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…We strongly urge members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines to ensure their discussions in the next few days on this bill restoring the death penalty are based…

…especially the agriculture sector, have benefitted tremendously under this trade agreement.” The CHR in the Philippines also noted in the statement that they are ready to work with government to…

…is proposing for the country on the issue of the death penalty. Since its abolition of the death penalty − for the second time − in 2006, the Philippines has…

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…

A giant leap backwards Despite the enactment of “An act prohibiting the imposition of the death penalty in the Philippines” in 2006 and the ratification of the Second Optional Protocol…

…next. Once the Senate passes the bill, and if it obtains the signature of the President, this text will become a law. It‘s important to recall that the death penalty…

…Working Together against the Death Penalty in the Asia-Pacific. The dinner celebrated the continuing success story of Mary Jane Veloso who was repatriated by the Indonesian government to the Philippines,…

…victims. This was denounced by this Special Rapporteur in 2014 in the context of the war on drugs in the Philippines: “As the majority of the victims are men, their…

…the death penalty: the Congress re-introduced the capital punishment in 1993 after the Constitution had abolished it in 1987. In 2006, the death penalty had been anew abolished. However, William…

…reinstate the death penalty, primarily as a solution to the drug problem. Abolitionists allied with medical and health actors in their public awareness and advocacy actions to emphasize that the…

…way lead to the assumption that the allegations were untrue. A perusal of the LFL statement shows that the source of their information, amongst others, is from a credible source…

…end of 2019, the death penalty was considered as an alternative to mass incarceration. The case of the Philippines was also debated during the conference, with information that the number…

…death penalty as well as secret executions. Towards the abolition of the death penalty in Malaysia Malaysia being the host country of the conference, the abolition of the death penalty…

…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…

…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…

…China indicated that these recommendations will be examined and that they will provide responses for the 25th session of the Human Rights Council in March 2014. During the previous UPR…

…death penalty”. The signatories stated that “the death penalty violates the right to life as enshrined in the Universal Declaration on Human Rights” whose anniversary date marks Human rights day…

“No Justice Without Life” was the theme of the 8th International Congress of Ministers of Justice for a world without the death penalty, convened by the Communità di Sant’Egidio in…

…of the 10th resolution calling for a global moratorium on the death penalty. For the first time, three countries that had always abstained in previous votes -Kenya, Morocco, and Zambia-…

…». L’action met l’accent sur la mise en œuvre de ces stratégies pour faciliter un environnement politique et juridique au sein de l’Union africaine et de ses États membres propice…

…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…

…punishments will reflect agreed standards, such as those enshrined in human rights treaties? There is arguably no sanction that raises more debate internationally than the death penalty. The majority of…

…sign the forgiveness, I will further reduce the penalty”, he reportedly told Arroyo. The decision follows an international campaign to save Marilou Ranario. Migrant groups started the campaign in the…

…the death penalty in the OIC States. The report aims to show the different legislative and institutional stages of the abolition of the death penalty in these States and to…

…the death penalty/ still retain the death penalty: A) Abolish the death penalty for all offences, regardless of gender; B) Pending full abolition, we call on governments to: Eliminate the…

…the death penalty in the country was welcomed. The annual report of the Secretary General on the question of the death penalty was also presented. This report commends the efforts…

…the death penalty On the occasion of this 56th session, several members of the World Coalition against the Death Penalty presented oral statements on the death penalty.  During the adoption…

…high time for the United States to join the ranks of countries that have abolished the death penalty and show leadership in ending this cruel punishment all around the world….

…in 1999, and the Bahamas in 2000. GCL calls on our leaders in the region to accept that the restrictions placed by the ruling of the Judicial Committee of the…

…international dimension of the fight against the death penalty. Its ultimate objective is to obtain the universal abolition of the death penalty. The World Coalition is striving to achieve these…

…U.S. Supreme Court declared the death penalty unconstitutional in 1972. It was the seventh year in a row that fewer than 100 death sentences were imposed nationwide. “The Death Penalty…

…since the organization first began campaigning for the worldwide abolition of the death penalty in 1977. Since this landmark moment, countries that use the death penalty have become an increasingly…

…rules on the legality of the mandatory death penalty. In 2010, the Court of Appeal at Mombasa held that the mandatory death penalty violated the right to life and the…

…is the first time since 1999 that the king has spoken on the death penalty”, said Abderrahim Jamai, co-ordinator of the Moroccan Coalition Against the Death Penalty. MP Kadhija Rouissi,…

…advocacy, they believe Iran and the international community can do better at the new UPR session this Friday. Among the documents forming the basis the discussion, a detailed report submitted…

…possession of less than 50g of drugs. If they support the Islamic Republic, the condition must be a moratorium on the death penalty. Moreover, we know from sources inside the…

…of the criminal code. The current review of the criminal code aims to further broaden the scope of application of the death penalty, in direct contravention to stated Kazakhstan policy…

…the people. Following the June 2009 post-election protests, they have lost their legitimacy and support even among their supporters, so they need fear to continue ruling the country. When the…

…the Declaration). In conformity with this commitment, the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty was created in Rome, Italy, on 13 May 2002. The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty…

According to the Ugandan newspaper The Daily Monitor, 167 death row inmates have seen their sentence commuted to life in prison this year. Their reprieve is the consequence of a…

…resolutions by reducing the number of crimes punishable by death. But the resolutions also request countries that maintain the death penalty to provide death penalty statistics to the UN General…

…death penalty cases: “The Code of Criminal Procedure thus makes clear that the justice minister is much more than a rubber stamp on the way to the executioner. The minister’s…

Mario Marazziti, World Coalition Against the Death Penalty: “Let’s give the kids of the new generation a world without death penalty. The Death Penalty is sick and weakened. Well, it…

…highlighted that the death penalty leaves no room for reparation in cases of miscarriages of justice. “There are instances where the death penalty was imposed on an innocent individual instead…

“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…

…grows to the age of 18 and then execute him/her.” As the world prepares to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the World…

…letter to the prime minister, the World Coalition highlighted Canada’s efforts to oppose the death penalty internationally and the support lent to Ronald Smith over the past 25 years. It…

…testified in the Constitutional Court that they had decided to retain the death penalty for the same offences to which it currently applies. One key change that the drafters did…

…the backdrop of a reduction in the use of the death penalty in the US in the past year. According to statistics compiled by the Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC),…

…said the Davis case proved the necessity of abolishing capital punishment. “This is about accepting that human justice is relative, while the death penalty has an absolute character”, he said….

…the report does not describe cases of wrongful executions, it states: “The Commission cannot conclude with confidence that the administration of the death penalty in California eliminates the risk that…

…on May 27, 2008, will be seeking review of the case by all the judges in the Third Circuit. The basis will be that “the panel decision conflicts with a…

The event was organised in Pozzuoli by the Angeli Flegri association with support from other organisations including the Italian Coalition Against the Death Penalty, the Texas Coalition to Abolish the…

…scheduled to arrive in Huntsville, the home of Texas’s death row, mid-May. Activists from World Coalition member organisations such as Journey of Hope and the Texas Coalition to Abolish the…

…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…

…abolition of the death penalty is currently considered, met officials from African countries that have ended capital punishment, such as Djibouti. Gabon itself abolished the death penalty on September 13,…

…about the death penalty as a young European, because the countries that still use it are far away. But this time, we were close to a death row prison. We…

…will remind hesitating governments of world opinion’s growing opposition to the death penalty. The signatures gathered through this petition will be added to those of the five million people who…

…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…

…Then, the government delegation may be given the floor to provide other States with oral answers. Stage three consists of the drafting and the adoption of the review report in…

…evidence, so the court at the time did not dare to pronounce the death penalty with immediate execution, but rather sentenced the defendants to death with two years reprieve. In…

…persons with intellectual disabilities, in the case of these nine prisoners, their disability was not even brought to the attention of the courts. The report also speaks about the pains…

…in 2021 which is an alarming rise in the implementation of death sentences for drug offences that has increased fivefold in comparison to the previous three years. Even though none…

…death penalty for their own political ambitions.  Lastly, the death penalty becomes a political tool to dehumanize people. This is possible through “othering” people, making them the enemy or the…

…the death penalty on the defendant. The most recent trial judgment in this case (the third trial) is particularly perplexing. It acknowledges the possibility of the defendant’s rehabilitation but refuses…

…the Death Penalty Worldwide and Amy Bergquist from The Advocates for Humans Rights opened the discussion about tackling the death penalty through a gender lens. This workshop was an opportunity…

…on the length of the unofficial moratorium, they are also frequently identified as abolitionist in practice in the international arena, thus considered more abolitionist than retentionist. This can be a…

…World Coalition member organization Reprieve confirmed that “[a]t least three of those executed were minors at the time of their alleged offences”. Reprieve affirmed that the government “has executed more…

…by children with incarcerated parents. With their talent, they transmitted the pain that children live by having a parent in a death row and they called the community to think…

…1989 that the legal vacuum was partially filled, urging the signatory states to the ICCPR abolish the death penalty. However, 2018 marked a significant turning point with the adoption of…

…the UK, The Justice Institute Guyana and the Center for Small States organized a conference on “Challenging the Death Penalty in the Commonwealth Caribbean”. GCL’s chair made a presentation at this…

…of the World Coalition is to strengthen the international dimension of the fight against the death penalty. Its ultimate objective is to obtain the universal abolition of the death penalty….

…the issue is firmly on the radar of the global community. On the other hand, these signs of progress are being overshadowed by the surge in extrajudicial executions of people…

…in 2016 alone- much more than previously thought. Meanwhile, the idea that crimes warrant the death penalty continue to take root elsewhere in the region, with the Philippines seeking to…

…the Human Rights Council, ECPM organised a side-event to launch the proceedings and the film of the 6th World Congress against the Death Penalty. The side event was also the…

…It is also to be noted that on 11th January 2017, Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand Mr Wisanu Krea-ngarm had said that Thailand would eventually do away with death penalty…

…take further steps towards respecting international law and reducing the application of the death penalty. Paragraph 6(f) thus calls upon States to “ensure that those facing the death penalty can…

…France, recalled, those events support the growing consensus in favour of the universal abolition of the death penalty. To date, 105 States are abolitionist, 7 have abolished the death penalty…

…states that still retain the death penalty to ensure the protection and promotion of human rights of those facing the death penalty. The resolution also reiterates its call on states…

…A publication of the FIDH, Going backwards: the death penalty in Southeast Asia, has revealed, despite the secrecy surrounding the use of the death penalty in the region, that Indonesia,…

The last FIDH’s report on Southeast Asia and the Death Penalty, issued this month, observes that the region has witnessed significant setbacks with regard to the abolition of the death…

…or use capital punishment, it also takes a firm stance in advocating that the death penalty should in fine be abolished everywhere. 2015 marks the 4th edition of this Joint…

…serious investigations and frank discussions on the death penalty. It emphasizes the need for proper information on the risks and shortcomings of the death penalty, including on the irrational fears…

Bhutan, Nepal, Cambodia and the Philippines are the four Asian countries which have abolished the death penalty in domestic law, with Mongolia in the process of following suit after it…

…believed that by sharing experiences from the region, they could change things in their countries. Sinapan Samydorai of the Think Center spoke about the recent debate around drug issues in…