Kosovo

• Document type Campaigning / World Coalition
• Available languages Atelier storytelling (récits / témoignages) : Placer la dimension humaine au cœur du plaidoyer abolitionniste

• Document type Campagnes / Coalition mondiale
• Available languages World Day Against The Death Penalty - Stories For Life - Mobilization Toolkit

• Document type Campaigning / World Coalition
• Available languages Journée mondiale contre la peine de mort - Témoigner pour la vie - Kit de mobilisation

• Document type Array
• Available languages World Day Against The Death Penalty - Collection Of Stories For Life

• Document type Campaigning / Working with...
• Available languages Journée mondiale contre la peine de mort - Recueil de témoignages pour la vie

• Document type Campagnes / Coalition mondiale
• Available languages Alternatives To The Death Penalty: From Capital Punishment To Human-Rights Compliant Life Sentences

• Document type Campaigning / World Coalition

• Document type Campaigning / World Coalition
• Available languages Les alternatives à la peine de mort - De la peine capitale aux sanctions compatibles avec les droits humains

• Document type Campaigning / World Coalition

• Document type Campaigning / World Coalition
• Countries list Zimbabwe

• Document type Campaigning / World Coalition

• Document type NGO report
• Themes list Drug Offenses

Доклад Специального докладчика по вопросу о внесудебных
казнях, казнях без надлежащего судебного разбирательства
или произвольных казнях Морриса Тидболла-Бинца

• Document type Доклад Организации Объединенных Наций
• Themes list Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment
• Available languages عقوبة اإلعدام من منظور حظر التعذيب وغيره من ضرررررو سررررو المعاملة وحماية الكرامة اإلنسانيةThe death penalty from the perspective of the prohibition of torture and other ill-treatment and the protection of human dignityLa pena de muerte desde la perspectiva de la prohibición de la tortura y otros malos tratos y la protección de la dignidad humanaLa peine de mort sous l’angle de l’interdiction de la torture et des autres mauvais traitements et de la protection de la dignité humaine从禁止酷刑和其他虐待以及保护人的尊严的角度看待死刑

法外处决、即决处决或任意处决问题特别报告员莫里斯·蒂德博尔－
宾兹的报告*

• Document type 联合国报告
• Themes list Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment
• Available languages عقوبة اإلعدام من منظور حظر التعذيب وغيره من ضرررررو سررررو المعاملة وحماية الكرامة اإلنسانيةThe death penalty from the perspective of the prohibition of torture and other ill-treatment and the protection of human dignityLa pena de muerte desde la perspectiva de la prohibición de la tortura y otros malos tratos y la protección de la dignidad humanaLa peine de mort sous l’angle de l’interdiction de la torture et des autres mauvais traitements et de la protection de la dignité humaineСмертная казнь с точки зрения запрета пыток и других видов жестокого обращения, а также защиты человеческого достоинства

• Document type تقرير للأمم المتحدة
• Themes list Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment
• Available languages The death penalty from the perspective of the prohibition of torture and other ill-treatment and the protection of human dignityLa pena de muerte desde la perspectiva de la prohibición de la tortura y otros malos tratos y la protección de la dignidad humanaLa peine de mort sous l’angle de l’interdiction de la torture et des autres mauvais traitements et de la protection de la dignité humaineСмертная казнь с точки зрения запрета пыток и других видов жестокого обращения, а также защиты человеческого достоинства从禁止酷刑和其他虐待以及保护人的尊严的角度看待死刑

Informe del Relator Especial sobre las ejecuciones extrajudiciales, sumarias o arbitrarias, Morris Tidball-Binz

• Document type Informe de las Naciones Unidas
• Themes list Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment
• Available languages عقوبة اإلعدام من منظور حظر التعذيب وغيره من ضرررررو سررررو المعاملة وحماية الكرامة اإلنسانيةThe death penalty from the perspective of the prohibition of torture and other ill-treatment and the protection of human dignityLa peine de mort sous l’angle de l’interdiction de la torture et des autres mauvais traitements et de la protection de la dignité humaineСмертная казнь с точки зрения запрета пыток и других видов жестокого обращения, а также защиты человеческого достоинства从禁止酷刑和其他虐待以及保护人的尊严的角度看待死刑

Rapport du Rapporteur spécial sur les exécutions extrajudiciaires, sommaires ou arbitraires, Morris Tidball-Binz

• Document type Rapport des Nations Unies
• Themes list Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment
• Available languages عقوبة اإلعدام من منظور حظر التعذيب وغيره من ضرررررو سررررو المعاملة وحماية الكرامة اإلنسانيةThe death penalty from the perspective of the prohibition of torture and other ill-treatment and the protection of human dignityLa pena de muerte desde la perspectiva de la prohibición de la tortura y otros malos tratos y la protección de la dignidad humanaСмертная казнь с точки зрения запрета пыток и других видов жестокого обращения, а также защиты человеческого достоинства从禁止酷刑和其他虐待以及保护人的尊严的角度看待死刑

Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Morris Tidball-Binz

• Document type United Nations report
• Themes list Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment
• Available languages عقوبة اإلعدام من منظور حظر التعذيب وغيره من ضرررررو سررررو المعاملة وحماية الكرامة اإلنسانيةLa pena de muerte desde la perspectiva de la prohibición de la tortura y otros malos tratos y la protección de la dignidad humanaLa peine de mort sous l’angle de l’interdiction de la torture et des autres mauvais traitements et de la protection de la dignité humaineСмертная казнь с точки зрения запрета пыток и других видов жестокого обращения, а также защиты человеческого достоинства从禁止酷刑和其他虐待以及保护人的尊严的角度看待死刑

Chaque 10 octobre, la Coalition mondiale contre la peine de mort et les acteurs abolitionnistes du monde entier célèbrent la Journée mondiale contre la peine de mort, en mettant en avant les progrès réalisés dans la campagne mondiale pour l’abolition de la peine capitale. En 2026 et 2027, cette Journée mettra en lumière les vies humaines affectées par la peine de mort et mettra en lumière leurs histoires.

• Document type Arguments contre la peine de mort / Campagnes / Coalition mondiale
• Available languages Leaflet Stories for Life - 2026-2027 World Day Against the Death Penalty

Every 10th October, the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty and abolitionist actors worldwide commemorate the World Day Against the Death Penalty, highlighting the progress achieved in the global campaign for the abolition of capital punishment. In 2026 and 2027, the World Day will highlight the human lives affected by the death penalty and amplify their stories.

• Document type Arguments against the death penalty / Campaigning / World Coalition
• Available languages Brochure Témoigner pour la vie - Journée mondiale 2026-2027

Le rapport Journée mondiale 2024-2025 présente les principaux activités et impacts du cycle de campagne 2024-2025 pour l’abolition de la peine de mort dans le monde.

• Document type Array
• Available languages 2024-2025 World Day Against the Death Penalty Report

The 2024-2025 World Day Against the Death Penalty Report informs on the main actvities and impact of the two-year campaign in favor of the abolition of the death penalty worldwide.

• Document type Campaigning / NGO report / World Coalition
• Available languages Rapport Journée mondiale 2024-2025

Campañas Coalición mundial Cartel Día mundial contra la pena de muerte 2026 – 2027

• Document type Campaigning / Coalición mundial
• Available languages ملصق اليوم العالمي لمناهضة عقوبة الإعدام 2026-2027World Day Against the Death Penalty 2026-2027 Poster (English)پوستر روز جهانی علیه مجازات اعدام 2026 – 2027Affiche Journée mondiale contre la peine de mort 2026-2027 (Français)Плакат Всемирный день против смертной казни 2026 — 2027海報 2026 年至 2027 年世界反對死刑日

Плакат Всемирный день против смертной казни 2026 — 2027

• Document type Всемирная Коалиция / Кампании
• Available languages ملصق اليوم العالمي لمناهضة عقوبة الإعدام 2026-2027World Day Against the Death Penalty 2026-2027 Poster (English)Cartel Día mundial contra la pena de muerte 2026 – 2027پوستر روز جهانی علیه مجازات اعدام 2026 – 2027Affiche Journée mondiale contre la peine de mort 2026-2027 (Français)海報 2026 年至 2027 年世界反對死刑日

Poster 2026-2027 World Day Farsi

• Document type ائتلاف جهانی / مبارزات انتخاباتی
• Available languages ملصق اليوم العالمي لمناهضة عقوبة الإعدام 2026-2027World Day Against the Death Penalty 2026-2027 Poster (English)Cartel Día mundial contra la pena de muerte 2026 – 2027Affiche Journée mondiale contre la peine de mort 2026-2027 (Français)Плакат Всемирный день против смертной казни 2026 — 2027海報 2026 年至 2027 年世界反對死刑日

海報 2026 年至 2027 年世界反對死刑日

• Document type Array
• Available languages ملصق اليوم العالمي لمناهضة عقوبة الإعدام 2026-2027World Day Against the Death Penalty 2026-2027 Poster (English)Cartel Día mundial contra la pena de muerte 2026 – 2027پوستر روز جهانی علیه مجازات اعدام 2026 – 2027Affiche Journée mondiale contre la peine de mort 2026-2027 (Français)Плакат Всемирный день против смертной казни 2026 — 2027

ملصق اليوم العالمي-2026-2027

• Document type التحالف العالمي / حملات
• Available languages World Day Against the Death Penalty 2026-2027 Poster (English)Cartel Día mundial contra la pena de muerte 2026 – 2027پوستر روز جهانی علیه مجازات اعدام 2026 – 2027Affiche Journée mondiale contre la peine de mort 2026-2027 (Français)Плакат Всемирный день против смертной казни 2026 — 2027海報 2026 年至 2027 年世界反對死刑日

Affiche journée mondiale 2026-2027 Français Découvrez l’affiche dans d’autres langues et sans texte ici.

• Document type Campagnes / Coalition mondiale
• Available languages ملصق اليوم العالمي لمناهضة عقوبة الإعدام 2026-2027World Day Against the Death Penalty 2026-2027 Poster (English)Cartel Día mundial contra la pena de muerte 2026 – 2027پوستر روز جهانی علیه مجازات اعدام 2026 – 2027Плакат Всемирный день против смертной казни 2026 — 2027海報 2026 年至 2027 年世界反對死刑日

World Day 2026-2027 Poster (No Text) You can find the poster in certain languages below: Arabic, English, Farsi, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Traditional Chinese, Turkish

• Document type Campaigning / World Coalition

World Day 2026-2027 Poster (Traditional Chinese)

• Document type Campaigning / World Coalition

World Day 2026-2027 Poster Turkish

• Document type Campaigning / World Coalition

World Day 2026-2027 Poster Tagalog

• Document type Campaigning / World Coalition

worldcoalition_poster_Swahili

• Document type Campaigning / World Coalition

World Day Poster 2026-2027 Spanish

• Document type Campaigning / World Coalition

World Day 2026-2027 Poster (Simplified Chinese)

• Document type Campaigning / World Coalition

World Day 2026-2027 Poster (Russian)

• Document type Campaigning / World Coalition

worldcoalition_poster_Japanese

• Document type Campaigning / World Coalition

World Day Poster 2026-2027 Italian

• Document type Campaigning / World Coalition

World Day Poster German

• Document type Campaigning / World Coalition

World Day Poster 2026-2027 (Farsi)

• Document type Campaigning / World Coalition

World Day 2026-2027 Poster (Arabic)

• Document type Campaigning / World Coalition

Affiche Journée mondiale 2026-2027

• Document type Campaigning / World Coalition

World Day Poster 2026-2027 More languages and the poster without text here

• Document type Campaigning / World Coalition
• Available languages ملصق اليوم العالمي لمناهضة عقوبة الإعدام 2026-2027Cartel Día mundial contra la pena de muerte 2026 – 2027پوستر روز جهانی علیه مجازات اعدام 2026 – 2027Affiche Journée mondiale contre la peine de mort 2026-2027 (Français)Плакат Всемирный день против смертной казни 2026 — 2027海報 2026 年至 2027 年世界反對死刑日

• Document type Coalition mondiale
• Available languages Action Plan EDI

• Document type World Coalition
• Available languages Plan Action Egalité, Diversité et Inclusion

• Document type Coalition mondiale
• Available languages Activity Report 2024

• Document type World Coalition
• Available languages Rapport d'activité 2024

• Document type Coalition mondiale
• Available languages Rules of Procedure

• Document type World Coalition
• Available languages Règlement intérieur 2023

• Document type Academic report
• Countries list United States
• Themes list Gender

• Document type NGO report
• Themes list Trend Towards Abolition

• Document type NGO report
• Themes list Trend Towards Abolition

• Document type Доклад неправительственной организации
• Themes list Trend Towards Abolition
• Available languages 2025 أحكام و عمليات الإعدام فيDeath sentences and executions 2025Condenas a muerte y ejecuciones 2025Condamnations à mort et exécutions 2025

• Document type تقرير منظمة غير حكومية
• Themes list Trend Towards Abolition
• Available languages Death sentences and executions 2025Condenas a muerte y ejecuciones 2025Condamnations à mort et exécutions 2025Глобальный доклад: смертные приговоры и казни в 2025 году

• Document type Informe de ONG
• Themes list Trend Towards Abolition
• Available languages 2025 أحكام و عمليات الإعدام فيDeath sentences and executions 2025Condamnations à mort et exécutions 2025Глобальный доклад: смертные приговоры и казни в 2025 году

• Document type Rapport d'ONG
• Themes list Trend Towards Abolition
• Available languages 2025 أحكام و عمليات الإعدام فيDeath sentences and executions 2025Condenas a muerte y ejecuciones 2025Глобальный доклад: смертные приговоры и казни в 2025 году

Also available in Italian and Turkish

• Document type NGO report
• Themes list Trend Towards Abolition
• Available languages 2025 أحكام و عمليات الإعدام فيCondenas a muerte y ejecuciones 2025Condamnations à mort et exécutions 2025Глобальный доклад: смертные приговоры и казни в 2025 году

• Document type Rapport d'ONG
• Countries list Cameroon
• Themes list Death Row Conditions  / Fair Trial / Legal Representation
• Available languages Lives on Hold - The Situation Of People Sentenced To Death In Cameroon

• Document type NGO report
• Countries list Cameroon
• Themes list Death Row Conditions  / Fair Trial / Legal Representation
• Available languages Des vies en suspens- La situation des personnes condamnées à mort au Cameroun

• Document type NGO report
• Countries list United States
• Themes list Fair Trial

• Document type NGO report
• Countries list United States
• Themes list Fair Trial

• Document type NGO report
• Themes list Gender / Women

• Document type Livre
• Countries list Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Themes list Death Row Conditions 

• Document type NGO report
• Countries list Democratic People's Republic of Korea

• Document type Rapport d'ONG
• Countries list Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Themes list Death Row Conditions 

• Document type NGO report
• Countries list Iran (Islamic Republic of)
• Themes list Drug Offenses / Fair Trial / Women

• Document type Coalition mondiale
• Available languages Open Call for proposals - Financial Support to Third Parties - Global Consortium for Death Penalty Abolition - Application Form

• Document type Coalition mondiale
• Available languages Open Call for proposals - Financial Support to Third Parties - Global Consortium for Death Penalty Abolition - Annexe Budget

• Document type World Coalition
• Available languages Appel à propositions - Soutien financier à des tiers - Consortium mondial pour l'abolition de la peine de mort - Formulaire

• Document type World Coalition
• Available languages Appel à propositions - Soutien financier à des tiers - Consortium mondial pour l'abolition de la peine de mort - Annexe budget

• Document type NGO report
• Themes list Gender / Women

• Document type NGO report
• Countries list Saudi Arabia
• Themes list Gender / Women

• Document type NGO report
• Themes list Drug Offenses

• Document type NGO report
• Countries list Saudi Arabia
• Themes list Gender / Women

• Document type Coalition mondiale
• Themes list Women / Gender
• Available languages How to implement gender-responsive international abolitionist advocacy?

• Document type World Coalition
• Themes list Gender / Women
• Available languages Comment mettre en œuvre un plaidoyer abolitionniste international qui tienne compte des discriminations fondées sur le genre ?

• Document type Coalition mondiale
• Themes list Women / Gender
• Available languages What are we referring to when we talk about gender discrimination in capital punishment?

• Document type World Coalition
• Themes list Gender / Women
• Available languages À quoi faisons-nous référence lorsque nous parlons de discriminations fondées sur le genre dans le contexte de la peine de mort ?

• Document type Academic Article
• Countries list Indonesia
• Themes list Drug Offenses

• Document type NGO report
• Countries list India
• Themes list Clemency / Death Row Conditions  / Fair Trial

• Document type NGO report
• Themes list Trend Towards Abolition

• Document type تقرير منظمة غير حكومية
• Countries list Saudi Arabia
• Themes list Juveniles / Drug Offenses
• Available languages Saudi Arabia 2025: The Death Penalty Rules

“Through this annual report, the European Saudi Organization for Human Rights (ESOHR) provides a comprehensive analysis of execution figures in 2025, documents the cases behind the numbers, and sheds light on the grave violations that accompanied arrest, trial, and execution, as part of its ongoing efforts to expose the reality of capital punishment in Saudi Arabia.”

• Document type NGO report
• Countries list Saudi Arabia
• Themes list Drug Offenses / Juveniles
• Available languages السعودية 2025: الإعدام يحكم

• Document type Livre
• Themes list Death Row Conditions 

• Document type Academic Article
• Themes list Fair Trial

• Document type Book
• Countries list United States
• Themes list Fair Trial

• Document type NGO report
• Countries list United States
• Themes list Trend Towards Abolition

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

• Document type NGO report
• Countries list United States
• Themes list Clemency / Murder Victims' Families

Majority of Capital Juries in 2025 Rejected Death Sentences

• Document type NGO report
• Themes list Innocence / Public Opinion 
• Available languages

• Document type Article
• Countries list India

• Document type Informe de las Naciones Unidas
• Themes list Moratorium
• Available languages A-HRC-60-L12 - العربيةA-HRC-60-L12A-HRC-60-L12 - françaisA-HRC-60-L12 - русскийA-HRC-60-L12 - 中文

• Document type Доклад Организации Объединенных Наций
• Themes list Moratorium
• Available languages A-HRC-60-L12 - العربيةA-HRC-60-L12A-HRC-60-L12 - españolA-HRC-60-L12 - françaisA-HRC-60-L12 - 中文

• Document type 联合国报告
• Themes list Moratorium
• Available languages A-HRC-60-L12 - العربيةA-HRC-60-L12A-HRC-60-L12 - españolA-HRC-60-L12 - françaisA-HRC-60-L12 - русский

• Document type Rapport des Nations Unies
• Themes list Moratorium
• Available languages A-HRC-60-L12 - العربيةA-HRC-60-L12A-HRC-60-L12 - españolA-HRC-60-L12 - русскийA-HRC-60-L12 - 中文

• Document type تقرير للأمم المتحدة
• Themes list Moratorium
• Available languages A-HRC-60-L12A-HRC-60-L12 - españolA-HRC-60-L12 - françaisA-HRC-60-L12 - русскийA-HRC-60-L12 - 中文

• Document type United Nations report
• Themes list Moratorium
• Available languages A-HRC-60-L12 - العربيةA-HRC-60-L12 - españolA-HRC-60-L12 - françaisA-HRC-60-L12 - русскийA-HRC-60-L12 - 中文

• Document type Informe de las Naciones Unidas
• Themes list Moratorium
• Available languages تقرير الأمين العامReport of the Secretary-GeneralRapport du Secrétaire généralДоклад Генерального секретаря秘書長報告

• Document type Доклад Организации Объединенных Наций
• Themes list Moratorium
• Available languages تقرير الأمين العامReport of the Secretary-GeneralInforme del Secretario GeneralRapport du Secrétaire général秘書長報告

• Document type Rapport des Nations Unies
• Themes list Moratorium
• Available languages تقرير الأمين العامReport of the Secretary-GeneralInforme del Secretario GeneralДоклад Генерального секретаря秘書長報告

• Document type Array
• Themes list Moratorium
• Available languages تقرير الأمين العامReport of the Secretary-GeneralInforme del Secretario GeneralRapport du Secrétaire généralДоклад Генерального секретаря

• Document type تقرير للأمم المتحدة
• Themes list Moratorium
• Available languages Report of the Secretary-GeneralInforme del Secretario GeneralRapport du Secrétaire généralДоклад Генерального секретаря秘書長報告

• Document type United Nations report
• Themes list Moratorium
• Available languages تقرير الأمين العامInforme del Secretario GeneralRapport du Secrétaire généralДоклад Генерального секретаря秘書長報告

• Document type Arguments against the death penalty
• Countries list Bahrain
• Themes list Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment

• Document type NGO report

The Death Penalty Statistics Report 2025, jointly published by the National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) and Justice Project Pakistan (JPP), offers an updated national overview of Pakistan’s death row population and provides insights into developments that signal a gradual shift towards reform and human-rights based approach in the death penalty landscape. Drawing on verified data from all provinces as well as AJK and GB, it covers the period from 2024 to 2025. The report is part of a broader initiative to make death row data publicly accessible and to inform evidence-based policymaking on the use of the death penalty in Pakistan.

• Document type NGO report
• Countries list Pakistan

This report, by Dr Amelia Inglis, challenges the argument that the death penalty serves the needs of victims of crime and their families. Her research asks: How are victims and their families impacted by the death penalty? How and why might their views on capital punishment change over time? The author’s original empirical research finds that the death penalty can in fact retraumatise victims and suggests their perspectives on capital punishment are not universally shared or static.

• Document type NGO report

This report marks the 40th anniversary of the adoption of the ‘abolitionist de facto’ (ADF) category in the UN’s quinquennial reports on the death penalty. Today, 42 states fall under the category of ADF – countries where no executions have taken place for at least a decade, but where the death penalty remains in law. Though an absence of executions must be commended, many ADF states still impose death sentences and, ultimately, sustain the legal infrastructure of capital punishment, with all the risks and harms this entails.

• Document type NGO report

The report shows that wrongful death-penalty convictions in the United States are often the result of systemic racism, human error and official misconduct — including false testimony, unreliable forensics, and biased jury selection — disproportionately affecting Black and other marginalized defendants.

• Document type NGO report

“Forgotten Service, Lasting Wounds” shows how many U.S. military veterans who end up on death row carry serious, untreated service-related trauma—such as PTSD or brain injuries—that is rarely presented to juries during sentencing.
The report highlights a clear “battlefield-to-prison” pipeline and argues that veterans’ backgrounds and mental health histories must be meaningfully considered in capital cases.

• Document type NGO report
• Themes list Fair Trial

The document offers guidance for legal defenders on how to approach cases involving women and gender minorities, with an emphasis on gender-sensitive practice.
It covers methods for integrating intersectional analysis (race, class, gender identity, etc.) into legal strategy, ethical considerations in representation, trauma-aware interviewing, narrative construction, and team building.

• Document type Legal Representation
• Themes list Gender / Women

The report reviews death penalty developments in 20 retentionist Asian countries between 2020 and mid-2025.

• Document type NGO report

• Document type Coalition mondiale
• Available languages World Coalition Statutory Auditor’s Report 2024

• Document type World Coalition
• Themes list Trend Towards Abolition
• Available languages Coalition Mondiale Rapport du Commissaire aux Comptes 2024

• Document type Coalition mondiale
• Themes list Trend Towards Abolition
• Available languages World Coalition Activity Report 2024

• Document type World Coalition
• Themes list Trend Towards Abolition
• Available languages Rapport d’Activité de la Coalition Mondiale 2024

The document traces how global abolitionist networks for the death penalty have grown and become more influential over recent decades. It discusses key strategies by states and NGOs pushing for a worldwide moratorium on executions and for complete abolition, highlighting how formerly retentionist regimes are increasingly isolated.

• Document type Academic Article

• Document type Book

Ce document est un guide destiné aux membres du mouvement abolitionniste qui souhaitent mobiliser les chefs religieux et traditionnels en faveur de la cause de l’abolition de la peine de mort.

• Document type Lobby
• Available languages Working together with religious and traditional leaders: A tool for joint action towards abolition

The document is a guide aimed at those in the abolitionist movement who want to mobilize religious and customary leaders for the cause of abolishing the death penalty.

• Document type Lobbying
• Available languages Collaborer avec les leaders religieux et coutumiers : Un outil pour une action commune en faveur de l'abolition

The article “The Meaning and Challenges of an Interdisciplinary Sentencing Exercise: Reflections from a Death Penalty Mitigation Practice” published in Socio-Legal Review examines how India’s death penalty framework requires a socio-legal or interdisciplinary approach that combines law with social sciences.

• Document type Academic Article
• Countries list India
• Available languages The Meaning and Challenges of an Interdisciplinary Sentencing Exercise: Reflections from a Death Penalty Mitigation Practice

• Document type Campagnes / Travailler avec...
• Available languages Factsheet For Parliamentarians

• Document type Campaigning / Working with...
• Available languages Fiche d’information à l’intention des parlementaires

• Document type Campagnes / Coalition mondiale / Travailler avec...
• Available languages Security Myth & the Death Penalty What’s new since 2024?

• Document type Campaigning / Working with... / World Coalition
• Available languages Le mythe de la sécurité et la peine de mort Quelles nouveautés depuis 2024?

• Document type Working with... / World Coalition

• Document type Campaigning / World Coalition

• Document type Travailler avec...
• Themes list Public Opinion 
• Available languages How to prevent a return to the Death Penalty?

• Document type Working with...
• Themes list Public Opinion 
• Available languages Comment réagir face au risque d'un retour à la peine de mort ?

Twenty years after Roper v. Simmons ended the juvenile death penalty, new scientific and societal insights challenge the age-18 cutoff. This report introduces new DPI analysis of the trends in sentencing and executions of defendants age 18 to 20 based on twenty years of data, from the time of the Roper decision on March 1, 2005 through the end of 2024.

• Document type NGO report
• Countries list United States
• Themes list Clemency / Death Row Conditions  / Drug Offenses / Innocence / Intellectual Disability / Juveniles / Mental Illness / Trend Towards Abolition

• Document type Array
• Available languages Budget Template FSTP-FFPA 2025

• Document type World Coalition
• Available languages Modèle budget FSTP_2025

• Document type Coalition mondiale
• Available languages Financial Support to Third Parties - Global Consortium for Death Penalty Abolition - APPLICATION FORM

• Document type World Coalition
• Available languages Soutien financier aux tiers - Consortium mondial pour l'abolition de la peine de mort - FORMULAIRE DE DEMANDE

In this submission in support of the Pan African Lawyers Union, the amici explain that the death penalty per se is an arbitrary deprivation of life, in violation of Article 4 of the African Charter, because the weight of the evidence shows that the death penalty is not necessary to achieve the stated purpose of reducing crime and as a penalty implicating human rights under the Charter it is disproportionate to the benefits it seeks to capture.

• Document type NGO report
• Themes list Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment / Drug Offenses / Fair Trial / Gender / Legal Representation / Moratorium / Murder Victims' Families / Terrorism / Trend Towards Abolition / Women

Les informations recueillies par Amnesty International sur le recours à la peine de mort dans le monde en 2024 font état de 1 518 exécutions recensées au cours de l’année, ce qui représente une hausse de 32 % par rapport aux 1 153 exécutions enregistrées en 2023. Pour la deuxième année consécutive, les pays procédant à des exécutions ont atteint le chiffre le plus bas jamais enregistré.

• Document type Rapport d'ONG
• Themes list Clemency / Intellectual Disability / Women / Gender / Innocence / Mental Illness / Moratorium / Terrorism / Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment
• Available languages أحكام وعمليات الإعدام2024 فيDeath sentences and executions in 2024Condenas a muerte y ejecuciones 2024مجازات اعدام در خاورمیانه و آفریقای شمالی ۲۰۲۴

این گزارش ترجمه فارسی بخش خاورمیانه و شمال آفریقای گزارش جهانی عفو بینالملل درباره موارد صدور و اجرای حکم اعدام توسط دستگاه قضایی کشورها در دور

• Document type گزارش سازمان های غیر دولتی
• Themes list Innocence / Mental Illness / Terrorism / Clemency / Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment / Women / Moratorium / Intellectual Disability
• Available languages أحكام وعمليات الإعدام2024 فيDeath sentences and executions in 2024Condenas a muerte y ejecuciones 2024Condamnations à mort et exécutions 2024

يغطي هذا التقرير الاستخدام القضائي لعقوبة الإعدام للفترة من يناير/كانون الثاني إلى ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2024. ويظهر رصد منظمة العفو الدولية زيادة بنسبة 32% في عمليات الإعدام المسجلة مقارنة بعام 2023. ولا يشمل هذا العدد آلاف الأشخاص الذين يُعتقد أنهم أُعدموا في الصين، وكذلك في كوريا الشمالية وفيتنام، اللتين يُعتقد أيضاً أنهما لجأتا إلى الإعدام على نطاق واسع. وللسنة الثانية على التوالي، وصلت الدول التي نفذت عمليات الإعدام إلى أقل عدد مسجل على الإطلاق.

• Document type تقرير منظمة غير حكومية
• Themes list Terrorism / Clemency / Innocence / Moratorium / Intellectual Disability / Mental Illness / Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment / Women
• Available languages Death sentences and executions in 2024Condenas a muerte y ejecuciones 2024مجازات اعدام در خاورمیانه و آفریقای شمالی ۲۰۲۴Condamnations à mort et exécutions 2024

Según el seguimiento que hace Amnistía Internacional del uso de la pena de muerte en el mundo, en 2024 se tuvo noticia de 1.518 ejecuciones: un aumento del 32% respecto de las 1.153 de 2023. Por segundo año consecutivo, el número de países en los que se llevaron a cabo ejecuciones alcanzó la cifra más baja registrada hasta la fecha.

• Document type Informe de ONG
• Themes list Clemency / Intellectual Disability / Mental Illness / Innocence / Moratorium / Women / Terrorism / Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment
• Available languages أحكام وعمليات الإعدام2024 فيDeath sentences and executions in 2024مجازات اعدام در خاورمیانه و آفریقای شمالی ۲۰۲۴Condamnations à mort et exécutions 2024

This report covers the judicial use of the death penalty for the period January to December 2024. Amnesty International’s monitoring shows an increase by 32% in recorded executions compared to 2023. This does not include the thousands of people believed to have been executed in China, as well as in North Korea and Viet Nam, also believed to have resorted to executions extensively. For the second consecutive year, executing countries reached the lowest number on record.

• Document type NGO report
• Themes list Clemency / Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment / Gender / Innocence / Intellectual Disability / Mental Illness / Moratorium / Terrorism / Trend Towards Abolition / Women
• Available languages أحكام وعمليات الإعدام2024 فيCondenas a muerte y ejecuciones 2024مجازات اعدام در خاورمیانه و آفریقای شمالی ۲۰۲۴Condamnations à mort et exécutions 2024

The report exposes how laws and policies disproportionately criminalise women due to their socio-economic status and vulnerabilities, and calls for urgent reforms to stop the criminalisation of women for poverty, survival strategies and gendered norms.

• Document type NGO report
• Themes list Death Row Conditions  / Drug Offenses / Fair Trial / Gender / Intellectual Disability / Legal Representation / Mental Illness / Murder Victims' Families / Trend Towards Abolition / Women

Godden Matanga had done the unthinkable, earning him the label of society’s scum. Shunned by the world, he was considered an outcast. His life was once defined by a fateful act of murder, which led to a death sentence. But mercy found him in that death row cell, rewrote the story of his life, and walked with him out of the prison gates to freedom.

Outside the prison, Godden faced an uncertain world with mixed feelings about him. Could a man who had taken a life ever truly reclaim his own?

This powerful story of mercy and second chances explores God’s persistent love and merciful pursuit—a journey of redemption and the freedom that comes with forgiveness.

• Document type Book
• Countries list Zimbabwe
• Themes list Clemency / Death Row Conditions 

Le Rapport 2024 de la Coalition mondiale contre la peine de mort présente un aperçu des actions menées contre la peine capitale sous le thème « La peine de mort ne protège personne ». Ce rapport adopte un format concis, offrant un aperçu clair et percutant des mobilisations.

• Document type Rapport d'ONG
• Themes list Trend Towards Abolition / Public Opinion 
• Available languages World Day Against The Death Penalty - 2024 Report

The 2024 Report of the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty presents an overview of actions against capital punishment under the theme “The death penalty protects no one”. The report adopts a concise format, offering a clear and impactfuloverview of the mobilizations.

• Document type NGO report
• Themes list Public Opinion  / Trend Towards Abolition
• Available languages Journée mondiale contre la peine de mort - Rapport 2024

The Death Penalty for Drug Offences: Global Overview 2024 report provides 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 human rights and drug control standards. This report presents an analysis of key developments, with a focus on analysing and disseminating available figures and trends on drug-related executions and death sentences.

• Document type NGO report
• Countries list China / Democratic People's Republic of Korea / Indonesia / Iran (Islamic Republic of) / Iraq / Malaysia / Pakistan / Saudi Arabia / Singapore / Viet Nam
• Themes list Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment / Drug Offenses / Fair Trial / Gender / Legal Representation / Moratorium / Trend Towards Abolition / Women

The report highlights ongoing human rights violations resulting from the controversial Operation ‘Ndobo’. This operation, aimed at combating urban gangs, has resulted in mass arrests, arbitrary convictions, and severe conditions for vulnerable youth, with urgent action needed to prevent extrajudicial executions.

• Document type NGO report
• Countries list Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Themes list Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment / Death Row Conditions  / Fair Trial / Juveniles / Legal Representation / Moratorium / Terrorism

The Report provides an in-depth analysis of death penalty trends in Iran 2024. It covers execution statistics, legislative frameworks, and the abolitionist movement, offering insights on how the international community can help reduce executions.

• Document type NGO report
• Countries list Iran (Islamic Republic of)
• Themes list Clemency / Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment / Drug Offenses / Fair Trial / Gender / Intellectual Disability / Juveniles / Legal Representation / Mental Illness / Murder Victims' Families / Women
• Available languages گزارش سالانه اعدام در ایران؛ ۲۰۲۴Rapport annuel sur la peine de mort en Iran

Le rapport fournit une analyse approfondie des tendances en matière de peine de mort en Iran en 2024. Il aborde les statistiques relatives aux exécutions, les cadres législatifs et le mouvement abolitionniste, et donne un aperçu de la manière dont la communauté internationale peut contribuer à réduire le nombre d’exécutions.

• Document type Rapport d'ONG
• Countries list Iran (Islamic Republic of)
• Themes list Clemency / Intellectual Disability / Murder Victims' Families / Women / Gender / Drug Offenses / Mental Illness / Juveniles / Fair Trial / Legal Representation / Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment
• Available languages Annual Report on the Death Penalty in Iran 2024گزارش سالانه اعدام در ایران؛ ۲۰۲۴

این گزارش تحلیلی عمیق از روند مجازات اعدام در ایران در سال 2024 ارائه می‌کند. این گزارش آمار اعدام، چارچوب‌های قانونی، و جنبش لغو لغو اعدام را پوشش می‌دهد و بینش‌هایی در مورد اینکه چگونه جامعه بین‌المللی می‌تواند به کاهش اعدام‌ها کمک کند، ارائه می‌کند.

• Document type گزارش سازمان های غیر دولتی
• Countries list Iran (Islamic Republic of)
• Themes list Mental Illness / Drug Offenses / Murder Victims' Families / Clemency / Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment / Women / Fair Trial / Intellectual Disability / Legal Representation / Juveniles
• Available languages Annual Report on the Death Penalty in Iran 2024Rapport annuel sur la peine de mort en Iran

The report sheds light on the Assad regime’s use of the death penalty as an instrument of political repression from the outbreak of the popular uprising in 2011 up until the Assad regime’s downfall on December 8, 2024. In pursuit of this policy, the death penalty was no longer restricted to criminal offenses but became a tool used by the Assad regime to terrorize society, consolidate the regime’s security grip, and eliminate dissidents without fair trials.

• Document type NGO report
• Countries list Syrian Arab Republic
• Themes list Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment / Fair Trial / Juveniles / Mental Illness / Terrorism
• Available languages عقوبــــــــة اإلعـــــــدام فـــــــي القــــــوانيــــــنالسوريـــــــــة واستغـــــــالها مـــــن قبــــــلنظام األســـد للقضاء على معارضيه

يسلط التقرير الضوء على استخدام نظام الأسد لعقوبة الإعدام كأداة للقمع السياسي منذ اندلاع الحراك الشعبي في عام 2011 حتى سقوط نظام الأسد في 8 كانون الأول 2024. وفي إطار هذه السياسة، لم تعد عقوبة الإعدام مقتصرة على الجرائم الجنائية، بل أصبحت أداة يستخدمها نظام الأسد لإرهاب المجتمع وتعزيز القبضة الأمنية للنظام، وتصفية المعارضين دون محاكمات عادلة.

• Document type تقرير منظمة غير حكومية
• Countries list Syrian Arab Republic
• Themes list Terrorism / Juveniles / Fair Trial / Mental Illness / Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment
• Available languages The Death Penalty in Syrian Law and Its Exploitation by the Assad Regime to Eliminate Dissidents

This annual publication presents changes in the death row population as well as political and legal developments in the administration of the death penalty in India each year. The statistics are compiled through a combination of data mining of court websites, media monitoring and Right to Information applications.

• Document type NGO report
• Countries list India
• Themes list Death Row Conditions  / Fair Trial / Moratorium

Le nouveau guide d’ECPM fournit aux INDH et aux MNP des outils pratiques pour évaluer les conditions de détention des personnes condamnées à mort, en mettant l’accent sur les normes internationales en matière de droits humains.

• Document type Rapport d'ONG
• Themes list Death Row Conditions  / Women / Gender / Juveniles / Fair Trial / Legal Representation / Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment
• Available languages Monitoring conditions of detention of prisoners sentenced to death: Practical Guide for NHRIs and NPMs.

ECPM’s new guide provides NHRIs and NPMs with practical tools for assessing the conditions of detention of death row prisoners, emphasizing international human rights standards.

• Document type NGO report
• Themes list Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment / Death Row Conditions  / Fair Trial / Gender / Juveniles / Legal Representation / Women
• Available languages Monitoring des conditions de détention des personnes condamnées à mort : Guide pratique des INDH et MNP

The Death Penalty in 2024 report highlights critical trends in capital punishment: death sentences and executions remain near historic lows, public support continues to decline, and over 200 exonerations have now been documented. Landmark events include President Biden commuting the death sentences of 37 men on federal death row, Alabama’s unprecedented use of nitrogen gas for executions, and increased attention to innocence in high-profile cases like Melissa Lucio and Richard Glossip. The report also underscores growing global criticism of the death penalty, as 130 countries backed a UN resolution for a moratorium.

• Document type NGO report
• Countries list United States
• Themes list Clemency / Innocence / Public Opinion  / Trend Towards Abolition

This comprehensive report by Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) explores the gendered dimensions of the death penalty in Iran, highlighting systemic inequalities, discriminatory laws, and societal factors that disproportionately affect women on death row. Between 2010 and 2024, at least 241 women were executed, with only 26% of cases officially reported. Many were sentenced under circumstances marked by domestic violence, coerced confessions, or lack of legal representation. The report underscores the urgent need for international advocacy to address these injustices and promote gender equality in Iran’s judicial system.

• Document type NGO report
• Countries list Iran (Islamic Republic of)
• Themes list Death Row Conditions  / Gender / Women

في تقريرها السنوي لعام 2024، تكشف المنظمة الأوروبية السعودية لحقوق الإنسان عن زيادة غير مسبوقة في عمليات الإعدام في السعودية، والتي تضاعفت بأكثر من 100% مقارنة بعام 2023. التقرير يسرد الانتهاكات الخطيرة المرتبطة بالمحاكمات، بما في ذلك التعذيب، والافتقار إلى الشفافية، والتوسع في استخدام عقوبة الإعدام، مما يسلط الضوء على النهج القمعي المتزايد للمملكة

• Document type تقرير منظمة غير حكومية
• Countries list Saudi Arabia
• Themes list Juveniles / Drug Offenses / Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment
• Available languages Blood Era: A Historic Record of Executions in Saudi Arabia 2024

The European Saudi Organization for Human Rights (ESOHR) reports an alarming escalation in executions in Saudi Arabia in 2024, marking a historic high with 345 individuals executed—double the number from 2023. This report highlights the extensive use of the death penalty, with executions for drug-related offenses, political charges, and discretionary judgments (Taazir) significantly increasing. The grim statistics reveal a judicial system fraught with human rights violations, including torture, lack of legal defense, and the execution of minors and women. Amid international criticism, Saudi Arabia’s use of the death penalty underscores a blatant disregard for justice and human dignity, perpetuating fear and repression while pursuing an international image of progressiveness.

• Document type NGO report
• Countries list Saudi Arabia
• Themes list Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment / Drug Offenses / Juveniles
• Available languages عهد الدم: رقم تاريخي للإعدام في السعودية ٢٠٢٤

This report examines important developments regarding the death penalty in Texas in 2024, highlighting cases of individuals convicted despite evidence of innocence, racial and geographic disparities, and issues related to lethal injections.

• Document type NGO report
• Countries list United States
• Themes list Clemency / Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment / Death Row Conditions  / Fair Trial / Innocence / Intellectual Disability / Legal Representation / Mental Illness / Moratorium / Trend Towards Abolition

La Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas pide una moratoria global sobre la pena de muerte, enfatizando la importancia de los derechos humanos, juicios justos y transparencia. Anima a los Estados a reducir los delitos castigados con la pena capital, mejorar las condiciones de detención y compartir sus experiencias para limitar o abolir la pena de muerte.

• Document type Derecho internacional - Naciones Unidas
• Themes list Mental Illness / Juveniles / Fair Trial / Moratorium
• Available languages 2024 قرار اتخذته الجمعية العامة في 17 كانون الأول/ديسمبرResolution adopted by the General Assembly on 17 December 2024Résolution adoptée par l’Assemblée générale le 17 décembre 2024Резолюция, принятая Генеральной Ассамблеей 17 декабря 2024 года2024 年 12 月 17 日大会决议

L’Assemblée générale des Nations Unies appelle à un moratoire mondial sur la peine de mort, en mettant l’accent sur l’importance des droits humains, des procès équitables et de la transparence. Elle encourage les États à réduire les infractions passibles de la peine capitale, à améliorer les conditions de détention et à partager leurs expériences dans la limitation ou l’abolition de la peine de mort.

• Document type Array
• Themes list Mental Illness / Juveniles / Moratorium / Fair Trial
• Available languages 2024 قرار اتخذته الجمعية العامة في 17 كانون الأول/ديسمبرResolution adopted by the General Assembly on 17 December 2024Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 17 de diciembre de 2024Резолюция, принятая Генеральной Ассамблеей 17 декабря 2024 года2024 年 12 月 17 日大会决议

联合国大会呼吁全球暂停死刑执行，强调人权、公正审判和透明度的重要性。它鼓励各国减少死刑犯罪、改善拘留条件，并分享在限制或废除死刑方面的经验。

• Document type 国际法 - 联合国
• Themes list Fair Trial / Moratorium / Mental Illness / Juveniles
• Available languages 2024 قرار اتخذته الجمعية العامة في 17 كانون الأول/ديسمبرResolution adopted by the General Assembly on 17 December 2024Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 17 de diciembre de 2024Résolution adoptée par l’Assemblée générale le 17 décembre 2024Резолюция, принятая Генеральной Ассамблеей 17 декабря 2024 года

تدعو الجمعية العامة للأمم المتحدة إلى فرض تعليق عالمي على عقوبة الإعدام، مُشددة على أهمية حقوق الإنسان، والمحاكمات العادلة، والشفافية. وتحث الدول على تقليص الجرائم المعاقب عليها بالإعدام، وتحسين ظروف الاحتجاز، ومشاركة تجاربها في الحد من عقوبة الإعدام أو إلغائها.

• Document type القانون الدولي - الأمم المتحدة
• Themes list Moratorium / Juveniles / Fair Trial / Mental Illness
• Available languages Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 17 December 2024Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 17 de diciembre de 2024Résolution adoptée par l’Assemblée générale le 17 décembre 2024Резолюция, принятая Генеральной Ассамблеей 17 декабря 2024 года2024 年 12 月 17 日大会决议

The General Assembly of the United Nations calls for a global moratorium on the death penalty, emphasizing the importance of human rights, fair trials, and transparency. It encourages states to reduce capital punishment offenses, improve detention conditions, and share their experiences in limiting or abolishing the death penalty.

• Document type International law - United Nations
• Themes list Fair Trial / Juveniles / Mental Illness / Moratorium / Trend Towards Abolition
• Available languages 2024 قرار اتخذته الجمعية العامة في 17 كانون الأول/ديسمبرResolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 17 de diciembre de 2024Résolution adoptée par l’Assemblée générale le 17 décembre 2024Резолюция, принятая Генеральной Ассамблеей 17 декабря 2024 года2024 年 12 月 17 日大会决议

Генеральная Ассамблея Организации Объединённых Наций призывает установить глобальный мораторий на смертную казнь, подчеркивая важность прав человека, справедливых судебных процессов и прозрачности. Она призывает государства сокращать количество преступлений, караемых смертной казнью, улучшать условия содержания под стражей и делиться своим опытом в ограничении или отмене смертной казни.

• Document type Международное право - Организация Объединенных Наций
• Themes list Moratorium / Juveniles / Mental Illness / Fair Trial
• Available languages 2024 قرار اتخذته الجمعية العامة في 17 كانون الأول/ديسمبرResolution adopted by the General Assembly on 17 December 2024Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 17 de diciembre de 2024Résolution adoptée par l’Assemblée générale le 17 décembre 20242024 年 12 月 17 日大会决议

Le rapport de la Commission globale de politique en matière de drogues, De l’échec de la pénalisation à la réforme des politiques en matière de drogues, met en lumière comment les politiques punitives en matière de drogues ont conduit à une incarcération de masse et à de graves violations des droits humains. Rien qu’en 2023, plus de 3,1 millions de personnes ont été arrêtées pour des infractions liées aux drogues, et 20 % de la population carcérale mondiale était détenue pour de tels crimes, dont près de la moitié pour simple possession.

Le rapport souligne les conséquences dévastatrices des politiques prohibitionnistes, notamment plus d’un million de décès par overdose aux États-Unis au cours des deux dernières décennies et 40 000 au Canada en seulement huit ans. Il met également en lumière les inégalités systémiques, comme le fait que les peuples autochtones au Canada ont six fois plus de risques d’être arrêtés pour des infractions liées aux drogues que leurs homologues blancs. En outre, le rapport illustre les fardeaux disproportionnés qui pèsent sur les femmes et les enfants, aggravant les cycles de pauvreté et de marginalisation.

Il examine l’éventail des réponses pénales aux infractions liées aux drogues, allant des pratiques de contrôle au faciès qui ciblent de manière disproportionnée les communautés marginalisées, à des mesures extrêmes comme la peine de mort ou le traitement forcé. Ces approches violent souvent les droits humains, perpétuent la stigmatisation et ne s’attaquent pas aux causes profondes de la consommation de substances.

Proposant une feuille de route pour la réforme, le rapport préconise des stratégies fondées sur des données probantes, notamment des mesures de réduction des risques (par exemple, les centres de prévention des overdoses, la distribution de naloxone et les programmes d’approvisionnement plus sûr), la dépénalisation et la réglementation légale des marchés de drogues. Ces approches sauvent des vies, réduisent les dommages sociaux, favorisent la dignité et promeuvent la santé et l’équité.

• Document type Rapport d'ONG
• Themes list Drug Offenses
• Available languages Beyond punishment: From criminal justice responses to drug policy reform

The Global Commission on Drug Policy’s report, Beyond Punishment: From Criminal Justice Responses to Drug Policy Reform, exposes how punitive drug policies have driven mass incarceration and grave human rights violations. In 2023 alone, over 3.1 million people were arrested for drug-related offenses, with 20% of the global prison population detained for such crimes – nearly half for simple possession.

The report underscores the devastating consequences of prohibitionist policies, including over one million overdose deaths in the U.S. in the past two decades and 40,000 in Canada in just eight years. It also highlights systemic inequities, such as Indigenous peoples in Canada being six times more likely to face drug-related arrests than white counterparts. Furthermore, the report illustrates the disproportionate burdens on women and children, deepening cycles of poverty and marginalization.

It examines the broad spectrum of criminal justice responses to drug offenses, ranging from stop-and-search practices that disproportionately target marginalized communities to extreme measures like the death penalty and enforced treatment. These approaches often violate human rights, perpetuate stigma, and fail to address the root causes of substance use.

Offering a roadmap for reform, the report advocates for evidence-based strategies, including harm reduction measures (e.g., Overdose Prevention Centers, naloxone distribution, and safer supply programs), decriminalization and the legal regulation of drug markets. These approaches not only save lives but also reduce societal harms, foster dignity, and promote health and equity.

• Document type NGO report
• Themes list Drug Offenses
• Available languages De l’échec de la pénalisation à la réforme des politiques en matière de drogues

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) has released a detailed report exposing the inhumane conditions at Qarchak Prison in Iran, a facility originally designed as a poultry farm. The prison detains over 2,000 women and children in overcrowded and unsanitary conditions, with a lack of healthcare, contaminated drinking water, and inadequate nutrition. Children, some born in the prison, are exposed to severe hardships, including unhygienic environments, insufficient food, and inadequate medical care, and are often separated from their mothers at the age of two.

The report also highlights the use of solitary confinement for women, including death row prisoners awaiting execution. These cells lack ventilation and basic facilities, exacerbating the psychological and physical suffering of detainees. Mothers detained with their children face additional challenges, including threats of separation and the absence of educational or recreational resources for their children.

IHRNGO calls for the immediate closure of Qarchak Prison and urges the international community to take action against these egregious human rights violations. This report underscores the urgent need to protect the dignity and rights of all prisoners, particularly the most vulnerable women and children.

• Document type NGO report
• Countries list Iran (Islamic Republic of)
• Themes list Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment / Death Row Conditions  / Women

Executions take a severe psychological toll on prison staff, with many experiencing PTSD, moral injury, and emotional distress. This article explores the hidden casualties of the death penalty, revealing how executioners and correctional officers face mental health challenges that often go unacknowledged. With insights from studies, personal accounts, and cases across the U.S., it highlights the urgent need for systemic support and reform.

• Document type Arguments against the death penalty
• Countries list United States
• Themes list Death Row Conditions  / Mental Illness

Literature on opposition to the death penalty typically characterizes abolition as inexorable and attributes its fulfillment to the age of human rights. Although most countries abolished capital punishment after the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, this article uses three comparative case studies to demonstrate abolition’s entanglement with a broader range of political, legal, and cultural factors. Applying a historically grounded nonteleological approach, we offer three insights. First, civilizationist values drove abolitionism in countries in the “vanguard,” such as Canada and England/Wales, where human rights rationales were expressed well after abolition and as a mark of superiority. Second, death penalty abolition has often allied with decolonization and penal reform, but assertions of independence and sovereignty have periodically provoked reinstatement, as in Mexican and Philippine history, which underscores the fragility of abolition. Third, state-centric approaches to de jure and de facto abolition overlook the practice of extrajudicial and summary “rebel” executions in polities such as Myanmar and Mali, which lack a state monopoly on force. Further historical studies that do not presuppose a human rights explanation of abolition and that compare jurisdictions within as well as between the Global North and South will better grasp the death penalty’s complex history.

• Document type Academic Article
• Countries list Canada / Mali / Mexico / Myanmar / Philippines / United Kingdom
• Themes list Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment / Trend Towards Abolition

Project 39A has launched Capital Letters from death row India, a unique digital exhibition curated by reFrame. Featuring letters, artwork, audio recordings, and photographs created by prisoners on death row, the exhibition offers a deeply humanizing look into their lived experiences. Through eight thematic sections, visitors can explore the complex realities of life on death row and engage with stories of hope, trauma, and resilience.

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

يقدم هذا التقرير معلومات عن تنفيذ ق ا رر الجمعية العامة 77 / 222 ، بما يشم الت و ا رت بش
إلغاع عقو ة امعدام ووقل العم بعقو ة امعدامر ويبرت التقرير ائتجاهات العا دة العم بعقو ة
امعدام، بما ذلك ت بيق المعايير الدولية المتصلة بحماية نقوق من يواجاو عقو ة امعدامر ويتناول
أيضا روت انتجات الأ ناي الذين ينت رو رواق المحكوم عليام بامعدام، وت بيق عقو ة امعدام
على الرعايا الأجانب، وت بيقاا على النعاع بشك مفرز وقا م على التمييز، وت لأيرها المفرز على الأ ا ر
الفق ا رع أو الذين يعيشو رو ا اقتصا ية هشة، والعم تاا بشك تمييزا ذد الأ ناي الذين يمار و
نقوق امنعا الواجبة لام، ومنتلل المبا ا رت ال ا رمية إلى المض قدمائ إلغا اار ويرنب الأمين العام
التقرير بالتقدم المحرت نحو إلغاع العقو ة على الصعيد العالم الدول الت تم منتلل الن م
القانونية والتقاليد وال قا ات والنلصيات الدينية، وينل التقرير إلى أ جمي التداتير ال ا رمية إلى الحد
من ت بيق عقو ة امعدام تشك تقدمائ نماية الحق الحياةر

• Document type القانون الدولي - الأمم المتحدة
• Themes list Moratorium
• Available languages 2024 Report of the Secretary-General - Moratorium on the use of the death penaltyInforme del Secretario General 2024 - Moratoria sobre el uso de la pena de muerte2024 Rapport du Secrétaire général - Moratoire sur l’application de la peine de mort2024 Доклад Генерального секретаря - Мораторий на смертную казнь2024年秘书长报告 - 暂停使用死刑

В настоящем докладе содержится информация об осуществлении резолюции 77/222 Генеральной Ассамблеи, в том числе о событиях, связанных с отменой смертной казни и введением моратория на исполнение смертных приговоров. В нем освещаются тенденции в применении смертной казни, включая применение международных стандартов, касающихся защиты прав лиц, которым грозит смертная казнь. В докладе обсуждаются такие вопросы, как условия содержания лиц, приговоренных к смертной казни, применение смертной казни в отношении иностранных граждан, ее несоразмерное и дискриминационное применение в отношении женщин, ее несоразмерное воздействие на малообеспеченных и экономически незащищенных лиц, ее дискриминационное применение в отношении лиц, отстаивающих свои права человека, а также освещаются различные инициативы, направленные на содействие ее отмене. В докладе Генеральный секретарь приветствует прогресс на пути к всеобщей отмене смертной казни, достигнутый в государствах с различными правовыми системами, традициями, культурами и религиозными особенностями и делает вывод о том, что все меры, направленные на ограничение применения смертной казни, представляют собой прогресс в деле защиты права на жизнь.

• Document type Доклад Организации Объединенных Наций
• Themes list Moratorium
• Available languages 2024 تقرير الأمين العام - وقف العمل عقوبة الإعدام2024 Report of the Secretary-General - Moratorium on the use of the death penaltyInforme del Secretario General 2024 - Moratoria sobre el uso de la pena de muerte2024 Rapport du Secrétaire général - Moratoire sur l’application de la peine de mort2024年秘书长报告 - 暂停使用死刑

本报告介绍了大会第 77/222 号决议的执行情况，包括在废除死刑和暂停执行死刑方面的进展情况。报告着重介绍了使用死刑的趋势，包括适用保护死刑犯权利的国际标准的情况。报告还讨论了死刑犯羁押条件、对外国国民适用死刑、歧视性地对妇女过度适用死刑、死刑对穷人或经济脆弱个人的影响过大、歧视性地对行使其人权者使用死刑以及推进废除死刑的各项举措。秘书长在报告中欢迎代表不同法律制度、传统、文化和宗教背景的国家在普遍废除死刑方面取得的进展，并得出结论认为，所有限制适用死刑的措施都是在保护生命权方面取得的进展。

• Document type 联合国报告
• Themes list Moratorium
• Available languages 2024 تقرير الأمين العام - وقف العمل عقوبة الإعدام2024 Report of the Secretary-General - Moratorium on the use of the death penaltyInforme del Secretario General 2024 - Moratoria sobre el uso de la pena de muerte2024 Rapport du Secrétaire général - Moratoire sur l’application de la peine de mort2024 Доклад Генерального секретаря - Мораторий на смертную казнь

В настоящем докладе содержится информация об осуществлении резолюции 77/222 Генеральной Ассамблеи, в том числе о событиях, связанных с отменой смертной казни и введением моратория на исполнение смертных приговоров. В нем освещаются тенденции в применении смертной казни, включая применение международных стандартов, касающихся защиты прав лиц, которым грозит смертная казнь. В докладе обсуждаются такие вопросы, как условия содержания лиц, приговоренных к смертной казни, применение смертной казни в отношении иностранных граждан, ее несоразмерное и дискриминационное применение в отношении женщин, ее несоразмерное воздействие на малообеспеченных и экономически незащищенных лиц, ее дискриминационное применение в отношении лиц, отстаивающих свои права человека, а также освещаются различные инициативы, направленные на содействие ее отмене. В докладе Генеральный секретарь приветствует прогресс на пути к всеобщей отмене смертной казни, достигнутый в государствах с различными правовыми системами, традициями, культурами и религиозными особенностями и делает вывод о том, что все меры, направленные на ограничение применения смертной казни, представляют собой прогресс в деле защиты права на жизнь.

• Document type Доклад Организации Объединенных Наций
• Themes list Moratorium

El presente informe proporciona información sobre la aplicación de la resolución 77/222 de la Asamblea General, en particular sobre los avances logrados en aras de la abolición de la pena de muerte y el establecimiento de moratorias de las ejecuciones. Se ponen de relieve las tendencias en cuanto al uso de la pena de muerte, incluida la aplicación de las normas internacionales relativas a la protección de los derechos de las personas condenadas a muerte. Asimismo, se analizan cuestiones como las condiciones de detención de las personas que se encuentran en espera de ejecución, la aplicación de la pena de muerte a ciudadanos extranjeros, su uso desproporcionado y discriminatorio contra las mujeres, los desmesurados efectos que tiene en las personas pobres o económicamente vulnerables y su utilización discriminatoria contra las personas que ejercen sus derechos humanos, así como también diversas iniciativas destinadas a promover su abolición. En el informe, el Secretario General celebra los avances que se han logrado en pos de la abolición universal en Estados que representan diferentes sistemas jurídicos, tradiciones, culturas y orígenes religiosos, y concluye que todas las medidas que se adopten para limitar la aplicación de la pena de muerte constituyen un avance en la protección del derecho a la vida.

• Document type Informe de las Naciones Unidas
• Themes list Moratorium
• Available languages 2024 تقرير الأمين العام - وقف العمل عقوبة الإعدام2024 Report of the Secretary-General - Moratorium on the use of the death penalty2024 Rapport du Secrétaire général - Moratoire sur l’application de la peine de mort2024 Доклад Генерального секретаря - Мораторий на смертную казнь2024年秘书长报告 - 暂停使用死刑

Le présent rapport vient rendre compte de l’application de la résolution 77/222 de l’Assemblée générale, notamment de l’évolution dans le sens de l’abolition de la peine de mort et de l’institution de moratoires sur les exécutions, s’arrêtant sur les tendances touchant l’imposition de la peine de mort, y compris le respect des normes internationales garantissant la protection des droits des personnes encourant la peine de mort. Il s’intéresse également, entre autres questions, aux conditions de détention des personnes dans le couloir de la mort, à l’application de la peine de mort à des ressortissants étrangers, à son imposition disproportionnée et discriminatoire à des femmes, à son impact disproportionné sur des personnes pauvres et économiquement vulnérables, à son application discriminatoire à des personnes exerçant leurs droits humains et à diverses initiatives tendant à son abolition. Se félicitant de l’évolution constatée dans le sens de l’abolition universelle de la peine de mort dans des États représentant des systèmes juridiques, des traditions, des cultures et des contextes religieux différents, le Secrétaire général conclut que toutes mesures tendant à limiter l’application de la peine de mort concourent à la protection du droit à la vie.

• Document type Rapport des Nations Unies
• Themes list Moratorium
• Available languages 2024 تقرير الأمين العام - وقف العمل عقوبة الإعدام2024 Report of the Secretary-General - Moratorium on the use of the death penaltyInforme del Secretario General 2024 - Moratoria sobre el uso de la pena de muerte2024 Доклад Генерального секретаря - Мораторий на смертную казнь2024年秘书长报告 - 暂停使用死刑

The present report provides information on the implementation of General Assembly resolution 77/222, including on developments towards the abolition of the death penalty and the establishment of moratoriums on executions. 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, are highlighted. Issues such as 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 on persons exercising their human rights, and various initiatives for advancing its abolition are also discussed. In the report, the Secretary-General welcomes progress made towards universal abolition in States representing different legal systems, traditions, cultures and religious backgrounds and concludes that all measures towards limiting the application of the death penalty constitute progress in the protection of the right to life.

• Document type United Nations report
• Themes list Moratorium / Trend Towards Abolition
• Available languages 2024 تقرير الأمين العام - وقف العمل عقوبة الإعدامInforme del Secretario General 2024 - Moratoria sobre el uso de la pena de muerte2024 Rapport du Secrétaire général - Moratoire sur l’application de la peine de mort2024 Доклад Генерального секретаря - Мораторий на смертную казнь2024年秘书长报告 - 暂停使用死刑

Human Rights Watch highlights a dramatic increase in unlawful executions in Iraq in 2024. At least 50 men were executed in September, often without fair trials or prior notice to families. Reports reveal torture, inhumane detention conditions, and arbitrary practices. The organization calls for an immediate moratorium on the death penalty and urgent reforms to Iraq’s judicial and prison systems.

• Document type NGO report
• Countries list Iraq

The Death Penalty Policy Project has published a comprehensive study analyzing over three decades of FBI homicide data. The findings reveal that U.S. states without the death penalty or with moratoria on executions are safer for both the public and police. By contrast, states actively carrying out executions rank among the least safe in the U.S. The study challenges long-held deterrence arguments and underscores the death penalty’s ineffectiveness as a public safety policy.

• Document type Arguments against the death penalty
• Countries list United States

La “Résolution sur le vote biannuel de l’Assemblée générale des Nations Unies appelant à un moratoire sur l’application de la peine de mort” (CADHP/Res.614 (LXXXI) 2024) a été adoptée par la Commission africaine des droits de l’homme et des peuples lors de sa 81e session ordinaire en novembre 2024. La résolution met en avant l’importance de promouvoir les droits de l’homme en Afrique, en particulier le droit à la vie et à la dignité, tels qu’énoncés dans la Charte africaine des droits de l’homme et des peuples.

La résolution rappelle les efforts passés pour encourager les États africains à imposer des moratoires sur la peine de mort, les incitant à voter en faveur de la résolution de l’Assemblée générale des Nations Unies appelant à un moratoire universel. Elle souligne le soutien croissant des États membres de l’Union africaine à ces résolutions.

La Commission exhorte les pays africains qui maintiennent la peine de mort à envisager d’adopter des moratoires, à réduire le nombre de crimes passibles de la peine capitale et à garantir des processus judiciaires équitables pour les personnes condamnées à mort, y compris le droit de demander la grâce ou la commutation de leur peine. Elle appelle également certains États à envisager l’abolition totale de la peine de mort.

En résumé, la résolution encourage les pays africains à s’aligner sur les tendances mondiales en faveur de l’abolition, à promouvoir le respect de la dignité humaine et à considérer les avantages à long terme d’un moratoire sur la peine de mort.

• Document type Droit international - Organe regional
• Themes list Moratorium
• Available languages RESOLUTION ON THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY BIANNUAL VOTE CALLING FOR A MORATORIUM ON THE USE OF THE DEATH PENALTY - ACHPR/Res.614 (LXXXI) 2024

The “Resolution on the United Nations General Assembly Biannual Vote Calling for a Moratorium on the Use of the Death Penalty” (ACHPR/Res.614 (LXXXI) 2024) was adopted by the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights during its 81st Ordinary Session in November 2024. The resolution emphasizes the importance of promoting human rights in Africa, particularly the right to life and dignity, as outlined in the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights.

The resolution recalls past efforts to encourage African states to impose moratoriums on the death penalty, urging them to vote in favor of the UN General Assembly’s resolution calling for a universal moratorium. It highlights the significant support for these resolutions by African Union Member States, with increasing numbers of countries voting in favor over the years.

The Commission urges African countries that still have the death penalty to consider adopting moratoriums, reduce the number of crimes punishable by death, and ensure fair legal processes for those sentenced to death, including the right to seek pardon or commutation. It also calls for the possibility of abolishing the death penalty entirely in some states.

In summary, the resolution encourages African countries to align with global trends towards abolition, promote respect for human dignity, and consider the long-term benefits of a moratorium on the death penalty.

• Document type International law - Regional body
• Themes list Moratorium / Trend Towards Abolition
• Available languages RESOLUTION SUR LE VOTE BIANNUEL DE L'ASSEMBLEE GENERALE DES NATIONS UNIES APPELANT A UN MORATOIRE SUR L'APPLICATION DE LA PEINE DE MORT. CADHP/Res.614 (LXXXI) 2024

FAQ (Foire aux questions) pour l’appel à propositions ouvert pour un soutien financier aux tiers du Consortium mondial pour l’abolition de la peine de mort

• Document type Array
• Available languages FAQ Open Call FSTP

FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) for the Open Call for proposals for Financial Support to Third Parties of the Global Consortium for Death Penalty Abolition

• Document type Array
• Available languages FAQ Appel à propositions FSTP

Le 9 février 2024, le gouvernement de la République démocratique du Congo (RDC) a levé le moratoire sur les exécutions en vigueur depuis 2003. Cette décision s’inscrit dans un contexte de détérioration de la situation sécuritaire à l’Est du pays et de restrictions croissantes de l’espace civique. Depuis la levée du moratoire, les défenseur·es des droits humains qui s’opposent publiquement à cette décision font l’objet d’une répression accrue de la part des autorités congolaises. Cette note documente les violations subies par ces défenseur·es dans plusieurs provinces du pays, notamment :

– des menaces de mort et des actes de violence physique ;
– des arrestations et détentions arbitraires ;
– des accusations fallacieuses et des procédures judiciaires controuvées ;
– des atteintes au droit à la propriété et à la libre circulation ;
– du harcèlement visant leurs proches et collaborateur·rices.

Ces violations sont principalement perpétrées par des agents de l’Agence nationale de renseignements (ANR), de la Détection militaire des activités anti-patrie (Démiap), et des forces de sécurité. L’impunité dont jouissent les auteur·rices de ces actes permet à cette répression de perdurer.

La présente note met également en exergue l’impact considérable que provoque la criminalisation des défenseur·es sur leurs conditions de vie et celles de leur entourage, entraînant notamment :

– l’impossibilité de poursuivre leurs activités par crainte de représailles ;
– des conséquences économiques et sociales (perte d’emploi, marginalisation) ;
– un bouleversement de la vie familiale (déménagements forcés, séparations) ;
– un exil forcé pour certain·es défenseur·es particulièrement menacé·es.

Le phénomène croissant de répression décrit dans cette note s’inscrit dans un contexte plus large de restrictions de l’espace civique en RDC, exacerbé par l’état de siège en vigueur dans certaines provinces de l’Est. Cette répression risque d’avoir un effet dissuasif important sur l’ensemble du mouvement abolitionniste et plus largement sur toute forme d’opposition au Gouvernement.

• Document type Rapport d'ONG
• Countries list Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Themes list Moratorium
• Available languages Report on the situation of abolitionist human rights defenders in Democratic Republic of the Congo

As we commemorate the World Day Against the Death Penalty, Justice Project Pakistan presents the third edition of its annual statistics report, Death Penalty in Pakistan: Data Mapping Capital Punishment. This report offers a thoroughly updated and comprehensive analysis of the implementation of the death penalty in Pakistan.

Over the past decade, significant developments have shaped the landscape of capital punishment in Pakistan. This report delves into the data and provides an insightful overview of a period marked by a profound re-evaluation of the death penalty. Its aim is to highlight these developments through detailed statistical analysis and contextual insights.

Since the lifting of the moratorium on executions in December 2014, the administration of death sentences has undergone substantial changes. The statistics reflect a complex interplay of legal processes, judicial decisions, and evolving societal attitudes that influence the application of capital punishment. This edition captures these shifts and provides key findings on trends, patterns, and the underlying drivers.

• Document type NGO report
• Countries list Pakistan

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

On February 9, 2024, the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) lifted the moratorium on executions that had been in place since 2003. This decision comes amid a deteriorating security situation in the eastern part of the country and increasing restrictions on civic space. Since the moratorium was lifted, human rights defenders who publicly oppose this decision have faced heightened repression from Congolese authorities. This note documents the violations suffered by these defenders in several provinces of the country, including:

– death threats and acts of physical violence;
– arbitrary arrests and detentions;
– baseless accusations and fabricated judicial proceedings;
– violations of property rights and freedom of movement;
– harassment targeting their relatives and collaborators.

These violations are mainly perpetrated by agents of the National Intelligence Agency (ANR), the Military Detection of Unpatriotic Activities (Démiap), and security forces. The impunity enjoyed by the perpetrators allows this repression to continue.

This note also highlights the considerable impact that the criminalization of defenders has on their living conditions and those of their families, including:

– the inability to continue their activities due to fear of reprisals;
– economic and social consequences (loss of employment, marginalization);
– disruption of family life (forced relocations, separations);
– forced exile for some particularly threatened defenders.

The growing phenomenon of repression described in this note is part of a broader context of civic space restrictions in the DRC, exacerbated by the state of siege in place in some eastern provinces. This repression risks having a significant deterrent effect on the entire abolitionist movement and, more broadly, on any form of opposition to the government.

• Document type NGO report
• Countries list Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Themes list Moratorium
• Available languages Rapport sur la situation des défenseur.es abolitionnistes en République Démocratique du Congo

• Document type التحالف العالمي / حملات
• Available languages Leaflet - World Day 2024 & 2025Brochure - Journée mondiale 2024 & 2025

• Document type Array
• Available languages Budget Template FSTP-FFPA

• Document type Array
• Available languages Modèle de budget - FSTP-FFPA

Formulaire de demande – Soutien financier aux tiers – Consortium mondial pour l’abolition de la peine de mort

• Document type Array
• Available languages ApplicationForm-FSTP_FFPA

• Document type Array
• Available languages Formulaire de demande - FSTP-FFPA

LGBTQ+ people, especially people of color and low income, experience high levels of policing and criminalization, leading to an overrepresentation of these individuals in the incarcerated population. A 2017 study from researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law, suggests that LGBTQ+ people are three times as likely to be incarcerated than the general population. Once incarcerated, LGBTQ+ people are often subjected to violence from correctional staff and fellow prisoners, as well denied medical care and access to mental health services.

• Document type NGO report
• Countries list United States
• Themes list Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment / Fair Trial

• Document type ائتلاف جهانی / مبارزات انتخاباتی
• Available languages ملصق اليوم العالمي لمناهضة عقوبة الإعدام 2024 - 2025Poster World day against the death penalty 2024 - 2025Cartel Día mundial contra la pena de muerte 2024 - 2025Affiche journées mondiales contre la peine de mort 2024 & 2025Плакат Всемирный день против смертной казни 2024 - 2025海報 2024 年至 2025 年世界反對死刑日

• Document type Campagnes / Coalition mondiale
• Available languages INSECURITY REVEALED: Voices Against the Death Penalty

• Document type Campaigning / World Coalition
• Available languages L'INSÉCURITÉ RÉVÉLÉE : Voix contre la peine de mort

• Document type Campaigning / World Coalition

Во исполнение решения 18/117 Совета по правам человека настоящий доклад представляется для обновления предыдущих докладов по вопросу о смертной казни. В докладе Генеральный секретарь подтверждает тенденцию к всеобщей отмене смертной казни и отмечает инициативы по ограничению ее применения и реализации мер, гарантирующих защиту прав тех, кому грозит смертная казнь. В период с июля 2022 года по июнь 2024 года смертная казнь по-прежнему применялась в меньшинстве государств, а некоторые значительно расширили ее применение. В соответствии с резолюцией 22/11 Совета доклад содержит также информацию о правах человека детей, родители которых были приговорены к смертной казни или казнены

• Document type Доклад Организации Объединенных Наций / Международное право - Организация Объединенных Наций
• Themes list Clemency / Fair Trial / Death Row Conditions 
• Available languages مادعلإا ةبوقع ةلأسم - ماعلا نيملأا ريرقتReport of the Secretary General: Question of the death penalty 2024La cuestión de la pena de muerte Informe del Secretario GeneralQuestion de la peine de mort - Rapport du Secrétaire général死刑问题 秘书长的报告

本报告根据人权理事会第 18/117 号决定提交，以更新以往关于死刑问题的报告。秘书长在报告中重申了普遍废除死刑的总体趋势，并着重介绍了限制使用死刑和落实保护死刑犯权利的保障措施的举措。2022 年 7 月至 2024 年 6 月期间，少数国家继续执行死刑，其中一些国家使用死刑的情况大幅增加。依照理事会第22/11 号决议，本报告载有关于被判死刑者或被处决者子女的人权问题的资料。

• Document type 联合国报告
• Themes list Fair Trial / Clemency / Death Row Conditions 
• Available languages مادعلإا ةبوقع ةلأسم - ماعلا نيملأا ريرقتReport of the Secretary General: Question of the death penalty 2024La cuestión de la pena de muerte Informe del Secretario GeneralQuestion de la peine de mort - Rapport du Secrétaire généralВопрос о смертной казни - Доклад Генерального секретаря

Este informe se presenta, de conformidad con la decisión 18/117 del Consejo de Derechos Humanos, para actualizar la información proporcionada en informes anteriores sobre la cuestión de la pena de muerte. En el informe, el Secretario General reafirma la tendencia general hacia la abolición universal de la pena de muerte y pone de relieve las iniciativas que limitan su uso y aplican salvaguardias que garantizan la protección de los derechos de los condenados a esta pena. Entre julio de 2022 y junio de 2024, una minoría de Estados siguió aplicando la pena de muerte, y algunos aumentaron considerablemente su uso. En cumplimiento de la resolución 22/11 del Consejo, el informe incluye información sobre los derechos humanos de los hijos de las personas condenadas a muerte o ejecutadas.

• Document type Informe de las Naciones Unidas
• Themes list Clemency / Death Row Conditions  / Fair Trial
• Available languages مادعلإا ةبوقع ةلأسم - ماعلا نيملأا ريرقتReport of the Secretary General: Question of the death penalty 2024Question de la peine de mort - Rapport du Secrétaire généralВопрос о смертной казни - Доклад Генерального секретаря死刑问题 秘书长的报告

ب ًلامع ريرقتلا اذه مَّ دق ُ ي ررقم ناااااااااااسنلإا قوقح سلجم 18 / 117 قباااااااااااسلا ريراقتلا لامرتااااااااااسلا دجعاااااااااا لا لع يعاقلا ماعلا قاجتلاا ريرقتلا ا ً اقدجم ماعلا نجملأا دلايو ممادعلإا بوقع لاااااااااااسمب قلعتملا بوقعلا قذوق لمعلا نم دحلل نذ تملا ةارقالملا لع ءوااااعلا ضل لااااسي امل ممادعلإا بوقع ءاغلإ وحن املاعلا يامح لفرت اتلا ةاناماااعلا ذجفنتو لوي/وومت نم نرتفلا ا و ماوتوجاوم ا يا اااشلأا قوقح 2022 لإ اا نوي/ناريزح 2024 نقااايزق اااونم عللا مااا م ،مادااعلإا اابوقع ذااجفنت ا لوداالا نم اا لفأ ةَّ رمتااااااااااااااسا ، سلجملا رارقب ًلامعو مرجبل دح لإ اوماد تاسا 22 / 11 ، نااسنلإا قوقح نع ةامولعم ريرقتلا اذه نماعتي ماومدعُأ نيذلا وأ مادعلإاب يوجلع موكحملا لافطلأ

• Document type القانون الدولي - الأمم المتحدة
• Themes list Clemency / Death Row Conditions  / Fair Trial
• Available languages Report of the Secretary General: Question of the death penalty 2024La cuestión de la pena de muerte Informe del Secretario GeneralQuestion de la peine de mort - Rapport du Secrétaire généralВопрос о смертной казни - Доклад Генерального секретаря死刑问题 秘书长的报告

Le Secrétaire général soumet le présent rapport en application de la décision 18/117 du Conseil des droits de l’homme, afin d’actualiser les informations fournies dans les précédents rapports consacrés à la question de la peine de mort. Il y constate une fois de plus une tendance générale à l’abolition de la peine de mort dans le monde et met en lumière les mesures prises pour limiter l’application de cette peine et pour garantir la protection des droits des personnes qui en sont passibles. Entre juillet 2022 et juin 2024, une minorité d’États ont continué d’appliquer la peine de mort, certains d’entre eux ayant nettement accru leur recours à cette pratique. Conformément à la résolution 22/11 du Conseil, le présent rapport contient des informations sur les droits humains des enfants dont les parents ont été condamnés à mort ou exécutés.

• Document type Rapport des Nations Unies
• Themes list Clemency / Death Row Conditions  / Fair Trial
• Available languages مادعلإا ةبوقع ةلأسم - ماعلا نيملأا ريرقتReport of the Secretary General: Question of the death penalty 2024La cuestión de la pena de muerte Informe del Secretario GeneralВопрос о смертной казни - Доклад Генерального секретаря死刑问题 秘书长的报告

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 SecretaryGeneral reaffirms the general trend towards universal abolition of the death penalty and highlights initiatives limiting its use and implementing safeguards guaranteeing the protection of the rights of those facing this penalty. Between July 2022 and June 2024, a minority of States continued to implement the death penalty, with some increasing their use considerably. Pursuant to Council resolution 22/11, the report includes information on the human rights of children of parents sentenced to the death penalty or executed.

• Document type United Nations report
• Themes list Clemency / Death Row Conditions  / Fair Trial / Trend Towards Abolition
• Available languages مادعلإا ةبوقع ةلأسم - ماعلا نيملأا ريرقتLa cuestión de la pena de muerte Informe del Secretario GeneralQuestion de la peine de mort - Rapport du Secrétaire généralВопрос о смертной казни - Доклад Генерального секретаря死刑问题 秘书长的报告

• Document type Campaigning / World Coalition

• Document type Campaigning / World Coalition

• Document type Campagnes / Coalition mondiale
• Available languages Detailed factsheet - World Day 2024 & 2025

• Document type Campaigning / World Coalition
• Available languages Fiche d'information détaillée - journée mondiale 2024 & 2025

• Document type Array

• Document type 世界联盟 / 活动
• Available languages ملصق اليوم العالمي لمناهضة عقوبة الإعدام 2024 - 2025Poster World day against the death penalty 2024 - 2025Cartel Día mundial contra la pena de muerte 2024 - 2025پوستر روز جهانی علیه مجازات اعدام 2024 - 2025Affiche journées mondiales contre la peine de mort 2024 & 2025Плакат Всемирный день против смертной казни 2024 - 2025

• Document type Campagnes / Coalition mondiale
• Available languages Debunking the deterrence theory

• Document type Campaigning / World Coalition
• Available languages La théorie de la dissuasion démystifiée

• Document type Всемирная Коалиция / Кампании
• Available languages ملصق اليوم العالمي لمناهضة عقوبة الإعدام 2024 - 2025Poster World day against the death penalty 2024 - 2025Cartel Día mundial contra la pena de muerte 2024 - 2025پوستر روز جهانی علیه مجازات اعدام 2024 - 2025Affiche journées mondiales contre la peine de mort 2024 & 2025海報 2024 年至 2025 年世界反對死刑日

• Document type Campaigning / Coalición mundial
• Available languages ملصق اليوم العالمي لمناهضة عقوبة الإعدام 2024 - 2025Poster World day against the death penalty 2024 - 2025پوستر روز جهانی علیه مجازات اعدام 2024 - 2025Affiche journées mondiales contre la peine de mort 2024 & 2025Плакат Всемирный день против смертной казни 2024 - 2025海報 2024 年至 2025 年世界反對死刑日

• Document type التحالف العالمي / حملات
• Available languages Poster World day against the death penalty 2024 - 2025Cartel Día mundial contra la pena de muerte 2024 - 2025پوستر روز جهانی علیه مجازات اعدام 2024 - 2025Affiche journées mondiales contre la peine de mort 2024 & 2025Плакат Всемирный день против смертной казни 2024 - 2025海報 2024 年至 2025 年世界反對死刑日

• Document type Campaigning / World Coalition

• Document type Campaigning / World Coalition

• Document type Campaigning / World Coalition

• Document type Campaigning / World Coalition

• Document type Campaigning / World Coalition

• Document type Campaigning / World Coalition

• Document type Campaigning / World Coalition

• Document type Campagnes / Coalition mondiale
• Available languages 22nd World Day Against the Death Penalty - FACTS AND FIGURES

• Document type Campaigning / World Coalition
• Available languages 22e Journée mondiale contre la peine de mort - Faits et chiffres

• Document type Campaigning / World Coalition

Key Findings

Elected supreme court justices in Georgia, North Carolina, and Ohio are twice as likely to affirm death penalty cases during an election year than in any other year. This effect is statistically significant when controlling for the number of cases each year.

Changing public opinion means that zealous support for the death penalty is no longer a litmus test for elected officials in many death penalty jurisdictions. Today’s elections feature viable candidates who criticize use of the death penalty and pledge reforms or even non-use, reflecting the significant decline in public support for the death penalty.

Elected governors were more likely to grant clemency in the past when they did not face voters in an upcoming election. Concerns about voter “backlash” have eased today with declining public support and low numbers of new death sentences and executions, and have led to an increased number of prisoners benefiting from clemency grants, especially mass grants, in recent years.

• Document type NGO report
• Countries list United States
• Themes list Public Opinion 

• Document type Campagnes / Coalition mondiale
• Available languages ملصق اليوم العالمي لمناهضة عقوبة الإعدام 2024 - 2025Poster World day against the death penalty 2024 - 2025Cartel Día mundial contra la pena de muerte 2024 - 2025پوستر روز جهانی علیه مجازات اعدام 2024 - 2025Плакат Всемирный день против смертной казни 2024 - 2025海報 2024 年至 2025 年世界反對死刑日

• Document type Campaigning / World Coalition
• Available languages ملصق اليوم العالمي لمناهضة عقوبة الإعدام 2024 - 2025Cartel Día mundial contra la pena de muerte 2024 - 2025پوستر روز جهانی علیه مجازات اعدام 2024 - 2025Affiche journées mondiales contre la peine de mort 2024 & 2025Плакат Всемирный день против смертной казни 2024 - 2025海報 2024 年至 2025 年世界反對死刑日

• Document type Campagnes / Coalition mondiale
• Available languages MOBILIZATION KIT World Day Against the Death Penalty 2024 - 2025 Security and the death penalty

• Document type Campaigning / World Coalition
• Available languages KIT DE MOBILISATION Journée mondiale contre la peine de mort 2024 - 2025 Sécurité et peine de mort

Chaque 10 octobre, la Coalition mondiale contre la peine de mort et les abolitionnistes du monde entier célèbrent la Journée mondiale contre la peine de mort. C’est l’occasion de souligner les progrès accomplis dans la campagne mondiale pour l’abolition de la peine capitale. En 2024 et 2025, la Journée mondiale sera aussi l’occasion de remettre […]

• Document type Campagnes / Coalition mondiale
• Available languages كتيب - اليوم العالمي 2024 و 2025Leaflet - World Day 2024 & 2025

Every 10th October, the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty and abolitionist actors worldwide celebrate the World Day Against the Death Penalty. It is an occasion to highlight the progress achieved in the global campaign for the abolition of capital punishment. In 2024 and 2025, the World Day will serve as an opportunity to challenge […]

• Document type Campaigning / World Coalition
• Available languages كتيب - اليوم العالمي 2024 و 2025Brochure - Journée mondiale 2024 & 2025

• Document type Rapport d'ONG
• Themes list Death Row Conditions  / Fair Trial
• Available languages REPORT WORLD DAY AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY 2023

• Document type NGO report
• Themes list Death Row Conditions  / Fair Trial
• Available languages RAPPORT JOURNÉE MONDIALE CONTRE LA PEINE DE MORT 2023

《2024台灣死刑判決報告：37位死刑犯判決之恣意性分析》回顧現37位死刑定讞個案之歷審判決，期望透過相關比較分析以了解台灣死刑判決真實樣貌以及其中可能的恣意所在。

• Document type NGO report
• Countries list Taiwan

في 10 أكتوبر ،2019 سيحتفل التحالف العالمي لمناهضة عقوبة اإلعدام
والمنظمات الداعية إلى إلغاء عقوبة اإلعدام من جميع أنحاء العالم باليوم
العالمي السابع عشر لمناهضة عقوبة اإلعدام. وبالتزامن مع الذكرى الثالثين
التفاقية حقوق الطفل، تم تخصيص هذا العام لألطفال الذين حكم على والديهم
باإلعدام أو خضعوا بالفعل لهذه العقوبة.

• Document type التحالف العالمي
• Available languages Leaflet 2019 World Day

ölum cezalari ve infazlar 2023

• Document type Rapport d'ONG
• Themes list Trend Towards Abolition

Pemantauan yang dilakukan oleh Amnesty Internasional terhadap hukuman mati secara global
mencatat terdapat 1.153 eksekusi hukuman mati pada tahun 2023. Angka tersebut menunjukkan
adanya peningkatan sebanyak 31% dari 883 eksekusi pada tahun 2022. Namun, ada penurunan
yang signifikan pada angka negara yang menerapkan hukuman mati. Dari 20 negara pada 2022
menjadi hanya 16 negara di 2023

• Document type NGO report
• Themes list Trend Towards Abolition

Ufuatiliaji wa Amnesty International wa matumizi ya adhabu ya kifo duniani ulibaini watu
1,153 wanaofahamika kuwa walinyongwa mwaka 2023, ambalo ni ongezeko la asilimia
31 kutoka 883 mwaka 2022. Hata hivyo nchi zinazowanyonga watu zilipungua kwa
kiwango kikubwa kutoka 20 mwaka 2022 hadi 16 mwaka 2023

• Document type NGO report
• Themes list Trend Towards Abolition

Amnesty International’s monitoring of the global use of the death penalty recorded 1,153 known executions in 2023, an increase by 31% from 883 in 2022. However, there was a significant decrease in executing countries, from 20 in 2022 to 16 in 2023.

• Document type NGO report
• Themes list Trend Towards Abolition
• Available languages التقرير العالمي لمنظمة العفو الدولية أحكام وعمليات اإلعدام في 2023Informe Global de Amnistia internacional: condenas a muerte y ejecuciones 2023Amnesty international - Rapport mondial : condamnations à mort et exécutions 2023

Les informations recueillies par Amnesty International sur le recours à la peine de mort dans le monde en 2023 font état de 1 153 exécutions recensées au cours de l’année, ce qui représente une hausse de 31 % par rapport aux 883 exécutions enregistrées en 2022. Cependant, le nombre de pays procédant à des exécutions a nettement diminué, passant de 20 en 2022 à 16 en 2023.

• Document type Rapport d'ONG
• Themes list Trend Towards Abolition
• Available languages التقرير العالمي لمنظمة العفو الدولية أحكام وعمليات اإلعدام في 2023Amnesty International - Global Report : death sentences and executions 2023Informe Global de Amnistia internacional: condenas a muerte y ejecuciones 2023

أظهر رصد منظمة العفو الدولية لاستخدام عقوبة الإعدام حول العالم 1153 عملية إعدام عُلم بتنفيذها، في عام 2023، بزيادة بنسبة %31 من 883 في عام 2022. ومع ذلك، كان هناك انخفاض كبير في عدد البلدان التي نفذت عمليات إعدام، من 20 في عام 2022 إلى 16 في عام 2023.

• Document type تقرير منظمة غير حكومية
• Available languages Amnesty International - Global Report : death sentences and executions 2023Informe Global de Amnistia internacional: condenas a muerte y ejecuciones 2023Amnesty international - Rapport mondial : condamnations à mort et exécutions 2023

Según el seguimiento que hace Amnistía Internacional del uso de la pena de muerte en el mundo, en 2023 se tuvo noticia de 1.153 ejecuciones: un aumento del 31% respecto de las 883 de 2022. Sin embargo, hubo un descenso significativo en el número de países que llevaron a cabo ejecuciones, que pasó de 20 en 2022 a 16 en 2023.

• Document type Informe de ONG
• Themes list Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment
• Available languages التقرير العالمي لمنظمة العفو الدولية أحكام وعمليات اإلعدام في 2023Amnesty International - Global Report : death sentences and executions 2023Amnesty international - Rapport mondial : condamnations à mort et exécutions 2023

In January 2024, Ohio lawmakers announced plans to expand the use of the death penalty to permit executions with nitrogen gas, as Alabama had just done a week earlier. But at the same time the Attorney General and the Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys Association are championing this legislation, a bipartisan group of state legislators has introduced a bill to abolish the death penalty based on “significant concerns on who is sentenced to death and how that sentence is carried out.” The competing narratives make it more important than ever for Ohioans to have a meaningful, accurate understanding of how capital punishment is being used, including whether the state has progressed beyond the mistakes of its past.

• Document type NGO report
• Countries list United States
• Themes list Fair Trial / Innocence / Trend Towards Abolition

LDF issues a quarterly report entitled Death Row USA that contains death penalty information, death row populations by state, and other capital punishment statistics in the United States.

• Document type Academic report
• Countries list United States
• Themes list Death Row Conditions 

This report builds on the pioneering work HRI has been doing since its first ‘The Death Penalty for Drug Offences: Global Overview (‘Global Overview’) in 2007. It analyses how the landscape of the death penalty for drug offences has shifted in the last decade, looking at the main trends regarding people on death row, death sentences and executions for drug offences, as well as key developments at national and international level in the period between 2014 and 2023.

• Document type NGO report
• Themes list Drug Offenses

Published on February 2024.

Founded in 2001, the Berkeley Law Death Penalty Clinic seeks justice for individuals facing capital punishment by providing high-quality representation and offers students a rich opportunity for meaningful, hands-on experience in high stakes, complex litigation. The clinic also tackles problems endemic to the administration of the death penalty and the criminal legal system.

The report continues the clinic’s racial justice research and advocacy by cataloging the states that gather prospective jurors’ self-identified race and ethnicity and those that do not. It examines what courts do with the information, including whether it is provided to the court and counsel for use during jury selection, and the consequences of these choices in furthering or obstructing jury representativeness and diversity. In particular, the report shows why the collection of prospective jurors’ self-identified race and ethnicity is vital to meeting state and federal fair cross-section guarantees and eliminating the discriminatory exercise of peremptory challenges.

• Document type Academic report
• Countries list United States

一、 國際特赦組織台灣分會與世界反死刑聯盟針對上述案件特此對中
華民國憲法法庭提交法庭之友意見書，以確保中華民國所有被判
處死刑者的權利受到保護。

• Document type NGO report
• Countries list Taiwan
• Available languages Taiwan: Amicus Curiae submission by Amnesty International and the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty to the Constitutional Court

Published on February 2024.

Texas has executed more people than any other state. However, out of the 254 counties in Texas, 136 have never sent an individual to death row. Harris County—Texas’s largest county and home to the city of Houston—stands out as the “death penalty capital of the world.” Harris County has executed more people than any state in the United States except Texas3 and is responsible for a quarter of the 1,124 people who have been sent to Texas’s death row since 1973.

• Document type NGO report
• Countries list United States

Publié en Avril 2024.

Rabat, le 23 avril 2024. Les acteurs du mouvement abolitionniste marocain appellent l’Etat marocain à s’engager concrètement en faveur de l’abolition de la peine de mort dans leur pays. Dans un rapport d’enquête, réalisé en collaboration avec l’ONG Ensemble contre la peine de mort (ECPM) et publié le 23 avril 2024, les quatre organisations s’inquiètent de la situation des condamnés à mort au Maroc et réclament des avancées concrètes vers l’abolition de la peine de mort. Malgré l’absence d’exécutions depuis plus de trente ans, la peine capitale est encore synonyme de mort au Maroc. Elle est aussi synonyme d’une profonde détresse pour les personnes condamnées et pour leurs familles, disloquées, stigmatisées, qui doivent parfois quitter leur quartier pour éviter le rejet de leur entourage, en raison de la condamnation à mort de leur proche. Pourquoi créer et maintenir tant de souffrance pour une peine qui n’est plus exécutée, interrogent les auteurs du rapport.

• Document type Rapport d'ONG
• Countries list Morocco

Published on April 2024.

Researchers at Reprieve conducted an in-depth comparative study of botched lethal injection executions in the modern era of the U.S. death penalty, cross-referenced against the 1,407 lethal injection executions carried out or attempted during that period.

This report examines the phenomenon of botched executions by lethal injection, exploring the trends and contributing factors leading to botched executions through an analysis of 73 botched executions in the 1,407 lethal injection executions since 1977 (known as the modern era of the death penalty in the U.S.). This analysis used a process called multi-variable logistic regression, a type of analysis that assesses the odds of something happening considering multiple variables, to assess how identifiable characteristics (gender, age, and race) were associated with botched executions.

• Document type NGO report
• Countries list United States
• Themes list Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment

This article presents a comprehensive study of 48 persons sentenced to death between 1990 and 2023 who presented as women at the time of their trials. This research is the first of its kind to conduct a holistic and intersectional analysis of the factors driving women’s death sentences. It reveals commonalities across women’s cases, delving into their experiences of motherhood, gender-based violence and prior involvement with the criminal legal system. This report also explore the nature of the women’s crimes of conviction, including the role of male co-defendants and the State’s use of aggravating factors. Finally, it reveals for the first time the extent to which capital prosecutions are dominated by men—including judges, elected District Attorneys, defense attorneys, and juror forepersons—and explain why gender matters in determining who lives and who dies

• Document type Academic report
• Countries list United States
• Themes list Gender / Women

Published on April 8, 2024.

As the Constitutional Court of the Republic of China considers a challenge to the constitutionality of the death penalty, Amnesty International Taiwan and the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty submitted a joint amicus curiae intervention, to ensure the protection of the rights of all those under sentence of death. The amicus interveners argue that the use of the death penalty in the Republic of China constitutes a violation of human rights as guaranteed under the Constitution and international law and standards; and sets the country against the global trend, which remains overwhelmingly in favour of abolition.

• Document type NGO report
• Countries list Taiwan
• Available languages 憲法法庭法庭之友意見書 主案案號：111年度憲民字第904052號 法庭之友：國際特赦組織台灣分會 均詳委任狀 代 表 人：林綉娟 理事長 代 理 人：陳瑋珊 律師 均詳委任狀 均詳委任狀

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مادعا رد تشه لاس هتشذگ ار تسا یزاسدنتسم .تسا هدرک رد یلاح هک تشگزاب دهاش نارگن هدننک
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• Document type Array
• Countries list Iran (Islamic Republic of)
• Available languages "Don't let them kill us": Iran's relentless execution crisis since the 2022 uprising

Published in 2024.

This research briefing documents the horrifying surge in executions in Iran in 2023, the highest in eight years. More than half of the executions were for drug-related offences amid a distressing return to a lethal antinarcotics policy since Ebrahim Raisi’s rise to presidency in 2021. With systemic impunity in Iran, the briefing reiterates the need for states to initiate criminal investigations under the principle of universal jurisdiction into crimes under international law committed by Iranian officials, irrespective of the absence or presence of the accused in their territory. Since the “Woman Life Freedom” uprising of September-December 2022, the Iranian authorities have weaponized the death penalty to create a pervasive climate of fear across the country, exert control over the population, and suppress dissent and any challenge to their iron grip on power. As a result, 2023 saw an exponential increase in the number of recorded executions. The authorities executed at least 853 people in 2023, a 48% increase from 2022 when 576 people were executed and a 172% increase from 2021 when 314 people were executed. Amnesty International believes that the real number of executions is higher, but the Iranian authorities are not transparent about the number of people executed each year and do not make data on executions publicly available.

• Document type NGO report
• Countries list Iran (Islamic Republic of)
• Available languages « ن گ راذ ی د ام ار دنشکب » نارحب مادعا یب یاه ناما رد اریا شزیخ نامز زا ن لاس 1

Published in 2023.

At the end of 2023, 34 countries retained the death for drug offences. In July 2023 Pakistan took the landmark decision to remove the death penalty from the list of punishments that can be imposed for certain violations of its Control of Narcotics Substances Act. This year also saw notable progress in Malaysia, which abolished the mandatory death penalty for all offences, including drug-related ones. This reform may impact the lives of over 700 people on death row for drug offences and bring the country one step closer to total abolition of capital punishment. In stark contrast to these positive developments is the record-high number of drug-related executions in 2023 at least 467. Of those executed, at least 59 people belonged to ethnic minority groups (in Iran and in Singapore), 13 individuals were foreign nationals, and six were women. These figures confirm that these groups are uniquely vulnerable to capital punishment as a tool of drug control. Despite not accounting for the dozens, if not hundreds, of executions believed to have taken place in China, Vietnam, and North Korea, the 467 executions that took place in 2023 represent a 44% increase from 2022.

• Document type NGO report
• Themes list Drug Offenses

Chapter 12 of SUARAM’s Malaysia Human Rights Report 2023 highlights the abolition of the mandatory death penalty in Malaysia and its significance for human rights. The chapter provides an in-depth look at the legislative reforms, the implications for justice, and the challenges ahead in transitioning towards a more humane penal system. It underscores the importance of continued advocacy for complete abolition.

• Document type NGO report
• Countries list Malaysia
• Themes list Trend Towards Abolition

Published on March 5, 2024

This report has been drafted by Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) with the support of ECPM (Together Against the Death Penalty). Since 2012, Iran Human Rights and ECPM have been working together for the publication, international release and distribution of annual reports on the death penalty in Iran.

The 16th annual report on the death penalty by Iran Human Rights and ECPM (Together Against the Death Penalty) provides an assessment and analysis of the 2023 death penalty trends in 2023 in the Islamic Republic of Iran. It sets out the number of executions in 2023, the trend compared to previous years, the legislative framework and procedures, charges, geographic distribution and a monthly breakdown of executions. Lists of the female and juvenile offenders executed in 2023 are also included in the tables. The report also looks into the abolitionist movement within Iran, including the forgiveness movement and its contribution to reducing the use of the death penalty, and provides analysis on how the international community can contribute to limiting the scope of the death penalty in Iran. The 2023 report is the result of hard work from Iran Human Rights members and supporters who took part in reporting, documenting, collecting, analysing and writing of its contents. We are especially grateful to Iran Human Rights sources inside Iran who incur a significant risk by reporting on unannounced and secret executions in prisons of 30 different provinces. Due to the very difficult context, the lack of transparency and the obvious risks and limitations that human rights defenders face in the Islamic Republic of Iran, this report does not give a complete picture of the use of the death penalty in Iran by any means. There are 46 reported executions which are not included in this report due to a lack of sufficient details or an inability to confirm cases through two different sources. However, it aims to provide the most complete and realistic figures possible in the present circumstances. The current report does not include suspicious deaths in custody, death row prisoners who died in prison before the executions or those killed under torture. ECPM supports the elaboration, editing process, publishing and distribution of this report in the framework of its international advocacy work against the death penalty. The problems of transparency on the data and information about the death penalty in Iran should be overcome by a strong strategy of distribution and dissemination. The overall objectives of this report for Iran Human Rights and ECPM are to call attention to and publicise the facts, in order to change national and international views on the situation of the death penalty in Iran, first executioner country in the world.

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

Published on January 30, 2024.

The Third Eye invited Maitreyi Misra of Project 39A to help us think through our central idea: why do we need a feminist way of looking at crime, and how does that help the larger goal of social justice?

Project 39A is inspired by Article 39-A of the Indian Constitution, a provision that furthers the intertwined values of equal justice and equal opportunity by removing economic and social barriers. Using empirical research to re-examine practices and policies in the criminal justice system, Project 39A aims to trigger new conversations on legal aid, torture, forensics, mental health in prisons, and the death penalty.

• Document type Article
• Themes list Gender / Women

Published on February 11, 2024.

In 2002, Ra’id was arrested alongside several other suspects following a botched bank robbery that left two people dead and another paralyzed. His co-defendants pointed to him as the mastermind, which Ra’id adamantly denied. “I did not take part in that atrocity,” he told the court following his trial. “I did not shoot and kill anyone.”

Newson attended his father’s sentencing hearing, along with his mother, Jeannie Gipson-Newson. A death sentence would be “devastating to my child,” she remembered testifying. But it felt futile. The jurors seemed to have made up their minds. In 2004, Ra’id was sentenced to die.

• Document type Article
• Countries list United States

Published in 2023.

This is the eighth edition of the Death Penalty in India: Annual Statistics Report. This annual publication presents changes in the death row population as well as political and legal developments in the administration of the death penalty in India each year. The statistics are compiled through a combination of data mining of court websites, media monitoring and Right to Information applications.

• Document type NGO report
• Countries list India

Pakistan is counted among the countries that rely heavily on foreign remittances for economic stability and foreign reserves. However, despite its dependence on foreign remittances from migrant workers, Pakistan has done little to protect its vulnerable citizens from landing in foreign jails. As a result, Pakistan has seen a significant increase in the number of prisoners and executions abroad. Inadequate oversight and the lack of proper enforcement of existing protections is a literal death sentence for scores of Pakistanis who simply seek a better life and improved prospects for loved ones by working abroad.

• Document type NGO report
• Countries list Pakistan

• Document type Доклад Организации Объединенных Наций
• Available languages A/HRC/RES/54/35قرار اعتمده مجلس حقوق اإلنسانA/HRC/RES/54/35 Resolution adopted by the Human Rights CouncilA/HRC/RES/54/35 Resolución aprobada por el Consejo de Derechos HumanosA/HRC/RES/54/35 Résolution adoptée par le Conseil des droits de l’hommeA/HRC/RES/54/35 人权理事会 通过的决议

• Document type Derecho internacional - Naciones Unidas
• Available languages A/HRC/RES/54/35قرار اعتمده مجلس حقوق اإلنسانA/HRC/RES/54/35 Resolution adopted by the Human Rights CouncilA/HRC/RES/54/35 Résolution adoptée par le Conseil des droits de l’hommeA/HRC/RES/54/35 Резолюция, принятая Советом по правам человекаA/HRC/RES/54/35 人权理事会 通过的决议

• Document type 国际法 - 联合国
• Available languages A/HRC/RES/54/35قرار اعتمده مجلس حقوق اإلنسانA/HRC/RES/54/35 Resolution adopted by the Human Rights CouncilA/HRC/RES/54/35 Resolución aprobada por el Consejo de Derechos HumanosA/HRC/RES/54/35 Résolution adoptée par le Conseil des droits de l’hommeA/HRC/RES/54/35 Резолюция, принятая Советом по правам человека

• Document type Rapport des Nations Unies
• Available languages A/HRC/RES/54/35قرار اعتمده مجلس حقوق اإلنسانA/HRC/RES/54/35 Resolution adopted by the Human Rights CouncilA/HRC/RES/54/35 Resolución aprobada por el Consejo de Derechos HumanosA/HRC/RES/54/35 Резолюция, принятая Советом по правам человекаA/HRC/RES/54/35 人权理事会 通过的决议

• Document type القانون الدولي - الأمم المتحدة
• Available languages A/HRC/RES/54/35 Resolution adopted by the Human Rights CouncilA/HRC/RES/54/35 Resolución aprobada por el Consejo de Derechos HumanosA/HRC/RES/54/35 Résolution adoptée par le Conseil des droits de l’hommeA/HRC/RES/54/35 Резолюция, принятая Советом по правам человекаA/HRC/RES/54/35 人权理事会 通过的决议

• Document type International law - United Nations
• Available languages A/HRC/RES/54/35قرار اعتمده مجلس حقوق اإلنسانA/HRC/RES/54/35 Resolución aprobada por el Consejo de Derechos HumanosA/HRC/RES/54/35 Résolution adoptée par le Conseil des droits de l’hommeA/HRC/RES/54/35 Резолюция, принятая Советом по правам человекаA/HRC/RES/54/35 人权理事会 通过的决议

Published in April 2023.

Despite the reduction in the number of executions for drug offences during 2018-2020, a sudden increase in executions was recorded during 2021-2023: at least 131 known executions were recorded for drug offences in 2021, 253 executions in 2022, and 82 executions during the first 3 months of 2023 (Table). However, information concerning the death penalty in Iran is notoriously difficult to obtain because of the secrecy surrounding the country’s criminal justice process. This note provides a rare glimpse into the application of capital drug laws in the Islamic Republic of Iran. It exposes the idiosyncratic practices of the judiciary and its decision-making, using cases concerning the death penalty for drug offences—its imposition prohibited long under international standards. These judgments repeatedly use the language of ‘certainty’ in convicting the accused. In reality, to those familiar with basic fair trial standards, they raise serious concerns about miscarriages of justice that could potentially result in the erosion of legitimacy of the criminal ‘justice’ system in Iran.

• Document type NGO report
• Themes list Drug Offenses

Published in December 2023.

This paper seeks to map the political economy of capital punishment in Iran, in particular in relation to dual and foreign nationals, and examines its external and internal functions. The external functions include suppressing the ‘cultural threat’ of cross-border drug trafficking, achieving more power in sanctions negotiations, seeking reciprocal prisoner swaps or demanding recompense for outstanding multinational debt. The internal functions include quashing protests against the regime, supressing separatist movements, or even just ‘otherness’. It is evident that those facing disadvantage across foreign national and intersectional lines face the death penalty disproportionately. In addition, although only representing a fraction of the overall population of death row, the arbitrary detention of dual nationals has a disproportionate political function.

• Document type Academic Article
• Countries list Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Published in December 2023.

In popular, intellectual and political culture, the Middle Ages are intrinsically tied to violent images of public executions. To historians of the medieval period, this temporal attachment of the death penalty to a remote period is puzzling, especially since it is still widely enforced in the world today and was only relatively recently abolished in Europe. Capital punishment is not only a part of history, but a modern-day reality. Why, therefore, do we pin this punishment to the Middle Ages? This paper aims to analyse the discourses surrounding the usage of the Middle Ages in modern discussions on the death penalty, and to clarify medieval practices of capital punishment, showing how remote they are from our contemporary understanding

• Document type Academic Article
• Countries list United Kingdom

Published in December 2023.

This paper reflects on the role of international human rights treaties in promoting universal abolition and progressive restriction of the death penalty. It suggests that over the past quarter of a century a ‘new human rights dynamic’ has aimed to generate universal acceptance that however it is administered, the death penalty violates the human rights of all citizens exposed to it. Nevertheless, defences of capital punishment based on principles of national sovereignty are engrained in some parts of the world, particularly in Asia and the Middle East. The human rights project struggles to make inroads into such jurisdictions where political will is opposed to abolition, and trenchant protection of sovereignty threatens the very universality of these rights.

• Document type Academic Article
• Themes list Trend Towards Abolition

This publication seeks to make visible the gender and intersectional discrimination faced by women in the judicial process leading to the death penalty. Through the various articlesin this publication, the authors bring to light the reality of women facing the death penalty through a different lens.

The first author, Shekinah Bright Kiting’a, in making a compelling case for abolition of the death penalty, explores how the death penalty uniquely affects women in the context of motherhood. Further, she highlights the rights and well-being of the children affected by their mothers’ death sentences, revealing flaws in our legal and ethical systems. With the overall aim of advocating for its abolition due to its significant impact on both parenthood and children’s rights, her article seeks to push for reforms that honour motherhood and prioritize children’s well-being in these difficult circumstances.

Kenaya Komba dissects gender disparity in the judicial system by exploring the intersection of domestic violence and the death penalty. In making a case for a restorative approach to justice, her article analyses the impact of capital punishment on victims of domestic violence and the systemic injustice and biases they continue to grapple with. Her elaborate analysis of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010 and the Protection Against Domestic Violence Act, 2016, highlights the urgent need for reform in the legal system.

While Analyzing the role the media plays in shaping perceptions of women on death row, Patricia Chepkirui evaluates the implications of positive and negative media portrayals of such women by highlighting the ethical responsibilities of media in the coverage of women on death row cases. The article ultimately underscores the significance of responsiblemedia coverage in ensuring that media exposure of cases of women on death row is fair,balanced, and respectful of their rights and dignity.

Alex Tamei delves into the intricacies of abuse, gender-based violence, and trauma as mitigating factors in death penalty sentencing for women. His article comparatively analyses two Kenyan cases of murder in retaliation to intimate partner violence, seeking to shed light on the plight of victims of gender-based violence. The article effortlessly brings out the nexus between the death penalty and intimate partner violence and makessolid recommendations for change.

The fifth author, Patience Chepchirchir, delves into the nexus between psychological abuse and provocation. Through her article, she brings out the scope of psychological abuse while focusing on the linkage between emotional abuse and provocation and how the same can be considered as mitigating factors. Through an elaborate analysis of case law, she makes a case for psychological abuse of women as a mitigating circumstance during sentencing.

Stella Cherono’s article reflects on the intersectional discrimination faced by women in the criminal trial process leading to death row. The article highlights the complex and overlapping forms of discrimination women experience during the pretrial, trial and sentencing stages. Through her comprehensive analysis of gendered pathways to offending and imprisonment, she challenges how society perceives discrimination.

Loraine Koskei Interrogates the emerging jurisprudence on Intimate Partner Violence.Her article lays out the gendered factor in the commissioning and sentencing of women convicted of murder and offers possible recommendations.

• Document type NGO report
• Countries list Kenya
• Themes list Death Row Conditions  / Fair Trial / Gender / Women

Published in October 2023.

For capital punishment to be lawful in the United States of America, it must occur without cruelty, a requirement of the traditional reading of the Eighth Amendment. There has never been a consensus on what form of execution is cruel, although some historic practices are shockingly barbaric to modern sensibilities— I think of the “draw and quarter” technique. The family of the murdered victim may fairly argue that the murderous behavior should be the minimum degree of cruelty meted out. But western countries eschew that standard and seek moderate forms, partly to deter by punishment and partly as a forfeit of the murderer’s life for the victim’s life when execution is allowed in that state. Certainly, there is substantial support for continuation of execution in states that allow it. The judges must be respectful of that, but still, they must respect the 8th amendment. At present, the prevalent method of execution in the United States is “lethal injection” using injectable medicines in very high doses that are repurposed to kill the prisoner. Because it is impossible to ask an executed individual about the cruelty experienced during their own death, the state instead relies on the empathy of witnesses to gauge the cruelty of a prisoner’s execution. Lethal injection was expected to be a bloodless execution and aimed to eliminate the visible appearance of cruelty, sometimes through the use of a paralytic.

• Document type Academic Article
• Countries list United States

Published in October 2023.

The most commonly observed fact of American capital punishment is its present outlier status: the United States (U.S.) is the only developed Western democracy that retains the death penalty, and it does so not simply as a matter of law, but as a matter of practice, conducting numerous executions every year. This “exceptionalism” with respect to the death penalty is noteworthy, but focusing on present-day American retention obscures many additional aspects of American death penalty exceptionalism. This Keynote will trace several ways in which the American death penalty was an outlier at its founding and throughout its subsequent history, as well as the varied aspects of its exceptionalism today. I will conclude by predicting that U.S. exceptionalism will soon come to an end–with an “exceptional” form of death penalty abolition, traceable to the distinctive path of the American death penalty

• Document type Academic Article
• Countries list United States

Published on October 12, 2023.

In the seminal Furman v. Georgia case from 1972, the U.S. Supreme Court (in effect) invalidated all death penalty statutes then inforce in American jurisdictions. After many states went back to their legislative drawing boards, some of the revised statutes were approved by the Court in 1976. At that time, Gallup found that 66 percent of the American public supported the death penalty, while 26 percent stood opposed. While support grew to 80 percent in 1994, a recent Gallup Poll from October 2022 shows that this figure has dropped to 55 percent. Recently, only 36 percent of Americans still support the death penalty given the alternative punishment of life imprisonment.

• Document type Academic Article
• Countries list United States

Published in 2023.

This article is the first in a series that will systematically explore how gender has affected the criminal proceedings of women currently on death row. For this inaugural article, we have undertaken the first—and, to our knowledge, only comprehensive analysis of gender-based violence (“GBV”) in the lives of all women currently on death row, examining the prevalence of GBV and how it has shaped the lives and affected the criminal prosecutions of women facing execution. Our research reveals, for the first time, that almost every woman on death row in the United States has experienced GBV. Indeed,the great majority have experienced more than one incident of GBV in their lifetime. Our findings align with previous studies demonstrating that women’s pathways to incarceration are paved with physical, sexual, and psychological abuse. Our research further shows that both in the United States and around the world, defense attorneys frequently fail to present evidence of GBV in women’s capital trials. When they do introduce such evidence, they fail to fully explain the nature of their clients’ victimization and the harm they have suffered as a result. Moreover, prosecutors frequently rely on gendered tropes to discredit women’s accounts of violence such as childhood sexual abuse, rape, and intimate partner violence. Consequently, those who sentence women to die rarely comprehend the extensive trauma that the women have endured throughout their lives, and how that trauma relates to their legal and moral culpability.

• Document type Academic Article
• Themes list Gender / Women

Published in 2023.

While 70% of the world’s countries have abolished the death penalty, also known as capital punishment, much of the United States continues to use it in its criminal legal proceedings.According to the Death Penalty Information Center, at least 190 people were exonerated prior to their fated execution date after being wrongly convicted and sentenced to death in the United States. There is no way to tell how many of the 1,562 people, who have been executed in the United States, were actually innocent. As there are wrongful convictions still happening today, it is no surprise that most countries consider the death penalty a human rights issue.

• Document type Academic Article
• Countries list United States

Published in 2023.

This article assesses whether there is evidence to suggest that the UPR can influence the timing of a country’s decision to abolish the death penalty. The evidence arises out of the examination of thirty case studies of countries that abolished the death penalty, or ratifiedthe leading treaty calling for abolition. This article concludes that in some circumstances the UPR does appear to influence that timing. These conclusions can assist civil society organizations as they refine their advocacy to encourage more countries to abolish the death penalty.

Part I of this article offers an introduction to the global abolitionist movement and two of its advocacy targets: the U.N. Human Rights Council and the UPR. Part II makes the case for focusing on the UPR to assess the efficacy of U.N. advocacy. Part III describes the process of abolition and offers several theories as to how the UPR might influence a country’s trajectory toward abolition. Part IV sets out the study’s methodology and encompasses the analysis of the case studies, focusing first on countries that have abolished the death penalty early in a UPR cycle, then on countries that have abolished at mid-cycle, and finally on countries that have abolished during the tail end of the cycle. The conclusion discusses the implications of these findings for civil society organizations working toward abolition of the death penalty.

• Document type Academic Article
• Themes list Trend Towards Abolition

Published on July 2, 2023

This article focuses on the cases of 664 foreign nationals, the majority of whom are migrant workers, under sentence of death across the Gulf states (including Jordan and Lebanon) between 2016 and 2021. The features of these cases suggest that they are inextricably linked to migrant workers’ dependency under the kafala system, with examples of migrants duped into smuggling drugs across the border by their migrant broker, and once in country, accounts of violent altercations due to disputes about exit visas, and in the case of migrant domestic workers, self-defence against sexual violence. Engaging with the burgeoning literature on immigration, exploitation and criminalisation, as well as scholarship on capital punishment, this article will explore the multiple and unique layers of dependency fostered by the kafala system that place migrant workers at higher risk of the death penalty in these Gulf jurisdictions.

• Document type Academic Article
• Countries list Jordan / Kuwait / Lebanon / Qatar / Saudi Arabia / United Arab Emirates

Published on December 01, 2023.

Innocence cases dominated much of the media’s attention on death penalty cases in 2023. While these prisoners were largely unsuccessful in the courts, there was unprecedented support for their claims from state legislators, prosecutors, judges, and other elected officials, some of whom declared themselves newly disillusioned with use of the death penalty in their state. This year is the 9th consecutive year with fewer than 30 people executed (24) and fewer than 50 people sentenced to death (21, as of December 1). The 23 men and one woman who were executed in 2023 were the oldest average age (tied with 2021) and spent the longest average number of years in prison in the modern death penalty era before being executed. As in previous years, most prisoners had significant physical and mental health issues at the time of their executions, some of which can be attributed to the many years they spent in severe isolation on death row. Continued difficulties obtaining lethal injection drugs led some states to explore new, untested methods of execution or revive previously abandoned methods. Other states enacted or continued pauses on executions while the state’s method of execution was studied.

• Document type NGO report
• Countries list United States
• Themes list Public Opinion 

Published on April 3, 2023.

The death penalty has gained its legitimacy from the belief that capital prosecutions are more procedurally rigorous than noncapi-tal prosecutions. This Article reveals how a project of heightened capital standards, set in motion when the Supreme Court ended and then revived the death penalty, was set up to fail.

In establishing what a constitutional death penalty would look like, the Court in 1976 called for heightened standards of reliability in capital cases. In the late 1970s and early 80s, the Supreme Court laid out specific constitutional procedures that must be applied in capital cases, and left the door open for the Eighth Amendment to do even more. In the decades that followed, state and federal courts have fueled a perception of heightened procedural rigor in capital cases by referring repeatedly to the heightened standards applica-ble in capital cases.

• Document type Article
• Countries list United States
• Themes list Fair Trial

Published on December 18, 2023.

Initial impressions of others based on facial appearances are often inaccurate yet can lead to dire outcomes. Across four studies, adult participants underwent a counterstereotype training to reduce their reliance on facial appearance in consequential social judgments of White male faces. In Studies 1 and 2, trustworthiness and sentencing judgments among control participants predicted whether real-world inmates were sentenced to death versus life in prison, but these relationships were diminished among trained participants. In Study 3, a sequential priming paradigm demonstrated that the training was able to abolish the relationship between even automatically and implicitly perceived trustworthiness and the inmates’ life-or-death sentences. Study 4 extended these results to realistic decision-making, showing that training reduced the impact of facial trustworthiness on sentencing decisions even in the presence of decision-relevant information. Overall, our findings suggest that a counterstereotype intervention can mitigate the potentially harmful effects of relying on facial appearance in consequential social judgments.

• Document type Article
• Countries list United States

Published on December 12, 2023.

In a recently published academic article, Emory University History Professor Daniel LaChance writes about an important and underrecognized distinction in the way newspaper editors and journalists covered the executions of Black and white men in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Professor LaChance argues that the portrayals of the defendants made legal executions “a high-status punishment that respected the whiteness of those who suffered it.” While the length and detail of articles about the executions of Black men shrank dramatically over time, he notes that journalists consistently highlighted the humanity of white men who were executed, making it “easier for those who wanted to project a modern image of the South to distance capital punishment from lynching, a form of violence that was becoming a source of embarrassment for respectable white Southerners.”

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

Published on October 7, 2023.

Of all retentionist countries, Singapore seems to be the most vocal about the need to execute individuals as a form of criminal punishment. MAI SATO (Monash University) reviews studies conducted or commissioned by Singapore’s Ministry of Home Affairs that claim public backing for and the effectiveness of the death penalty in managing drug trafficking. Sato finds that these studies provide far weaker evidence for using the death penalty for drug trafficking than their authors and officials citing them claim.

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

Published in December 2023.

In “Death by Design” Parts 1 and 2, Wren investigated the state of court-appointed capital representation in Harris County—the death penalty capital of the world. The second report examines why that poor representation has thrived, and the ways that the judges overseeing those cases have enabled it to continue that way.

Wren recommends a total overhaul to the system of capital representation for poor defendants in Harris County, with either the public defender absorbing those cases or the judges establishing a new, freestanding capital public defender that is independent from judicial oversight.

• Document type NGO report
• Countries list United States
• Themes list Legal Representation

Published in December 2023.

In “Death by Design” Parts 1 and 2, Wren investigated the state of court-appointed capital representation in Harris County—the death penalty capital of the world.The first report delves into the failings of the lawyers in capital cases.

Wren recommends a total overhaul to the system of capital representation for poor defendants in Harris County, with either the public defender absorbing those cases or the judges establishing a new, freestanding capital public defender that is independent from judicial oversight.

• Document type NGO report
• Countries list United States
• Themes list Legal Representation

22 يناير، 2024

ترى المنظمة الأوروبية السعودية لحقوق الإنسان أن 2023 أظهرت التخبط في استخدام السعودية لعقوبة الإعدام. فإلى جانب التغير في أنواع الأحكام المنفذة بدون سبب واضح، وتنفيذ أحكام إعدام بتهم مخدرات، والاستخفاف بالآراء القانونية الدولية، تظهر الأرقام المرتفعة إصرار السعودية على استخدام عقوبة الإعدام دون روادع.

نفذت المملكة العربية السعودية في عام 2023، 172 حكم إعدام بحسب بيانات وزارة الداخلية التي تنشرها وكالة الأنباء الرسمية. عدد الإعدامات أكبر ب 15% من العدد الذي كانت وزارة الداخلية قد أعلنت عنه في 2022، حيث تم رصد 147 حكم، على الرغم من تنفيذ إعدام جماعي طال 81 شخصا في 2022.

نفذت المملكة العربية السعودية في عام 2023، 172 حكم إعدام بحسب بيانات وزارة الداخلية التي تنشرها وكالة الأنباء الرسمية. عدد الإعدامات أكبر ب 15% من العدد الذي كانت وزارة الداخلية قد أعلنت عنه في 2022، حيث تم رصد 147 حكم، على الرغم من تنفيذ إعدام جماعي طال 81 شخصا في 2022.

• Document type تقرير منظمة غير حكومية
• Countries list Saudi Arabia

Published on 22 January، 2024.

The European Saudi Organization for Human Rights views 2023 as a year that demonstrated Saudi Arabia’s inconsistency in using the death penalty. Besides the unexplained shift in the types of executed sentences, the implementation of death sentences for drug-related charges, and the disregard for international legal opinions, the high numbers indicate Saudi Arabia’s determination to use the death penalty without restraint.

In Saudi Arabia in 2023, 172 executions were carried out according to data from the Ministry of Interior published by the official news agency. The number of executions increased by 15% compared to the figure announced by the Ministry of Interior in 2022, where 147 sentences were reported, despite the mass execution of 81 individuals in 2022.

• Document type NGO report
• Countries list Saudi Arabia

Un regard déchirant sur la vie des femmes condamnées et les failles du système judiciaire américain. Aux Etats-Unis, 54 femmes « attendent » l’exécution de leur peine. Linda Carty et Melissa Lucio sont emprisonnées au Texas, Shawna Forde en Arizona. Elles se livrent. Parmi les prisonnières, certaines espèrent la révision de leur procès.

• Document type Multimedia content
• Countries list United States
• Themes list Death Row Conditions  / Gender / Women

國際法和各國法律禁止對精神病人或發展和智能障礙者判處死刑，因為他們在 自我辯護時面臨特殊阻礙;有限的道德可非難性;及其理解死刑執行性質和原 因之能力下降。然而，由於在刑事訴訟程序缺乏調整(accommodation)和法律 保障，精神病人、發展和智能障礙者更可能遭剝奪公平審判權，並判處死刑。 此外如研究顯示，個人遭判處死刑、囚於死牢時，往往罹患精神疾病。死刑不 成比例地影響身心發展和智能障礙者。在防免精神病人、發展和智能障礙者判 處死刑，精神科醫師影響至關重大。除評估並告知法院有可能被判處或執行死 刑者之個人精神狀態，精神科醫師亦結合醫學與科學論據，協同制定相關法 律;精神科醫師亦為死刑犯和精神病人、發展和智能障礙者提供治療。職是， 本聲明旨在防免對精神病人或發展和智能障礙者判處死刑。

作者:
Maitreyi Misra，國立德里法律大學 (National Law University Delhi) 39A 專案 主任 (專攻心理健康和刑事司法)。
Namrata Sinha，國立德里法律大學 39A 專案研究助理 (心理健康和刑事司 法)。
Neeraj Gill，坎培拉大學健康研究所研究員 (Health Research Institute, University of Canberra)、格里菲斯大學藥學院 (Griffith University, School of Medicine，澳洲黃金海岸)。
Soumitra Pathare，精神醫學諮詢專家，印度法律社會學院心理健康法律和政 策中心主任(Director, Centre for Mental Health Law and Policy, ILS Law College，浦那 Pune)。
Afzal Javed，世界精神醫學會主席。

• Document type Array
• Themes list Fair Trial / Intellectual Disability
• Available languages World Psychiatric Association position statement mental health and the death penalty

International law and laws of various countries prohibit the imposition of the death penalty on persons
with mental illness or developmental and intellectual disabilities due to the special barriers faced by
them in defending themselves; their limited moral culpability; and their diminished ability to
understand the nature and reason for their execution. However, due to lack of accommodations in
criminal proceedings and legal safeguards, persons with mental illness, developmental and intellectual
disabilities are at a greater risk of being sentenced to death and having their fair trial rights denied.

Authors:
Maitreyi Misra, Director (Mental Health and Criminal Justice), Project 39A, National Law University
Delhi.
Namrata Sinha, Research Associate (Mental Health and Criminal Justice), Project 39A, National Law
University Delhi.
Neeraj Gill, Professor, Health Research Institute, University of Canberra and Griffith University,
School of Medicine, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia.
Soumitra Pathare, Consultant Psychiatrist, Director, Centre for Mental Health Law and Policy, ILS
Law College, Pune.
Afzal Javed, President, World Psychiatric Association.

• Document type Arguments against the death penalty
• Themes list Fair Trial / Intellectual Disability
• Available languages 世界精神醫學會針對精神健康與死刑之立場聲明

منشور بمناسبة اليوم العالمي الحادي والعشرين لمناهضة عقوبة الإعدام (2023) حول التعذيب وعقوبة الإعدام.

• Document type Array
• Available languages Leaflet - World Day 2023Brochure - Journée mondiale 2023

Fiche détaillée sur le lien entre la torture et la peine de mort, à
l’occasion de la 21e Journée mondiale contre la peine de mort.

• Document type Campagnes / Coalition mondiale
• Available languages Detailed Factsheet - World Day 2023

Detailed factsheet on the link between torture and the death penalty, to mark the 21st World Day against the Death Penalty.Detailed factsheet on the link between torture and the death penalty, to mark the 21st World Day against the Death Penalty.

• Document type Campaigning / World Coalition
• Available languages Fiche détaillée - Journée mondiale 2023

• Document type World Coalition

• Document type Coalition mondiale
• Themes list Gender
• Available languages Leaflet Women and the Death Penalty

• Document type World Coalition
• Themes list Gender
• Available languages Brochure femme et peine de mort

• Document type Coalition mondiale
• Themes list Gender
• Available languages Leaflet LGBTQIA+ people and the Death Penalty

• Document type World Coalition
• Themes list Gender
• Available languages Brochure personnes LGBTQIA+ et peine de mort

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 2023

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 2023

Since 1976, over forty percent of prisoners executed in American jails have been African American or Hispanic. This trend shows little evidence of diminishing, and follows a larger pattern of the violent criminalization of African American populations that has marked the country’s history of punishment.

In a bold attempt to tackle the looming question of how and why the connection between race and the death penalty has been so strong throughout American history, Ogletree and Sarat headline an interdisciplinary cast of experts in reflecting on this disturbing issue. Insightful original essays approach the topic from legal, historical, cultural, and social science perspectives to show the ways that the death penalty is racialized, the places in the death penalty process where race makes a difference, and the ways that meanings of race in the United States are constructed in and through our practices of capital punishment.

From Lynch Mobs to the Killing State not only uncovers the ways that race influences capital punishment, but also attempts to situate the linkage between race and the death penalty in the history of this country, in particular the history of lynching. In its probing examination of how and why the connection between race and the death penalty has been so strong throughout American history, this book forces us to consider how the death penalty gives meaning to race as well as why the racialization of the death penalty is uniquely American.

• Document type Book
• Countries list United States

At the start of the twenty-first century, America is in the midst of a profound national reconsideration of the death penalty. There has been a dramatic decline in the number of people being sentenced to death as well as executed, exonerations have become common, and the number of states abolishing the death penalty is on the rise. The essays featured in The Road to Abolition? track this shift in attitudes toward capital punishment, and consider whether or not the death penalty will ever be abolished in America.The interdisciplinary group of experts gathered by Charles J. Ogletree Jr., and Austin Sarat ask and attempt to answer the hard questions that need to be addressed if the death penalty is to be abolished. Will the death penalty end only to be replaced with life in prison without parole? Will life without the possibility of parole become, in essence, the new death penalty? For abolitionists, might that be a pyrrhic victory? The contributors discuss how the death penalty might be abolished, with particular emphasis on the current debate over lethal injection as a case study on why and how the elimination of certain forms of execution might provide a model for the larger abolition of the death penalty.

• Document type Book
• Countries list United States

• Document type Coalition mondiale
• Themes list Trend Towards Abolition
• Available languages World Coalition Strategic Plan 2023-2027

• Document type World Coalition
• Themes list Trend Towards Abolition
• Available languages Plan Stratégique 2023-2027 de la Coalition Mondiale

• Document type World Coalition
• Themes list Trend Towards Abolition
• Available languages Impact du Plan stratégique 2018-2022 de la Coalition Mondiale

• Document type Coalition mondiale
• Themes list Trend Towards Abolition
• Available languages Impact of the World Coalition's Strategic Plan 2018–2022

• Document type Coalition mondiale
• Themes list Trend Towards Abolition
• Available languages Bylaws of the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty 2023

• Document type World Coalition
• Themes list Trend Towards Abolition
• Available languages Statuts de la Coalition mondiale contre la peine de mort 2023

• Document type World Coalition
• Themes list Trend Towards Abolition
• Available languages Rapport d'Activité de la Coalition Mondiale 2022

• Document type Coalition mondiale
• Themes list Trend Towards Abolition
• Available languages World Coalition Activity Report 2022

• Document type Coalition mondiale
• Themes list Trend Towards Abolition
• Available languages World Coalition Statutory Auditor's Report 2022

• Document type World Coalition
• Themes list Trend Towards Abolition
• Available languages Coalition Mondiale Rapport de la Commissaire aux Comptes 2022

• Document type Coalition mondiale
• Themes list Gender
• Available languages Women and Death Penalty Factsheet - World Day 2023

• Document type World Coalition
• Themes list Gender
• Available languages Faits et chiffres Les femmes et la peine de mort - 21e journée mondiale contre la peine de mort

• Document type Coalition mondiale
• Themes list Gender
• Available languages FACTS AND FIGURES LGBTQIA+ People and the Death Penalty - 21st World Day Against the Death Penalty