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…Human Rights Commission) to strengthen their ability to advocate for the abolition of the death penalty. The participants attended a number of talks on the death penalty in Islam, Christianity…

…the death penalty for juveniles and prevented by the Iranian authorities from leaving the country.  Ameir Mohamed Suliman comes from Sudan and works for the African Center for Justice and…

…number of activists against the death penalty is rising every day, but he adds that “activists need solidarity”. He emphasizes the fact that the struggle against the death penalty accompanies…

…growing protests in Iran, which has seen massive popular demonstrations since the death of Mahsa Amini on September 16 at the hands of the Iranian morality police. The protests have…

Côte d’Ivoire has acceded to the Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR, which is the UN treaty aiming at the abolition of the death penalty, on 3 May 2024. This…

…direction; however, the abolition of the death penalty is the end goal which aligns with the public’s opinion as the support for capital punishment decreased, according to the Gallup Crime…

…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….

…Criminal Defence Lawyers, Helen Prejean, leading American advocate of the abolition of the death penalty and the woman behind the movie Dead Man Walking, Marie Verzulli, from Murder Victims’ Families…

…knew they were serious. After they arrested me, they told me they had a tape in which I confessed to the murder.”I fact, his ex-wife turned him in. The tape…

…Day against the Death penalty, Iran Human Rights once again calls on the UNODC and countries who are funding UNODC projects in Iran to make their cooperation in the area…

…including that given by the courageous Kids Against the Death Penalty, inspired evident admiration among the listeners, as proved by the thunderous applause with which their intervention was met. The…

…by the World Coalition since World Day against the Death Penalty was held on October 10, 2009, the embassy of Iran rejected requests for a visit. The embassy of Saudi…

…searching for information on the use of the death penalty. “We found that in the vast majority of retentionist states, there is a lively and serious debate about the merits…

…the outcome of major research into the questions raised by the use of lethal injections, and over the last year approximately twenty draft laws aimed either at abolishing the death…

The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty played an active role in the preparation of the Congress organised by ECPM (Together against the Death Penalty), both in developing the Congress’s…

…of death sentences halved in five years Texas is thus the US state with the largest number of executions, although the number of death sentences has gone down by 50%…

…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…

…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 Maldives…

The Iranian authorities have been the target of a constant flow of criticism after the January 28 execution of Arash Rahmanipour (right) and Reza Ali-Zamani (below), two of the 11…

…these nations. Key findings include: Across these seven nations, 48 of the interviewees favoured retention of the death penalty (18 of them strongly) and 52 were in favour of its…

…pardons 61 death row inmates. This is a positive step towards abolition of death penalty in Tanzania in line with the growing worldwide trend against death penalty. Death penalty as…

…current information on capital punishment around the world and engages in the promotion of international human rights norms within the criminal justice process.  The Death Penalty Worldwide database was created…

…government to make available statistics and other factual information on the use of the death penalty (A/HRC/18/11, para. 95.15). The lack of transparency in relation to the scheduled executions therefore…

…state: Virginia comes second with 110 executions. “Texas’ 500th execution is sobering, but the movement to replace the death penalty is only speeding up. The death penalty is prohibitively expensive,…

…death penalty. Moreover, the death penalty often follows the use of torture during interrogation or unfair trials during which lawyers for the defendant are not always present – violating more…

…Union regrets that the executions mark the end of a near six year-long de facto moratorium on the use of the death penalty in Thailand,” the statement read. Thailand was…

…abolition, as the World Coalition has been doing as part as its campaign for the ratification of the UN Protocol on the abolition of the death penalty. Finally, following the…

…organized by Reprieve, and an audit by the Indian government, Kayem announced that they would no longer be selling the drug to the USA. “In view of the sensitivity involved…”…

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…

…Coalition Against the Death Penalty and will play a major role in 2013 in the preparation of the World Day against the Death Penalty on 10 October, which will be dedicated…

…and Stockholm University, exposed the European outlook on the death penalty. After giving an overview of the history of abolition in Europe since the 18th century, he explained that political…

…man; rather he describes human vulnerability during the countdown period that precedes the execution: the suffering endured by waiting, the impossible indifference of time slipping past, the last days, the…

…since 1988. The pandemic contributed to these historically low numbers, but the trend is clear: 2021 marked the seventh consecutive year where there were fewer than 50 death sentences and…

…the world) and executions. But the political temptation is there. “The government that pleads for death penalty using the Islamic pretext to gain public favour is the worst,” he said….

…on the US. Two plenary sessions and four thematic debates will give participants a chance to discover or further explore the fields in which the battle against the death penalty…

…and popular support for the death penalty and American influence in regional politics. Amnesty International’s death penalty coordinator Piers Bannister, made an implacable demonstration: “Behind the tourist picture of the…

What is the International Academic Network for the Abolition of Capital Punishment about? The idea is to bring together research projects and publications. You can find articles on the death…

…Resolution calling for a moratorium on the death penalty. “However, while strides have been made worldwide in the campaign for the abolition of the death penalty, progress in the Arab…

Members of the conference welcomed news from the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice that the Nigerian Government has instituted a moratorium on the death penalty because…

…crime of a military nature committed during wartime”. The Protocol does not offer state parties the possibility to opt out. It therefore makes the abolition of the death penalty final…

…as protector of its citizens. Bellivier invited the participants to the Marrakesh Forum to join the debate during the sessions on death penalty issues scheduled during the event. Follow the…

…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 immediate adoption of a moratorium, recalled that no study could prove that Death Penalty is efficient against re-offence. On the contrary, it is proved that the death penalty is…

…parties cannot repeal. This makes it an important tool for the abolition of the death penalty. Nathalie Jeannin of FIACAT highlighted the role of the UN’s Human Rights Committee, which…

…export controls and ensure that the drug is not used to execute a human being. Catch-all clause The submission also recommends adding a ‘torture-death penalty end-use catch-all’ clause in the…

…in the seven executions so far which have taken place using drugs from Lundbeck. Citing their “concern over the use of the drugs in U.S. executions”, the fund directors sold…

…2018, the Council of Ministers adopted a decree to commute the sentences of the last 14 death row inmates to life imprisonment. A draft Criminal Code without the death penalty…

…of the death penalty. Live from the Congress To escape the death penalty: be rich and kill a foreigner Campaigners and political leaders unite against the death penalty Protecting vulnerable…

…the death penalty’s deterrent value and any miscarriage or failure of justice in the death penalty’s implementation is irreversible and irreparable”. There are 21 inmates on death row in Guatemala….

…the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights and the United Nations General Assembly.” Hands Off Cain will launch the report on the death penalty worldwide, edited by Italian MP…

…that peaceful activities against the death penalty are sentenced to 10 years in prison shows that the Iranian authorities consider the death penalty as an important tool for their survival”. …

…local NGOs to research the issue. Work on the ground “They did the work on the ground”, said AI’s Nigeria researcher Aster van Kregten. “They went to the prisons, were…

…including inside the prison. Abroad, Rome city council said they would illuminate the Colosseum in support of the condemned man, while French abolitionists gathered near the US embassy. “The Internet…

…aiming at the abolition of the death penalty. The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty congratulates Armenia for this important step towards universal abolition. It encourages Armenia to also ratify Protocol…

…19.    SYNAFEN 20.    Taiwan Aliance to End the Death Penalty The statutory meeting also saw the adoption of the 2016 accounts and balance sheet, the 2016 activity report, the provisional…

…mandatory death penalty remains the law. While the crime rate remains high in many of these countries, inadequacies in law enforcement and preventive measures hinder progress. There is a need…

…in the 4th World Congress Against the Death Penalty (24-26 February 2010), the best venue to further the debate and work on the forthcoming UNGA vote aiming at a worldwide…

…preparation of the World Day Against the Death Penalty that in 2016 will be focused on the death penalty and terrorism. The slogan of this year World Day is “Execution…

…and make a fat profit. The official admission comes as the Chinese government and the Red Cross are launching an organ donation system to address the problem. The authorities estimate…

…the abolition of the death penalty, its analysis raises fundamental questions about the obvious breaches of the judiciary system in India. This report thus provides an in-depth understanding of the…

…all death penalty sentences had to be reviewed by the Supreme People’s Court (SPC). In the years immediately after 2007, the SPC overturned about 15% of death sentences.It currently quashes…

…voted against the United Nations’ 2018 moratorium on the use of the death penalty, arguing a contradiction with its domestic law that  permits capital punishment only for the rarest of…

…tragedy,” said MVFHR executive director Renny Cushing. “In the public debate about the death penalty and how to respond in the aftermath of violent crime, these are the voices that…

…a large majority a resolution calling for a moratorium on the use of the death penalty worldwide. The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty calls upon the Japanese government to…

…for up to €5,000 to implement a small project aimed at the progressive abolition of the death penalty and the implementation of humane alternative sanctions after a moratorium or abolition….

The increasing use of the death penalty was among the key issues raised at the Universal Periodic Review on human rights in Iraq at the UN Human Rights Council in…

…sentences. The Iranian authorities must make sure that the cases of all drug offenders on death row are reviewed automatically and the process must be closely monitored by the international…

…and on Death Row.” These steps are completed by social enquiry reports with the prison authorities and other inmates to understand the behaviour of the prisoner. “We also ask the…

During its General Assembly held on the morning of the opening of the 5th World Congress against the Death Penalty in Madrid, the World Coalition elected 20 member organizations to…

…fund the continuation of the legal battle and the medical treatments needed for Mumia. The French Collective “Free Mumia” congratulates itself for having contributed to this victory of the respect…

…Trends 2018 explores •    Trends in the use of imprisonment, including the use of pre-trial detention as an automatic response to suspects; the ongoing challenge of prison overcrowding; and the…

…the state of the world they are living in: the severity, sometimes the cruelty, but also the beauty of the human rights ideal. Our aim is for them to acquire…

On Friday 23rd July 2021, Sierra Leone’s Parliament unanimously abolished the death penalty by passing the Abolition of the Death Penalty Act. Prior to this vote, the Deputy Justice Minister…

…Death Penalty on October 10, the online library contains the sources of information you need. It contains all the resources on the death penalty identified by the World Coalition since…

…amend the right to abortion. Today, commitment against the death penalty is becoming one of the main issue raised by socially responsible corporations (CSR). According to Celia Ouellette, Founder and…

…no to the death penalty. The closing ceremony was also an opportunity for the World Coalition to read the final declaration of the Congress. Finally, to conclude this very beautiful…

…2007, it has conducted targeted research and advocacy on the death penalty for drug offences. The successful candidate will be an integral part of the Human Rights and Justice team,…

…there is a nationwide shortage of sodium thiopental, the anesthetic in the three-drug cocktail. The drug was rushed in from Britain for the execution. Landrigan’s lawyers raised questions over the…

…them around to meet up with their friends. Except their uncle Jeffrey Wood is on Texas death row, and the meetings they go to tend to be abolitionist protests and…

The ruling was issued in the case of Allen Gregory, an African-American man sentenced to death for rape and murder: in the process of proving the death penalty’s unconstitutionality, the…

The USA is one of the few federalist countries which give the states the power to legislate on the issue of the death penalty. At present there are 15 abolitionist…

…with organizations. “If you’re sitting in Dakar and oppose the death penalty, how do you contact like-minded people?” he asked. With the Death Penalty Action Network, he hopes to make…

…Penalty (ECPM) is organising the event in co-operation with the World Coalition and Switzerland. The World Congresses against the death penalty gather hundreds of participants who unite to elaborate national,…

Zambia has acceded to the Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR, which is the UN treaty aiming at the abolition of the death penalty, on 19 December 2024. One day…

…successfully completed without the enthusiastic involvement of numerous partners, who were all present at the closing ceremony: there were militants of the abolitionist cause (such as Sandrine Ageorges-Skinner), the French…

…programme. The Swedish presidency of the European Union, too, criticised the executions. As more people face execution in the wake of the Xinjiang riots, it said in a statement: “The…

…long periods on death row recognized as unconstitutional, the court had dismissed their argument that the death penalty itself was a violation of constitutional rights. Other countries in the region,…

…penalty depends upon the people of India being mature enough to understand the ills of capital punishment. Photo: demonstration in India for World Day against the Death Penalty in 2008…

…families. He explained that in Japanese society, more than 85% of the population is in favour of the death penalty and that the families of prisoners sentenced to death are…

…Sierra Leone signed into law a bill for abolition.  In June 2022, the President of the Central African Republic promulgated the law abolishing the death penalty. In September 2022, the…

In February 2024, Armenia’s ratification of Protocol No. 13 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms concerning the abolition of the death penalty in all…

…than 500 words explaining their interest in interning with the Centre. > Read more about the call for intership: http://www.nludelhi.ac.in/UploadedImages/d9019b31-7ea0-46fb-a40f-8589f99bbca8.pdf > Read more about the Death Penalty Research Project: http://www.deathpenaltyindia.com/…

…the US. The Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (TCADP) chose the 25th anniversary of this tragic event to release its first annual report on the use of capital…

…these circumstances. I am now in Taiwan and joining the campaign organized by Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty, together with Speedy Rice from the World Coalition Against the…

…policy violates international legal provisions that reserve the death penalty for the most horrible crimes. “There is no room to interpret that drug-related offences are regarded as ‘the most serious…