Article(s)
Malian opinion leaders meet to discuss death penalty abolition
on 6 October 2014
World Coalition member organisation FIACAT and its affiliate in Mali, ACAT Mali organised a seminar to raise awareness on the abolition of the death penalty in Mali in Bamako on 29 and 30 September 2014.
2014
Mali
Mali
Public Opinion
Article(s)
Events, strong words and hard facts to fight death penalty in the Caribbean
By Thomas Hubert, on 11 October 2013
As World Day Against the Death Penalty events unfolded on an unprecedented scale across the region, local activists and international organisations took a firm stance against capital punishment across the Caribbean.
2013
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Guatemala
Jamaica
Public Opinion
Puerto Rico
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Trinidad and Tobago
Article(s)
Caribbean events kick off with regional conference and abolitionist network launch
By Maria Donatelli & Aurélie Plaçais, on 3 October 2013
A wide range of activists, law practitioners and former death row inmates have met in Trinidad and Tobago to discuss strategies for abolition and organise under the Greater Caribbean for Life.
2013
Dominica
Grenada
Jamaica
Puerto Rico
Trinidad and Tobago
Article(s)
Caribbean Conference – The Death Penalty in the Context of Public Security: Neither Right, Nor Effective
By Greater Caribbean For Life, on 9 September 2013
To celebrate the 11th World Day Against the Death Penalty dedicated to the Greater Caribbean, a regional conference is organised by local civil society in Trinidad and Tobago on October, 1st.
2013
Public Opinion
Article(s)
Hands Off Cain: number of executions and retentionist countries down in past year
on 29 July 2013
World Coalition member Hands Off Cain (HOC) presented its 2013 Report, ‘The Death Penalty Worldwide’ at its headquarters in Rome on 26 July. It recorded a sharp drop in executions.
2013
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Two perspectives on assistance to foreign nationals facing the death penalty
By Thomas Hubert, on 13 June 2013
World Coalition member Reprieve and the Mexican government share their experience of helping those facing a capital case overseas.
2013
Legal Representation
Mexico
United States
Article(s)
Inside Tunisia’s death row
By Delphine Judith, on 4 June 2013
Following the launch of the investigative report Buried alive: a study of the death penalty in Tunisia is launched, ECPM’s Middle East and North Africa officer Nicolas Bray presents the research carried out in December 2012.
2013
Death Row Conditions
Tunisia
Article(s)
“Catastrophic” conditions on Lebanon’s death row
By Delphine Judith, on 31 May 2013
Ogarit Younan is a co-founder of the Lebanese Association for Civil Rights, which has just joined the World Coalition. She takes stock on the death penalty and abolitionist progress in Lebanon.
2013
Death Row Conditions
Lebanon
Article(s)
West African ACATs focus on public opinion and lobbying
By Guillaume Colin (FIACAT), on 28 November 2012
Participants to the meeting held by FIACAT in Senegal mid-November received training on regional abolitionist activism and set priorities for their actions.
2012
Benin
Burkina Faso
Côte d'Ivoire
Ghana
Liberia
Mali
Moratorium
Niger
Public Opinion
Senegal
Togo
Article(s)
World Coalition to celebrate 10th anniversary in Jordan
By Aurélie Plaçais, on 28 May 2012
At the invitation of Penal Reform International’s regional office in Jordan, the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty is holding its 10th annual general meeting in Amman, Jordan on 16-17 June 2012.
2012
Jordan
