Document(s)
Death Penalty Trends
By Amnesty International - USA, on 1 January 2013
2013
Arguments against the death penalty
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85 More details See the document This sheet speaks about the trend towards abolition of the death penalty, aswell as declining public support for it.
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Document(s)
Death Penalty and Mental Illness
By Amnesty International - USA, on 1 January 2013
Arguments against the death penalty
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80 es More details See the document The execution of those with mental illness or “the insane” is clearly prohibited by international law. Virtually every country in the world prohibits the execution of people with mental illness. This webpage explores international law and the death penalty in relation to the USA.
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- Available languages La Pena de Muerte ignora las Enfermedades Mentales
Article(s)
American death penalty area shrank further in 2012
By Thomas Hubert, on 20 December 2012
Only nine US states carried out executions this year, the lowest number in 20 years, according to a new report released by the independent organisation Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC).
2012
United States
Article(s)
World’s nations call for execution freeze
By Maria Donatelli, on 20 December 2012
The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty welcomes the adoption by a growing number of United Nations member States of a fourth resolution calling for a universal moratorium on the use of the death penalty.
Bahrain
Central African Republic
Chad
Dominica
Juveniles
Maldives
Moratorium
Oman
Papua New Guinea
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
South Sudan
Sri Lanka
Tunisia
Women
Article(s)
Call to end flawed Caribbean death penalty
By Thomas Hubert, on 10 December 2012
An appeal signed by local organizations and a new report by Amnesty International denounce multiple human rights violations in the use of capital punishment in the region and ask governments to “remove the death penalty once and for all from the law books”.
2012
Antigua and Barbuda
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Dominica
Fair Trial
Grenada
Guyana
Intellectual Disability
Jamaica
Mental Illness
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Trinidad and Tobago
Article(s)
Justice ministers meet as Colosseum lights up to say yes to life
By Community of Sant'Egidio, on 10 December 2012
The Community of Sant’Egidio conducted a crucial political networking exercise in favour of abolition in Rome at the end of November before 1,600 cities lit up their monuments against the death penalty.
Benin
Burundi
Central African Republic
France
Gabon
Italy
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Mongolia
Public Opinion
Switzerland
Togo
United States
Uzbekistan
Zimbabwe
Article(s)
Building a death penalty-free future in Asia
By Aurélie Plaçais, on 6 December 2012
Ways to strengthen transregional action led by Asian activists and ideas to combat obstruction from national authorities were among the issues discussed at the third ADPAN consultative meeting.
2012
Australia
Bangladesh
China
India
Indonesia
Japan
Malaysia
Mongolia
Moratorium
Pakistan
Philippines
Republic of Korea
Singapore
Taiwan
Thailand
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)
Drug-busting aid to Iran must be frozen
By Thomas Hubert, on 27 November 2012
The World Coalition is calling on international donors to stop helping Iran enforce abusive capital drug laws.
2012
Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment
Drug Offenses
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Article(s)
UN General Assembly Committee adopts draft moratorium resolution
By Maria Donatelli, on 20 November 2012
A majority of the world’s nations have approved a text calling for a global moratorium on executions, with stronger support than in a previous vote two years ago.
2012
Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Botswana
Central African Republic
Croatia
Cuba
Egypt
India
Indonesia
Japan
Malaysia
Maldives
Mauritania
Moratorium
Morocco
Niger
Oman
Singapore
South Sudan
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Tunisia
Viet Nam
