Article(s)
Call for tenders for printing, design and layout services
By Carlos Valera, on 7 July 2020
The World Coalition requires contracts for printing, design and layout services, visibility items and reprography for any publications that may be required, in addition to materials that may be required with these features.
2020
Document(s)
The Culture of Capital Punishment in Japan
By David T. Johnson, on 4 July 2020
2020
Academic report
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85 More details See the document Japan retains the death penalty for three main reasons: because it missed a major opportunity for abolition in the postwar Occupation, because of the long hegemony of the (conservative) Liberal Democratic Party, and because (like the United States and China) it has sufficient size, economic influence, and political clout to enable it to defy human rights norms. Capital punishment also persists in Japan because it performs welcome functions for politicians, prosecutors, media, and the public.
Despite widespread belief to the contrary, capital punishment in Japan does not deter homicide better than long terms of imprisonment do.
- Document type Academic report
- Countries list Japan
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Article(s)
Call for actions on World Day in the Philippines
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 1 July 2020
The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty and its 14 international member organizations active in the Philippines, the Maldives and Turkey are part of a joint project which aims to combat the resurgence of the death penalty, particularly in the aforementioned three countries at risk.
2020
Philippines
Article(s)
Call for actions on World Day in Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean States
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 1 July 2020
The Greater Caribbean For Life (GCL) and the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty are part of a joint project, led by The Death Penalty Project and funded by the European Union, which aims to create a platform for death penalty reform in Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, leading to eventual abolition
Barbados
Page(s)
The Death Penalty Worldwide
on 22 June 2020
Navigate the list of countries below to get country-by-country information on the laws and practices associated with the use of the death penalty. This information is taken from the Death Penalty Worldwide database, which also offers an advanced search function (capital crimes, prison conditions, appeal procedures, legal representation…) in English and in French. Database execution figures are sourced […]
2020
Page(s)
The World Coalition’s campaign in favour of the international and regional protocols on abolition
on 22 June 2020
Page(s)
World Day Against the Death Penalty
on 22 June 2020
