Article(s)
Asian progress paves the way for new strategies
By Thomas Hubert, on 20 June 2013
Although most executions continue to take place in Asia, their number is going down – and abolitionists are coming up with new ideas to bring about abolition.
2013
India
Japan
Malaysia
Mongolia
Moratorium
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Article(s)
Linking the death penalty and torture to achieve abolition
By Thomas Hubert, on 20 June 2013
Recognising the process from sentencing to execution as a form of torture would ensure progress towards abolition in international law as well as in the US.
Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment
Article(s)
EU regrets difficulties in dialogue with Belarus
By Tiziana Trotta, on 16 June 2013
European Union officials and Belarusian activists denounce Minsk’s lack of political will to tackle the death penalty.
2013
Belarus
Belarus
Public Opinion
Article(s)
Call for world lawyers to unite against the death penalty
By Thomas Hubert, on 15 June 2013
The Paris Bar Association (a World Coalition member) and its Beirut counterpart have called on lawyers worldwide to increase efforts to defend those facing the death penalty and to push for its abolition.
2013
Legal Representation
Moratorium
Spain
Article(s)
After abolition: what alternative to the death penalty?
By Thomas Hubert, on 15 June 2013
Ending the death penalty means finding replacement sanctions to punish former capital crimes – while taking into accounts human rights standards.
Public Opinion
Article(s)
Small progress against the execution of minors
By Tiziana Trotta, on 14 June 2013
These are merely the very first steps down the road, but Iran, Sudan and Yemen, the only countries to apply the death penalty on juvelines along with Saudi Arabia, have just made some small progress on the issue.
2013
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Juveniles
Sudan
Yemen
Article(s)
Shedding light on judicial blunders can help achieve abolition
By Tiziana Trotta, on 14 June 2013
Several organizations are condemning executions of innocent people because of wrongful convictions.
Innocence
Spain
Taiwan
Tunisia
United States
Article(s)
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)
North Africa and Middle East between progress and frustrations
By Thomas Hubert, on 13 June 2013
Shaken up by revolutions and conflicts, the southern shores of the Mediterranean are more than ever enticed for abolition – but opposition is fierce.
Algeria
Lebanon
Morocco
Spain
Tunisia
Article(s)
World Congress Against the Death Penalty
By Thomas Hubert & Tiziana Trotta, on 12 June 2013
The World Congress is taking place in Madrid between 12-15 June 2013. During three days, it unites members of international civil society, politicians, and legal experts to elaborate abolitionist strategies for the years to come at the national, regional, and international levels, and to send out a clear message to the world: that universal abolition is essential for a world where progress and justice must prevail.
2013
Spain
