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World Coalition held 2025 General Assembly in Manila
By World Coalition against the death penalty, on 24 October 2025
The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty co-organized with ADPAN its General Assembly in Manila, the Philippines and online on 6-7 June 2025.
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Launch of a New Practical Guide on How to Prevent a Return to the Death Penalty
By Anti Death Penalty Asia Network and the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 10 July 2025
The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty (WCADP), in partnership with members and allies who have worked on preventing the return of the death penalty, has published a new how-to guide for civil society organizations (CSOs) on how to react in the face of a risk of a return to the death penalty.
2025
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49th UPR Session Highlights Continued Calls for the Respect of International Human Rights Standards
By Sandra Deballe, on 22 May 2025
The 49th session of the United Nations’ Universal Periodic Review (UPR) session took place from the 28th of April to the 9th of May 2025 in Geneva, Switzerland. It showcased the increasing international push for death penalty reform, with a significant number of recommendations for Grenada, Guyana, Kenya, Kuwait, Laos, Lesotho.
2025
Grenada
Guyana
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Kuwait
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Lesotho
Trend Towards Abolition
Document(s)
The Death Penalty for Drug Offences: Global Overview 2024
on 12 March 2025
2025
NGO report
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35 Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Drug Offenses
Fair Trial
Gender
Indonesia
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Iraq
Legal Representation
Malaysia
Moratorium
Pakistan
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
Trend Towards Abolition
Viet Nam
Women
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85 More details See the document 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
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Singapore: End harassment and intimidation of Transformative Justice Collective
By the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 17 January 2025
We, the undersigned 11 organizations, condemn in the strongest terms the latest restrictions imposed by the Singapore government on activists from the Transformative Justice Collective (TJC), a civil society group actively opposing the death penalty and advocating for human rights in the country.
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