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General comments on death penalty in 2015 in Iran According to the report, the main noticeable trend of 2015 is the 29% increase in executions (reaching the number of 969)…

…the Covenant including its Article 6, which also sets in its para.6 the abolition of the death penalty as the goal for those States that still retain the death penalty….

…twin issues of the right to life and the right of children? Let’s look back at the reflections conducted during the World Congress against the Death Penalty. The death penalty…

…Additional Protocol to the Banjul Charter and the obstacles preventing its adoption. The participants then exchanged on the strategy to be adopted to revive the dynamics around the protocol. Finally,…

…UN was founded in 1945 only eight of the then 51 UN Member States had abolished the death penalty. Today, 103 Member States have abolished the death penalty for all…

…to the ECPHRFF forbids the death penalty “in peacetime” . Protocol n° 13 of 2002 on the other hand abolishes the death penalty “in all circumstances. 3. Cambodia abolished the…

…the death penalty. 64% of the French were in favor of the death penalty and only 28% were against it, yet the death penalty was abolished on October 9, 1981. …

…the drive to abolish the death penalty around the world. Bringing back the death penalty into its laws would be an enormous step backward for the country, signaling a comprehensive…

…for a reflection on the death penalty” The participants to the congress noted in their final declaration: “For several years, particularly since the Arab Spring of 2011, the countries of…

Among the actions taken to “Teach abolition”, the aim of the 2009 World Day, the Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty (TAEDP) organised a four-day workshop to help teachers…

According to the 2013 Annual report on the death penalty in Iran published by World Coalition member organisations Iran Human Rights (IHR) and Together Against the Death Penalty (ECPM), most…

…for the crimes committed.” A.Sakharov called the death penalty “a violent and immoral institution that was plotting to weaken morality and law of the society”. The situation hasn’t changed much…

…effect: “A majority of countries has formally ratified a United Nations treaty permanently banning the death penalty, an unmistakable sign of the international consensus that the death penalty is today…

…and the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty. Watch video extracts from the opening session: Speaking on behalf of the World Coalition, Elizabeth Zitrin of Death Penalty Focus reminded the…

…seminars said that they had not given much thought to the issue of the death penalty before, as it is important for them not to get involved in political issues….

…tide is turning against the death penalty in the United States, it is probably due to a combination of several factors, among them an increasing public awareness about the death…

…Reform International (PRI) and the Swiss mission to the United Nations. The event aimed to raise awareness about the human rights implications of solitary confinement and the death penalty. PRI’s…

…Against the Death Penalty is about to launch the 15th World Day against the death penalty with a focus on poverty and justice, the Abdorrahman Boroumand Foundation has recalled that…

…death penalty, and to make commitments to the abolition of the death penalty, in particular by supporting the upcoming UN resolution calling for a moratorium on the use of the…

…of the population” in favour of death penalty according to the President The head of the executive nevertheless indicated that his country “maintained the death penalty as most of the…

…on the families, travel bans, etc.: the authorities have established a real climate of terror. Chinese lawyers and the death penalty politics The submission of the judiciary to the political…

…the death penalty since the 1990s suggests that in most of the country, the death penalty is becoming obsolete,” Dunham said. DPIC provides information and analysis and tracks data on the…

…in fighting a return to the death penalty. Here are some examples of how they are debunking narratives for reinstatement: Narrative: Sharia law requires the use of the death penalty….

…the process of adopting the draft Protocol to the Banjul Charter on the abolition of the death penalty in Africa by the African Union has been stalled. Therefore, we call…

…and the Comoros met at the initiative of the ACHPR’s Working Group on the Death Penalty in partnership with FIACAT, the World Coalition and the OIF. The aim was to…

…Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights aiming at the abolition of the death penalty. Palestinian members of the World Coalition, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights…

…executions are frequent (on average two to three per month), the diversity of arguments against the death penalty is a necessary tool for the educational process. The method of execution,…

…death penalty, in line with the United Nations General Assembly Resolution aiming at the abolition of the death penalty adopted by 111 countries; commute the death sentences of all prisoners…

…of the general meeting to present their activities and their projects. Among them, Carmelo Campos Cruz of the Puerto Rican Coalition Against the Death Penalty detailed plans to bring together…

…be exclusively performed by the courts. A mandatory sentence “reduces the court’s sentencing role to ‘rubber-stamping’ the dictates of the Legislature”, the Court said. The Death Penalty Project has been…

…supplies requested throughout the contract, the World Coalition’s prior approval and the submission of an invoice by the selected tenderer, specifying the actions carried out throughout the month and the…

…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 International Criminal Court and of the UN Protocol on the abolition of the death penalty. The MPs’ goal is also to lead their country to accept the universal moratorium…

…in discourse on the death penalty in the country that is underway. On 3 April, a protest against the death penalty drew a crowd of about 400; three weeks later…

…death penalty”, but that only six among them have ratified the UN Second Optional Protocol aiming at the abolition of the death penalty. The ACHPR states that it is “preoccupied”…

…in 2011 revealed that 89% of the public were in favour of keeping the death penalty. Moreover, the reluctance of Zimbabweans to impose the death penalty in different cases where…

…mobilized the Commonwealth government’s resources to help federal authorities impose the death penalty on Puerto Rico.” Sovereignty, federalism and the death penalty Under the Federal Death Penalty Act 1994 signed…

…out against the death penalty (in Malaysia and Japan) and progress made in individual countries. For example, Mongolia has established a moratorium on the death penalty and ratified the Second…

…in the region on the issue of the death penalty and an alliance of the bar associations of the region, through the Bar Council of Malaysia. Finally, we wish to…

…continued trend of interested parties who find this training needed in the context of the ACHPR.   The 2019 World Congress Acts Launched The ACHPR’s Working Group on Death Penalty,…

…the death penalty in the imperial penal codes. By referring to Chinese legal sources, the researcher has observed that the death penalty was originally only used for proven killers. “As…

…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…

…population and where the President abolished the death penalty without provoking a crisis or losing the confidence of the voters who subsequently re-elected him. First attempt adjourned Activists are redoubling…

According to the Death Penalty Information Center’s (DPIC) annual report, US courts sentenced 106 people to death in 2009, “the seventh straight year of decline”. There were 111 death sentenced…

The Greater Caribbean for Life (GCL), an independent, not-for-profit regional civil society organization working towards the abolition of the Death Penalty in the region, rejects the recommendation for the resumption…

…leaders also participated in community events and signed a letter condemning the immorality of the death penalty. Finally, they organised an “End the Death Penalty Lobby Day” at the beginning…

…silent action in the city centre to raise awareness about the death penalty (photo), and there was an in-house discussion on the arguments for and against the death penalty. Film…

…through with more. The only way to end the death penalty in Indonesia is therefore to abolish it outright. Why are the executions secret? Since the death penalty is debatable,…

…the abolition at the center of political debates. In Tanzania, for instance the newspaper The Citizen stated: “Pressure is mounting to abolish the death penalty”. In Ivory Coast, the newspaper…

…abolition of the death penalty. This paragraph, which also targets abolitionist States, points in the same direction as the campaign led by the World Coalition regarding the Second Optional Protocol…

…previously estimated, systemic problems in the DRC’s judiciary and the question of torture on death row. THE PROFILE OF THOSE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN THE DRC The report found that there…

…constitutional? A major blow The shock was not the decision itself because the case, as it was redacted and accepted by the Supreme Court, was quite restrictive. The lethal injection…

In the margins of the 8th World Congress Against the Death Penalty, member organizations of the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty (World Coalition) and FIACAT’s African ACATs (Féderation international…

…Death Penalty. The final step for irreversible abolition in Madagascar Madagascar signed the Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR in September 2012, during the UN Treaty Event and abolished the…

…January 2013, the well-established UK All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Abolition of the Death Penalty organized a meeting with those working for the abolition of the death penalty and others…

…for a complete abolition. Thus, the 15th World Day Against the Death Penalty will offer another opportunity to put the death penalty at the center of the Tanzanian political agenda….

…the death penalty: Promote awareness of World Day Against the Death Penalty on 10 October 2021. Eliminate the death penalty for non-violent offenses, particularly for drug offenses and “crimes of…

…Third Congress, the UN General Assembly has adopted a historic resolution calling for a moratorium on the death penalty. Switzerland and France against the death penaltyReferring to the protest movement…

…most Caribbean islands retain the death penalty. However, when looking at the practice, Caribbean governments’ calls for the death penalty seem a populist measure to keep the electorate happy,” Javier…

…in the Gambia. To achieve continental abolition, national progress towards the abolition of the death penalty must go hand in hand with work within the African Union. The Working group…

…would campaign to achieve a global moratorium on the death penalty by 2015. He also told the 40 experts in human rights and the death penalty in attendance that the…

…as we do in the death penalty domain, to see the faces of the people who are affected first”, commented Piers Bannister, Coordinator of the Amnesty International Death Penalty office….

…imminent execution as the government of Abdulla Yameen promised to hang the prisoners sentenced to death within 30 days following the Supreme Court decisions. Among the most recent death sentences,…

…the opening ceremony was devoted to the links between the business world and civil society in the fight against the death penalty. February 26 Right before the opening ceremony During…

…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…

…focus this year’s World Day Against the Death Penalty (10 October) on the Caribbean owes nothing to chance. While most states in the region have abolished the death penalty in…

…of sentence. The death penalty was widely applied during the rule of Saddam Hussein to control political opposition and terrorize the Iraqi people. Its use was suspended by the Coalition…

A year-end report published on 17 December 2019 by the Death Penalty Information Center highlights the death penalty usage in the US, public opinion, federal death penalty, and problematic executions….

…through the judicial process undermines the ability to properly prepare and run a case, especially when the penalty is death. We therefore appeal to the AGC to ensure that the…

…executions in place since 2006. In June 2012, the Government of Ghana accepted the recommendation of the Constitution Review Commission that the death penalty be completely abolished. There were also…

…have recently abolished the death penalty, which could lead to the creation of a network of parliamentarians for the abolition of the death penalty. Maiko Tagusari, the secretary of the…

…the abolition of death penalty in the entire area.“ Filipina Justice Secretary Leila M. De Lima told the conference: “The death penalty kills innocent people. The death penalty disproportionately burdens…

“The historic moment has arrived!” These jubilant words from the website of World Coalition collaborator Illinois Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty echo the feelings of the entire abolitionist community,…

…is in charge of the death penalty at the UNODC, chaired the meeting and re-stated the position of the Office for the abolition of the death penalty. Speedy Rice of…

…June addresses the progress made in the past 10 years and challenges ahead – the theme of the 10th World Day against the Death Penalty. The two-day meeting in Amman…

…to promote their enforcement Defending LGBTQIA+ people facing the death penalty The situation of LGBTQIA+ people facing the death penalty was also discussed, particularly in countries that have recently adopted…

…and supports the global trend towards the abolition of the death penalty. A reflection of the actual death penalty situation worldwide Following recent abolitions in law, Guinea and Nauru voted…

…of abolition, its report suggests “alternatives” to the use of the death penalty: “First, to reduce the number of death penalty cases in the system by narrowing the list of…

The event is organised by ECPM, in partnership with the World Coalition Against The Death Penalty, FIACAT and the CNDH-CI. More than 300 participants are expected to attend these two…

…specialist Claire Talon). In the light of their own experiences linked to this matter, they all dealt with the political use of the death penalty to counter terrorism and the…

…row.” Also addressing the New York event, Elizabeth Zitrin (photo) of Death Penalty Focus in the US, representing the World Coalition, presented the 4th World Congress Against the Death Penalty….

…the harm for people who use drugs, attention was also paid to the harm caused by anti-drug policy and law, including the death penalty. Ending the death penalty for drugs…

…the Puerto Rican Coalition Against the Death Penalty refuted capital punishment’s supposed deterrent value, which is often put forth by retentionists. There is “no connection between the death penalty and…

The meeting saw active discussions about the action plan and the agenda for the next two years, including the Regional Congress Against the Death Penalty due to take place in…

…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),…

…Taiwanese supported the death penalty. Within days of hard work, they managed to make their voice heard. “Now the media treats opinions against the death penalty comparatively fair. Recently, articles…

…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….

…the death penalty, 20 have abolished entirely and 21 no longer use it. The question of the death penalty is still very sensitive in the region, which recorded 42 executions…

…ratified the UN Protocol on the death penalty, according to the regional overview author and academic Prof Roger Hood gave the 5th World Congress Against the Death Penalty. “Part of…

…that international law can be a useful tool to national leaders: in 2012, Mongolia abolished the death penalty by acceding to the UN Protocol on the death penalty – an…

The World Coalition against the death penalty, the FIDH and the Moroccan Coalition against the Death Penalty are concerned with the continued pronunciation of death sentences by Moroccan courts. The…

…death row, also explained that the abolition of the death penalty is very much in line with Islamic teachings. Although murder is theoretically eligible for the death penalty under Qisas…

…the threat of capital punishment. The Global Consortium for Death Penalty Abolition is led by the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, together with twelve members including 4 co-leads, and…

…of the death penalty is shrouded in secrecy. This explains how the abolition of the death penalty is linked to the battle for democracy and rule of law,” said Elisabetta…

…official and transparent expert study group to review the application of the death penalty in Japan and disseminate information about the death penalty and criminal justice system to the public….