتود البعثات الدائمة المذكورة أن تسجل مواصلة اعتراضها على أي مسعى لفرض وقف تطبيق عقوبة الإعدام أو إلغائها بما يتنافى والأحكام القائمة التي ينص عليها القانون الدولي، وذلك للأسباب التالية:

• Document type تقرير للأمم المتحدة
• Countries list Afghanistan / Eswatini / Ethiopia / Eritrea / United Arab Emirates / Bahrain / Syrian Arab Republic / Somalia / China / Iraq / Kuwait / Saudi Arabia / Niger / اليمن / Indonesia / Papua New Guinea / Barbados / Brunei Darussalam / Bangladesh / Botswana / Thailand / Trinidad and Tobago / Chad / Tonga / Bahamas / Comoros / Solomon Islands / جمهورية أفريقيا الوسطى / Iran (Islamic Republic of) / Democratic People's Republic of Korea / Lao People's Democratic Republic / Dominica / Zimbabwe / Saint Vincent and the Grenadines / Saint Kitts and Nevis / Saint Lucia / Singapore / Gambia / Grenada / Guyana / Guinea / Equatorial Guinea / Fiji / Qatar / Libya / Malaysia / Egypt / Maldives / Mongolia / Myanmar / Nigeria / Uganda
• Themes list Moratorium
• Available languages Note verbale dated 10 February 2009 from the Permanent Missions to the United Nations of Afghanistan, the Bahamas, [...] and Zimbabwe addressed to the Secretary-GeneralNota verbal de fecha 10 de febrero de 2009 dirigida al Secretario General por las misiones permanentes ante las Naciones Unidas del Afganistán, la Arabia Saudita, [...] y ZimbabweNote verbale datée du 10 février 2009, adressée au Secrétaire général par les Missions permanentes auprès de l’Organisation des Nations Unies de l’Afghanistan, de l’Arabie saoudite, [...] et du ZimbabweВербальная нота постоянных представительств Афганистана, БагамскихОстровов, […] и Чада при Организации Объединенных Наций от 10 февраля 2009 года на имя Генерального секретаря9年2月10日阿富汗、巴哈马、巴林、[...] 也门和津巴布韦常驻联合国代表团给秘书长的普通照会

文所列常驻纽约联合国代表团向联合国秘书长致意并谨提及题为“暂停使用死刑”的第 62/149 号决议。第三委员会于 2007 年 11 月 15 日通过了该决议，后来大会于 2007 年 12 月 18 日以记录表决方式通过了该决议。本文件所列常驻代表团要求将以下内容记录在案：这些代表团一贯反对暂停使用死刑的企图，废除死刑违反国际法的既存规定，原因如下：

• Document type 联合国报告
• Countries list China / Central African Republic / Yemen / Iraq / Iran (Islamic Republic of) / Guinea / Guinea-Bissau / Democratic Republic of the Congo / Libya / Botswana / Qatar / Indonesia / Eritrea / Eswatini / Saint Lucia / Saint Kitts and Nevis / Saint Vincent and the Grenadines / Dominica / Bangladesh / Antigua and Barbuda / Nigeria / Bahamas / Pakistan / Barbados / Papua New Guinea / Bahrain / Solomon Islands / Brunei Darussalam / Fiji / Singapore / Japan / Democratic People's Republic of Korea / Grenada / Mauritania / Tonga / Saudi Arabia / Thailand / Zimbabwe / Jamaica / Trinidad and Tobago / Kuwait / Comoros / Somalia / Jordan / Myanmar / Lao People's Democratic Republic / Sudan / Suriname / Mongolia / Equatorial Guinea / Afghanistan / Syrian Arab Republic / United Arab Emirates / Oman / Maldives / Malaysia
• Themes list Moratorium
• Available languages مؤرخــةشــفويةمــذكرة11الثــانيكــانون/ينــاير2008Note verbale dated 11 January 2008 from the Permanent Missions to the United Nations of Afghanistan, Antigua and Barbuda, [...] and Zimbabwe addressed to the Secretary-GeneralNota verbal de fecha 11 de enero de 2008 dirigida al Secretario General por las Misiones Permanentes ante las Naciones Unidas del Afganistán, Antigua y Barbuda, [...] y Zimbabwe ante las Naciones UnidasNote verbale datée du 11 janvier 2008, adressée au Secrétaire général par les missions permanentes auprès de l’Organisation des Nations Unies de l’Afghanistan, d’Antigua-et-Barbuda, [...] et du ZimbabweВербальная нота Постоянных представительств Антигуа и Барбуды, Афганистана, […] и Японии при Организации Объединенных Наций от 11 января 2008 года на имя Генерального секретаря

المنيويورك،فيالمتحدةالأمملدىالدائمةالبعثاتتقدمبينالأمـينإلىتحياﺗﻬـاأدنـاه،ةالقـرارإلىبالإحالـةوتتشرفالمتحدةللأممالعام62/149المعنـون”اوقـفلتنفيـذختيـاريالإعـدامعقوبة“فيالثالثـةاللجنـةاعتمدتـهالـذي15الثـانيتـشرين/نـوفمبر2007وأقرتـه،فيلاحقاالعامةالجمعية18الأولكانون/ديسمبر2007مـسجلبتصويت .البعثـاتوتـودلتنفيـذاختيـاريوقـفلفـرضمـسعىأيعلـىاعتراضهامواصلةتسجلأنالمذكورةالدائمة
A/62/6582 08-22093 وذلـكالـدولي،القـانونعليهـايـنصالـتيالقائمةوالأحكاميتنافىبماإلغائهاأوالإعدامعقوبةالتاليةللأسباب

• Document type تقرير للأمم المتحدة
• Countries list Afghanistan / Antigua and Barbuda / Eswatini / Ethiopia / Eritrea / Jordan / United Arab Emirates / Bahrain / Syrian Arab Republic / Sudan / Somalia / China / Iraq / Kuwait / Saudi Arabia / اليابان / اليمن / Indonesia / Papua New Guinea / Pakistan / Barbados / Brunei Darussalam / Bangladesh / Botswana / Thailand / Taiwan / Trinidad and Tobago / Tonga / Jamaica / Bahamas / Comoros / Solomon Islands / جمهورية أفريقيا الوسطى / Iran (Islamic Republic of) / Democratic People's Republic of Korea / Lao People's Democratic Republic / Dominica / Zimbabwe / Saint Vincent and the Grenadines / Saint Kitts and Nevis / Saint Lucia / Singapore / Suriname / Oman / Grenada / Guyana / Guinea / Equatorial Guinea / Fiji / Qatar / Libya / Malaysia / Egypt / Maldives / Mongolia / Mauritania / Myanmar / Nigeria / Uganda
• Themes list Moratorium
• Available languages Note verbale dated 11 January 2008 from the Permanent Missions to the United Nations of Afghanistan, Antigua and Barbuda, [...] and Zimbabwe addressed to the Secretary-GeneralNota verbal de fecha 11 de enero de 2008 dirigida al Secretario General por las Misiones Permanentes ante las Naciones Unidas del Afganistán, Antigua y Barbuda, [...] y Zimbabwe ante las Naciones UnidasNote verbale datée du 11 janvier 2008, adressée au Secrétaire général par les missions permanentes auprès de l’Organisation des Nations Unies de l’Afghanistan, d’Antigua-et-Barbuda, [...] et du ZimbabweВербальная нота Постоянных представительств Антигуа и Барбуды, Афганистана, […] и Японии при Организации Объединенных Наций от 11 января 2008 года на имя Генерального секретаря普通照会2007

Las Misiones Permanentes acreditadas por los países que se enumeran más abajo ante las Naciones Unidas en Nueva York saludan atentamente al Secretario General de las Naciones Unidas y tienen el honor de referirse a la resolución 62/149 de la Asamblea General, titulada “Moratoria del uso de la pena de muerte”, aprobada por la Tercera Comisión el 15 de noviembre de 2007 y posteriormente por la Asamblea General el 18 de diciembre de 2007, por votación registrada. Las referidas Misiones Permanentes desean dejar constancia de su objeción continuada a cualquier intento de imponer una moratoria del uso de la pena de muerte o decretar su abolición en contra de normas vigentes de derecho internacional, por los motivos siguientes:

• Document type Informe de las Naciones Unidas
• Countries list Afghanistan / Antigua and Barbuda / Saudi Arabia / Bahamas / Bahrain / Bangladesh / Barbados / Botswana / Brunei Darussalam / China / Comoros / Dominica / Egypt / United Arab Emirates / Eritrea / Eswatini / Ethiopia / Fiji / Grenada / Guinea / Equatorial Guinea / Guyana / Indonesia / Iran (Islamic Republic of) / Iraq / Solomon Islands / Jamaica / Japan / Jordan / Kuwait / Malaysia / Maldives / Mauritania / Mongolia / Myanmar / Nigeria / Oman / Pakistan / Papua New Guinea / Qatar / Syrian Arab Republic / Central African Republic / Lao People's Democratic Republic / Democratic People's Republic of Korea / Saint Kitts and Nevis / Saint Vincent and the Grenadines / Saint Lucia / Singapore / Somalia / Sudan / Suriname / Thailand / Tonga / Trinidad and Tobago / Uganda / Yemen / Zimbabwe
• Themes list Moratorium
• Available languages مؤرخــةشــفويةمــذكرة11الثــانيكــانون/ينــاير2008Note verbale dated 11 January 2008 from the Permanent Missions to the United Nations of Afghanistan, Antigua and Barbuda, [...] and Zimbabwe addressed to the Secretary-GeneralNote verbale datée du 11 janvier 2008, adressée au Secrétaire général par les missions permanentes auprès de l’Organisation des Nations Unies de l’Afghanistan, d’Antigua-et-Barbuda, [...] et du ZimbabweВербальная нота Постоянных представительств Антигуа и Барбуды, Афганистана, […] и Японии при Организации Объединенных Наций от 11 января 2008 года на имя Генерального секретаря普通照会2007