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…the injustices of the death penalty and pressing Parliamentarians for change. Being one of the few countries around the world to still retain the use of the death penalty in…

…Protocol the only international instrument on the death penalty? Currently there are four international treaties which provide for the abolition of the death penalty. The Second Optional Protocol is the…

…death penalty. They called for the government to adopt a de jure moratorium on the use f the death penalty and the commuting of all death sentences.Watch the intervention here. …

…the treatment of death row prisoners in Taiwan, the development of legislation protecting the rights of victims, and constitutional litigation related to the death penalty across different countries. The following…

…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…

…their children (…). » [11]The motion taken by the NBC is available at the following link: https://www.cnb.avocat.fr/sites/default/files/cnb-mo2019-02-09_ldh-caei_peine_de_mort_sedillotfinal-p.pdf [12]The text of the joint resolution of the Paris Bar and the International…

…In the current mechanism, the same judges who once issued the death sentences, are responsible for the reviewing of the same cases. Moreover, the bribery and corruption problem in the…

…Against the Death Penalty has been committed to promoting the concept of abolition of the death penalty in China, providing legal aid to those facing the death penalty, organizing death…

…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…

…penalty cases during the High Level panel on the question of the death penalty.  A side event on the death penalty in Saudi Arabia was co-hosted by Reprieve and the…

…and restraint of government power. The Ministry of Justice, as the competent authority for the death penalty, on the one hand knows that there is a problem with the law…

…on the human rights violations associated with the use of the death penalty, in particular with respect to the theory that the use of the death penalty has a deterrent…

…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…

…the international community and the Iranian civil society are the main driving forces behind any reforms towards restricting the use of the death penalty in Iran. The few times we…

…universal abolition of the death penalty. Goals: The aim of the World Coalition is to strengthen the international dimension of the fight against the death penalty. Its ultimate goal is…

…Resolutions adopted While there was no specific resolution on the death penalty at this session, some of them were linked to the death penalty: Extension of the mandate of the…

…of the death penalty in ongoing efforts. UN ECOSOC AND UNODC’S WORK AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY The UN unequivocally opposes the death penalty and ECOSOC and its subsidiary bodies have…

…declaration to define the territorial application of the Protocol: “Until the full re-establishment of the territorial integrity of the Republic of Moldova , the provisions of the Convention shall be…

…global trend toward the abolition of the death penalty, a recent survey has identified that more than 80% of people support the death penalty in Japan. The Japanese government has continued to…

…ECPM – Together Against the Death Penalty Harm Reduction International MADPET– Malaysians Against Death Penalty and Torture Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty World Coalition Against the Death Penalty…

…the adoption process.  Advocating for the adoption of the death penalty by the African Union is a step in the right direction. Photograph Copyright: World Coalition Against the Death Penalty…

…bodily harm. Malaysia must expedite the abolition of the death penalty, especially the mandatory death penalty. THEREFORE, we: a) Call on Malaysia to immediately put into force the Dangerous Drugs…

…include the abolition of the death penalty. According to Ms. Kayitesi, Commissioner and President of the Working group on the death penalty of the ACHPR, political leaders have the last…

…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…

…Hon. Dr. Pindi Hazara Chana, who pledged that the government would work against the death penalty. The NETWORK for the Abolition of the Death Penalty and Cruel Punishment (REPECAP) led…

…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…

…their position against the death penalty and their commitment to its abolition. The Working Group on the Death Penalty and Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions in Africa of the African…

…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…

…place in the international arena as an ally in the war on terrorism. The resumption of the death penalty was feared in the past amid worries that the international aid…

…Corredor (World Coalition Against the Death Penalty). Moderation was provided by Mabassa Fall, FIDH representative to the African Union. The speakers presented the situation regarding the death penalty in their…

The death penalty in the Congolese legislation Whereas the death penalty is enshrined in the legislation, its implementation has been challenged. Through the 2003 de facto moratorium on the death…

…of the law on the abolition of the death penalty.  The death penalty was also mentioned during the presentation of the Secretary-General’s report on the situation of human rights in…

…issue in the bilateral dialogue between Iran and the countries which are the main promoters of abolition of the death penalty on the international scene. If the death penalty is…

…the Niger Coalition Against the Death Penalty. The death penalty on the agenda The opening ceremony marked the tone of the Session with two abolitionist calls. African Court Justice Blaise…

…sentences have been trending down since their historic highs in the late 1990s. In the past two decades, eleven states have abolished the death penalty, bring the total of non-death…

The World Coalition and its local member, the Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty (TAEDP), have been highlighting the abuses linked to the use of the death penalty as…

…a mandatory death sentence. The first bill, namely the Abolition of Mandatory Death Penalty Bill 2023 (DR 7) abolished the mandatory death penalty for all 12 offences which previously carried…

…CIVIL SOCIETY ORAL STATEMENTS ON THE DEATH PENALTY On the occasion of this 53rd session, several members of the World Coalition against the Death Penalty presented oral statements on the…

During these 2 days, several aspects of the death penalty were addressed in very relevant interventions, among which: the history of the death penalty in Algeria with the interventions of…

…the mandatory death penalty is an accepted position for the country. Representatives from countries that have recently abolished the death penalty such as Zambia and Sierra took the floor to…

…the Death Penalty (Republic of the Congo) Cornell Center on Death Penalty Worldwide (USA/ International) Death Penalty Focus- DPF (USA) Ditshwanelo- The Botswana Centre for Human Rights (Botswana) Droits et…

Over the last few decades, we have made great strides toward the universal abolition of the death penalty. Nevertheless, despite the progress we have made, the death penalty remains entrenched…

TheDeath Penalty Information Center’s 2020 annual report highlights the continuing trend toward abolition in the US and the resumption of federal executions in a challenging COVID-19 context. The Death Penalty…

…special rapporteur on the death penalty. European Union The main channel of collaboration between the EU and civil society on the death penalty is linked to funding provided by the…

…restricting the use of the death penalty to the most serious crimes. In 2018, The Human Rights Council made General comment no. 36 on Article 6 of the International Covenant…

…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…

20th World Day against the Death Penalty On this 20th anniversary of the World Day Against the Death Penalty dedicated to the link between torture and the use of the…

…and degrading treatment and urged the Tanzanian authorities to amend the death penalty laws. For World Day Against the Death Penalty 2022, the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty has…

…the continuity of the project. Different working groups have been set up depending on the geographical areas and the situation of the country regarding the death penalty, which has made…

…the Government’s intention to abolish the death penalty, to transform the de facto moratorium into abolition of the death penalty, and to ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR. …

…of the death penalty! During the debates  During the Interactive Dialogue with the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Islamic Republic of Iran on March 18, Chairperson Sara Hossain, denounced the…

…a glimpse of hope to the abolitionists. The death penalty reforms quickly disappointed abolitionists and international observers, however. Whereas the death penalty reforms aimed to amend the mandatory death penalty…

…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…

…the ACHPR. Change in Participation- Prioritizing the Session over the NGO Forum Unlike previous advocacy work within the sphere of the ACHPR, the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty did…

…reflect on the links between gender-based violence and the death penalty based on their experiences. The result is clear: although the subject of women and gender minorities sentenced to death…

The 19th World Day Against the Death Penalty highlighted the intersectional discrimination that women face in the judicial process leading to the death penalty, making visible one facet of the…

…on the Death Penalty, click here.  By: Lisa Borden, a volunteer with The Advocates for Human Rights, currently based in Geneva, Switzerland. Link to the original article in English: https://theadvocatespost.org/2019/10/09/the-rights-of-children-whose-parents-are-sentenced-to-death-the-case-of-tunisia/…

…May, during the 60th ordinary session of the ACHPR, the Working Group on the death penalty and extrajudicial execution organized a panel on the death penalty. In its intervention, the…

…progress in this direction and eventually abolish the mandatory death penalty. The death penalty in the Caribbean was the focus of World Day Against the Death Penalty 2013. Mental health…

…orally.  Two resolutions on the death penalty were also passed. One championed by NGOs and the ACHPR’s working group on the death penalty, N°544 ‘Resolution on the Death Penalty and…

Every October 10th, the World Coalition against the death penalty and its members celebrates the World Day against the Death penalty. In 2024 and 2025, the abolitionist movement will focus…

…for Human Rights, the International Commission against the Death Penalty and the World Coalition. In September 2014, the UN Treaty event will highlight the Protocol on the abolition the death…

…first one was dedicated to the death penalty and poverty, the theme of the next World Day Against the Death Penalty, in which intervened Shreya Rastogi, Center on the Death…

…It officially became the 24th African state to abolish the death penalty. Other states seem inclined to abolish the death penalty in the coming months. The President of the Republic…

…addressed during the high-level event on the death penalty at the 34th session of the Human Rights Council.  The abolition of death penalty is a matter of principle, not a…

…the death penalty and that for a seven year period the govern observed a de facto moratorium on the implementation of the death penalty. Our organisations and institutions, listed below,…

…African Union and the Clerk of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) requesting their review and feedback on the draft. Exploring the Link Between Security and the Death Penalty The Working Group…

…periodic report was studied along with Senegal –abolished the death penalty in December 2022.  Additionally, Honorable Idrissa Sow announced that the 2011 study on the death penalty in Africa would…

…the death penalty “Despite the 23 year moratorium, it is difficult to get rid of the death penalty. The non-application of the death penalty is not a problem for the…

…suffered for 20 years, the stress, the untreated diseases, and the poor hygiene.” 10 October 2022 marked the 20th anniversary of the World Day Against the Death Penalty (World Day)…

…– International Federation for Human Rights MADPET – Malaysians Against Death Penalty and Torture Parliamentarians for Global Action Taiwan Alliance Against the Death Penalty World Coalition Against the Death Penalty…

…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…

…the death penalty”. The regional trend against the death penalty is a reality: 17 AU Member States have enacted laws to abolish the death penalty , including four States in…

Discussing Death Penalty Abolition in Egypt On 25th April, the day after the opening ceremony of the 64th Ordinary Session of the ACHPR, a panel on the death penalty was…

…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…

…Zitrin of Death Penalty Focus updated the AGM on the campaign to abolish the death penalty in California. Watch her interview below: The death penalty to enforce terror in Irak…

…or retentionist. These are the categories identified by Amnesty International and used by many anti-death penalty organizations, including the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty and the Maldivian Democracy Network….

…or of other entities acting at the instigation or under the direction or control of these organisations, that is, in the capacity of agents of the State. For example, the…

…part of the government of the Philippines to reintroduce the death penalty, who, under the leadership of President Duterte, has called for a return to the death penalty since his…

…their repression against their work. Human rights defenders jailed for their anti-death penalty work They Iranian authorities have harassed and jailed people involved in the country’s anti-death penalty movement, often…

…spoke about the death penalty as “never having been truly a part of human nature”. He framed the battle against the death penalty, along with the battles against slavery and…

…advocacy videos, the newspaper Dawn published the story of three families victims of the death penalty. Through storytelling, JPP wished to demonstrate how unfair and inadequate the death penalty is….

…the debate on the application of the death penalty for terrorism and addressed the situation of Congolese law and the problems for abolition. Faustin Bwami, assistant at the Faculty of…

…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,…

…Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty. “The members of the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty are our best partners and our supporters.” Story by Elizabeth Zitrin & Jessica…

Chosen as the theme of the World Day against the Death Penalty on 10 October 2018, living conditions on death row are subjected to general standards in line with those…

…on the constitutionality of the death penalty. But only one of these judges is still on the court today. Revisions to the Criminal Code Activists could also lobby for the…

…the death penalty in the Gazan strip’s courts’, supported by the “HAMAS” government, The number of death sentences in Gaza since the beginning of this year has now reached (12),…

…Against the Death Penalty from Madrid to Geneva with the official opening ceremony, a film/debate evening, business meetings and deliberations about the death penalty by experts. The death penalty as…

…Coalition against the Death Penalty, has launched a factsheet on the death penalty for terrorism, insisting on the ineffectiveness of the death penalty. The factsheet also suggests ways to contribute…

…in line with the World Day Against the Death Penalty’s theme this year, that focused on the impact the death penalty has on women. Resolution 483 is the fifth resolution…

…the death penalty was a CEDAW issue and concluded by questioning the Malaysian government’s plans to abolish the death penalty, thus reaffirming their commitment to abolishing the death penalty. 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…

…Network for the Abolition of the Death Penalty, or heard a talk about the famous Spanish painter Francisco de Goya’s abhorrence of the cruelty of the death penalty, a group…

…in line with the actual domestic situation of the death penalty. As its name suggests, the resolution does not call upon States to formally abolish the death penalty, but rather…

…available in many Caribbean jurisdictions, to create jurisprudence. Issues of mental health and the death penalty will be at the heart of this year’s World Day Against the Death Penalty…