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ALQST for Human Rights

on 19 June 2025

ALQST for Human Rights is an independent NGO founded in 2014 by Saudi human rights defender Yahya Assiri to promote and defend human rights in Saudi Arabia. The quest for justice (the meaning of “Al-qist” in Arabic) lies at the heart of our work, and we take a rights-based approach grounded in international human rights […]

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Saudi Arabia

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The death penalty and drug policy: abolitionist perspectives at the Harm Reduction International conference

By The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 19 June 2025

From April 27 to 30, 2025, the Harm Reduction International (HRI) conference in Bogotá brought together several hundred activists, researchers and human rights defenders committed to drug policies based on health, rights and justice.

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Women

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Poster World day against the death penalty 2024 – 2025 – Indonesian

on 12 June 2025

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World Coalition

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Poster World day against the death penalty 2024 – 2025 – Houssa

on 12 June 2025

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World Coalition

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Tribute to Sunny Jacobs by the Gender Working Group

By The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 6 June 2025

It is with great sadness that the Gender Working Group of the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty pays tribute to Sonia “Sunny” Jacobs, a tireless advocate and an inspiration to us all.

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Gender

Women

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How to prevent a return to the Death Penalty?

By The World Coalition against the death penalty, on 4 June 2025

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Public Opinion

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Available languages Comment réagir face au risque d'un retour à la peine de mort ?

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Abolition of the death penalty at the United Nations Human Rights Council 58th session

By Sandra Deballe, on 22 May 2025

The United Nations Human Rights Council met for its 58th Regular Session from February 24 to April 4, 2025. If you missed it, here is what happened regarding the abolition of the death penalty!

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Trend Towards Abolition

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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.

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Guyana

Kenya

Kuwait

Lao People's Democratic Republic

Lesotho

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Immature Minds in a “Maturing Society”: Roper v. Simmons at 20

By Death Penalty Information Center, on 30 April 2025

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Clemency

Death Row Conditions

Drug Offenses

Innocence

Intellectual Disability

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