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…Davao Legal Aid Office (Philippines) 10. Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network (Canada) 11. Centro de Investigación Drogas y Derechos Humanos (CIDDH) (Peru) 9. Bernice C.Mendoza, Lawyer (Philippines) 12. Charles Hector, Human…

…Philippines. An educational and advocacy brochure titled “Keep the Death Penalty Abolished in the Philippines” has recently been finalized in 13 languages, including 11 local languages of the Philippines and…

Ahead of the first vote on the proposed legislative amendments to reintroduce the death penalty in the Philippines, the undersigned organizations are calling on the country’s lawmakers to uphold its…

…Philippines takes action. To counteract the adoption of the bill, the Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines, in partnership with several organizations, has engaged in an awareness campaign. The…

In 2006, the Philippines abolished the death penalty for all crimes. A year later, the country gained the reputation of a regional leader in the campaign against death penalty for…

…was abolished in this country in 2006. Philippines had officially abolished capital punishment in 1987 but Fidel Ramos restored it in 1993. Nevertheless, with this last twist, the reintroduction of…

…(Re-)introducing the death penalty. Reintroduction of capital punishment for drug offences is discussed in the Philippines and included in a bill recently approved in the lower house of Parliament.(14) This…

…Philippines and Turkey. The latter two states have a similar profile: they abolished the death penalty and now consider to re-establish it. According to Raphaël Chenuil-Hazan, it is necessary to…

…population of people who inject drugs than countries that have abolished capital punishment for drug offenses.2 Best practice: Under the Duterte administration in the Philippines, several bills were filed to…

…Capital Punishment, Banglar Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha (Masum), India, Dutch League For Human Rights, Empower Foundation Thailand, Families of Victims of Involuntary Disappearance (Find) – Philippines, German Coalition to Abolish the…

…who claim the alleged deterrent effect, tell them that they are barking up the wrong tree.” Watch her speech below. The Philippines has abolished the death penalty but is surrounded…

…or re-implementation of the death penalty, while governments in the Philippines and United States (among others) pointed to capital punishment as an essential tool to confront drug trafficking or public…

…of the IDPC expressed her concern regarding the reintroduction of the death penalty in Philippines. On that subject, Leni Robredo, Vice-president of the Philippines gave her opinion in the opening…

…President of Reprieve Australia, “the Philippines have had 10 000 extrajudicial executions since Duterte came to power. If the bill passes through the Senate, the Philippines will become the world’s…

…“A populist measure to keep the electorate happy” “While Central and Southern American countries are mostly abolitionists, with Venezuela being the first modern state to have done so in 1863,…

…one of the key measures to be implemented in the short term, the offences for which the death penalty will be abolished are still unclear. Non-violent crimes such as counterfeiting…

…keeping the heart beating so that the organs can be sold openly for transplantation. He cited Pope Francis in calling on the assembly to be “rebels against global indifference”. Europe…

…for the 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty, the World Coalition and its partners would like to grant targeted financial support to local civil society organizations in the Philippines…

…occasion, representatives of the members of the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty from Ghana, Indonesia, the Philippines, Pakistan and Bahrain were present to inform the debate. PARALLEL ADVOCACY ACTIVITIES…

…that Jordan has neither abolished the death penalty, not continued its moratorium on executions, nor respected the threshold of “most serious crimes” for offenses punishable by death. They also denounced…

…Philippines, organising demonstrations in support for the woman on World Day Against the Death Penalty last October. International support Connie Bragas-Regalado, chairperson of Migrante International and organiser of the Save…

…to fight drugs if doing so could lead to executions, possibly of their own citizens? This is not an abstract conundrum. The Philippines, for example, which abolished the death penalty…

…part of the project conducted since 2018 on three countries at risk – the Philippines, Turkey and the Maldives. Participants were invited to reflect and exchange on what constitutes a…

…Cameroon Femmes for Freedom Algemeen Focal Commissioner for Women’s Human Rights and the Anti-Death Penalty Campaign Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines Foundation for Elimination of Violence Against Women…

…and “sentencing illegality” keep coming up and has been a matter of discussion for a long time. As Taiwan gradually incorporates international human rights conventions into its laws, the fundamental…

…Director Elsy Sainna called upon all organizations present to keep up the fight for human rights in Africa by pushing for the abolition of the death penalty on the entire…

…religious pushback than political Maintaining an unofficial moratorium is a low-risk but high-reward choice for governments that wish to keep capital punishment as a political tool at home while winning…

…Rights). According to Amiry-Moghaddam, “the people in Iran might face a mass execution” for Iran to keep their political repression intact. As Jean Asselborn (8th World Congress participant, Minister of…

…Ma on March 12. American law professor and World Coalition treasurer Speedy Rice, who visited President Ma two years ago and was told that Taiwan would keep moving towards abolition,…

…the preceding decade, and the Constitutional Court rejected a challenge to the method of execution. Despite those setbacks, a small group of dedicated Indonesian abolitionists keep up their campaign. Some…

On 4 March 2009, Canada’s Federal Court ordered the government to continue diplomatic action in favour of Ronald Smith, the only Canadian national on death row in the US (photo)….

…Human Rights denounced Iran’s unclear legislation on child executions and stated: “The widespread practice in Iran is to keep a minor convicted of a capital crime in prison until s/he…

…safe from judicial error and innocent people are likely to be sentenced to death. –    It is inefficient and does not keep society safe. It has never been conclusively shown…

“The adopted legislation states that the death penalty is now abolished in our country and that crimes previously punished by death are now punishable by life in prison”, said Ganyo…

…12-year analysis of “Women and the Death Penalty in Iran”, which provides further information and background on this issue.   Positive key facts to keep in mind For thefirst time…

…Mongolia could not keep using a punishment that “degrades human dignity”. He referred to the global trend towards abolition, including at the United Nations, and said: “The State of Mongolia…

…these stories, raise awareness among people. Let’s keep this flame alive after we leave here, let’s unite in our various projects.” Message from Mongolian President Elbegdorj Tsakhia: “As the Head…

…in 2009. Even though the government intends to keep the death penalty there are positive signs that it is moving away from capital punishment. Vietnam has shown positive action towards…

…of lethal injection protocols and helped keep the number of executions down. The moratorium did not stop death sentences from being handed down but their number, too, fell sharply. “In…

…January Supreme Court decision according to which it is unconstitutional to keep a person on death row for more than three years. The court argued that any longer term would…

…abolitionists, and putting more pressure on those countries that keep capital punishment in their legislation. Equally, the Coalition aims to create a network of abolitionist players and to support them. …

…international community puts pressure on one specific case, the authorities give up on that case, because individual cases do not matter to them: as long as they keep the number…

…criminal code. “Constant work is needed to keep the number of capital crimes low or abolish the death penalty,” she said. Moratorium President Nursultan Nazarbayev (photo, right, with EU foreign…

…sentence, but she begged us to keep them secret and make sure he could not be identified because she had received threats that her other children would be targeted if…

…The members of ImpactIran say increased coordination has helped them achieve a wider international reach and stronger impact through joint submissions to the UN – and they will keep up…

…but continued to hand down death sentences. A member of the Tunisian Coalition Against the Death Penalty regretted that her country had not abolished capital punishment while adopting a new…

…Optional Protocol to the ICCPR aiming at the abolition of the death penalty and Kenyan judges keep issuing death sentences. That is why abolitionists’ work remains more important than ever….

…isolated minority. In fact, as of September 2017, more than two-thirds of the countries around the world have abolished the death penalty in law or practice. However, as the world…

…penalty should be commuted to life imprisonment. To date 142 countries – more than two thirds of the world’s countries – have abolished the death penalty in law or practice….

…“die-in”. French Ambassador for Human Rights François Zimeray, Senate Legal Committee Vice-Chairperson Nicole Borvo Cohen-Seat and Paris Bar Association Chairman Christian Charrière Bournazel took part in the event. Charrière Bournazel…

…death,” said Robert Dunham, DPIC’s Executive Director. “Across the political spectrum, more people are coming to the view that there are better ways to keep us safe than executing a…

…the World Day Against the Death Penalty a grass-roots event, with educational and militant actions being prepared worldwide. Just keep an eye on the World Day section on this site…

…Human Rights, a member organization of the World Coalition, facilitated Facebook live debriefings to cover the review of States that have not yet abolished capital punishment. A Unique State-Driven Process…

…of the WCADP “Iranian authorities, eager to keep the death penalty, are quick to point out that they are carrying out the will of the people, claiming that the death…

…the largest population on death row, with 670 inmates. The CCFAJ found that the average delay between sentence and execution was over 20 years. “Just to keep cases moving at…

…is up to the youth to stand up and protest when countries keep using the death penalty. Today’s youth is a bit selfish, young people tend to focus on issues…

…program or classes, there is no point. There is no purpose in going out [of the ward]. I just keep to myself. My family used to come for open visits…

As of 21 June 2019, 106 countries worldwide have abolished the death penalty for all crimes, 8 other countries have abolished the death penalty for ordinary crimes and 28 countries…

…10 to discuss the prospect of a global moratorium on the death penalty. Italy’s ambassador to Gabon Raffaël de Bénedictis said that “it is necessary to keep raisning awareness on…

…doing business with a state, keep human rights issues in mind. Legal, financial and lobbying efforts The delegates also discussed the importance of the international community in stressing that the…

…join forces and take action. Watch Capital-“X” explain the reasons behind Walk4Life on Onloq.com Keep track on the Walk4Life blog Visit Capital-“X”‘s MySpace page Watch the Walk4Life launch video below…

…am determined to live until it is abolished!” Dave Atwood’s talk prompted many questions from the floor, as did that by Arianna Balotta, president of the Italian Coalition. She told…

…An Investigation into the Death Row Case of Mumia Abu-Jamal, wrote in the Philadelphia Inquirer on April 2, 2008, that the “courts have altered the rules just to keep Abu-Jamal…

…scale to continue to promote legal aid for individual cases. Around 108 countries around the world have completely abolished the death penalty and 144 countries have abolished the death penalty…

…Commission on Human rights of the Philippines, the Centre of Global Nonkilling and Amnesty International. In Amnesty’s statement they condemned the use of the death penalty in all circumstances, highlighting…

External Evaluation of the project “Preventing the risk of resurgence of the death penalty in three abolitionist countries” of 36 months in the Maldives, Philippines and Turkey Terms of Reference…

…as the National Human Rights Commission of Mexico and the Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines, declared their opposition to the death penalty in statements issued on the World…

…row, the following countries confirmed their support for the resolution: Djibouti Jordan Lebanon South Korea Malaysia Philippines Also, Papua New Guinea moved from a vote against to an abstention (it…

…initiatives. Justice Project Pakistan put participants in the shoes of death row inmates with Caught!, a “theatrical escape room experience.” In the same vein, Union Chrétienne pour le Progrès et…

…the death penalty. Ghana and Zambia have abolished the death penalty since the last vote in 2022. In Kenya, Liberia and Morocco, debates for abolition are ongoing.  Uganda which had…

…of the death penalty. In the Philippines, two webinars were organized by local NGO Karapatan and the Commission on Human Rights, with the latter launching a research study titled “In…

…accused of using or selling drugs in the Philippines. Worrying signs that Indonesia may be adopting a similar violent response, and the explicit support for President Duterte’s ‘war on drugs’…

…South Korea which voted in favor of the the resolution for the first time. The Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Eswatini, Guinea, Nauru, the Philippines, and…

…be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.” This was the introductory message of the UN Human Rights Commissioner Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein in his opening speech…

…and Saudi Arabia remained among the top executioners •    Two countries abolished the death penalty for all crimes (Benin and Nauru); Guinea abolished the death penalty for ordinary crimes only….

…Rights the NGO forum –    Organisation of advocacy missions in target countries –    Organisation of advocacy missions to the African Union Countries at risk (Maldives, Philippines, Turkey): –    Training of…

…competition on the topic “Why should the death penalty be abolished?”, and member organization Greater Caribbean for Life (GCL) presented a paper at a conference organized by the EU delegation…

…Philippines, the abolitionist movement is vacillating between victories and setbacks, with the death penalty having already been abolished twice, in 1994 and 2006. The recent presidential elections saw the death…