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Article(s)

Moving away from the death penalty in Asia

By Sandra Babcock (DeathPenaltyWorldwide.org) in Bangkok, on 25 October 2013

…that the government will soon propose legislation to abolish the death penalty in the country. Dr Savestanan catalogued the problems with the application of the death penalty, including the possibility…

2013

Brunei Darussalam

China

Japan

Lao People's Democratic Republic

Moratorium

Myanmar

Public Opinion

Thailand

Article(s)

With 969 executions, 2015 turns out to be the deadliest year in Iran since 1990

By Marion Gauer, on 4 April 2016

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)…

2016

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Article(s)

Indonesia: execution for drug crimes is no solution

By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 26 January 2015

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….

2015

Drug Offenses

Indonesia

Article(s)

7th World Congress – The rights of children of parents sentenced to death

By Louis Linel, on 8 April 2019

…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

2019

Juveniles

Capitalization workshop of the project for the abolition in Africa

Article(s)

Capitalization workshop of the project for the abolition of the death penalty in sub-Saharan Africa

By Elise Garel, on 4 January 2022

…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,…

2022

Côte d'Ivoire

Moratorium

Public Opinion

Article(s)

Death penalty: UN General Assembly human rights committee renews call for a moratorium on executions

By Amnesty International, on 23 November 2016

…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…

2016

Moratorium

Article(s)

Second Optional Protocol: An irreversible mechanism for abolishing the death penalty” – Denys Robiliard

on 7 September 2020

…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

2020

Afghanistan

31st-session-commission-on-crime-prevention-side-event

Article(s)

Public opinion supportive of the abolition

By Sarah Saint-Sorny, on 10 June 2022

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. …

2022

France

Japan

Public Opinion

United States

Article(s)

Congress should block effort to reintroduce death penalty in the Philippines

By FIDH and the World Coalition, on 5 December 2016

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…

2016

Philippines

Article(s)

Abolitionists from the whole Arab World hold their first congress

By Aurélie Plaçais, on 22 October 2012

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

2012

Algeria

Egypt

Jordan

Mauritania

Moratorium

Morocco

Public Opinion

Tunisia

Article(s)

Flurry of educational events on World Day Against the Death Penalty

on 6 November 2009

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…

2009

Australia

Clemency

Democratic Republic of the Congo

India

Indonesia

Innocence

Public Opinion

Taiwan

United States

Article(s)

World Coalition members call for increased scrutiny of Iran

By Thomas Hubert, on 31 March 2014

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…

2014

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Article(s)

Belarus ends more than one year without execution

By Daria Gribanova, on 14 April 2014

…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…

2014

Belarus

Belarus

Moratorium

Article(s)

Campaigning for the ratification of the Second Optional Protocol

on 16 June 2007

…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…

2007

Article(s)

Campaigners and political leaders unite against the death penalty

on 24 February 2010

…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

2010

Belarus

France

Italy

Mongolia

Norway

Qatar

Senegal

Spain

Switzerland

Viet Nam

Article(s)

Thai seminars explore religious perspectives on the death penalty

on 4 August 2008

…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….

2008

Murder Victims' Families

Public Opinion

Thailand

Article(s)

The future of the death penalty in the United States

on 27 March 2011

…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

2011

Public Opinion

United States

Article(s)

Human Rights Council tackles death penalty

By Aurélie Plaçais, on 29 March 2013

…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…

2013

Algeria

Belgium

Benin

Costa Rica

Egypt

France

Moldova

Mongolia

Rwanda

Switzerland

United States

Article(s)

Between hope and disillusion: the Iranian death penalty reform

By Thalia Gerzso, on 13 September 2017

…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…

2017

Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

World Coalition Against the Death Penalty

Article(s)

PRESS RELEASE – Indignation after 30 death sentences in Kinshasa

By Michel Kalemba, Suzanne Mangomba, Xavière Prugnard and Bertin Leblanc, on 4 August 2021

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

2021

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Fair Trial

Legal Representation

Moratorium

Article(s)

Taiwan visit tarnished by six executions

By Patrick Kamenka, on 25 April 2013

…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

2013

Death Row Conditions

Public Opinion

Taiwan

Taiwan

Article(s)

Day of the Endangered Lawyer: spotlight on China

By Emmanuel Trépied, on 14 February 2017

…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…

2017

China

Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment

Legal Representation

Article(s)

U.S. sees second fewest death sentences and executions in 25 Years

By Death Penalty Information Center, on 22 March 2018

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

2018

United States

n July 2023, the World Coalition met with abolitionists from these countries at risk in Malaysia to share strategies and discuss best practices in fighting a return to the death penalty

Article(s)

Debunking narratives for a return of the death penalty

By Venus Aves, on 13 November 2023

…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….

2023

Drug Offenses

Maldives

Philippines

Public Opinion

Sri Lanka

Trend Towards Abolition

Turkey

World Coalition Against the Death Penalyt

Article(s)

Statement delivered to ACHPR on its 68th Ordinary Session

By FIACAT, FIDH, WCADP, Avocats Sans Frontières, COJESKI-RDC, ECPM, RAL and Reprieve, on 12 May 2021

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…

2021

Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment

19th World day against the death penalty -Women sentenced to death: an invisible reality

19th World Day Against the Death Penalty – Women and the death penalty, an invisible reality

on 10 June 2021

the events prepared for the abolition of the death penalty worldwide. Donate to a group working to end the death penalty. Follow and repost the social media campaign on Facebook,…

2021

Women

Article(s)

Awareness Building Workshop with African Union Members

By Bronwyn Dudley, on 14 May 2019

…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…

2019

Article(s)

The State of Palestine commits to abolishing the death penalty

By Louis Linel, Aurélie Plaçais, on 10 April 2019

…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…

2019

State of Palestine

Article(s)

While we wait for the Supreme Court

on 17 January 2008

…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,…

2008

Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment

Public Opinion

United States

Article(s)

First executions under Abe government raise fears of more

By Thomas Hubert, on 21 February 2013

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…

2013

Japan

Moratorium

Article(s)

World Forum an opportunity to gather abolitionists

on 4 July 2008

…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…

2008

Article(s)

Caribbean Court of Justice strikes down mandatory death penalty in Barbados

By Death Penalty Project, on 27 June 2018

…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…

2018

Barbados

Article(s)

Call for tenders for printing, design and layout services

By Carlos Valera, on 7 July 2020

…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

2020

Article(s)

Joint Declaration on the Death Penalty and Women’s Rights

By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 10 October 2021

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

2021

Women

Article(s)

Moroccan parliamentary network a new step towards abolition

By Delphine Judith, on 15 March 2013

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…

2013

Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment

Moratorium

Morocco

A candlelight vigil to protest the execution of Nagaenthran K. Dharmalingam in Singapore (Mohd Rasfan/AFP via Getty Images)

Article(s)

Death penalty: Singapore’s growing abolition movement

By Kirsten Han, on 5 September 2022

…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…

2022

Singapore

Article(s)

Africa’s human rights body takes a stance against the death penalty

on 30 November 2008

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”…

2008

Fair Trial

Article(s)

12 Years Without an Execution: Is Zimbabwe Ready for Abolition?

By Death Penalty Project, on 24 May 2018

…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…

2018

Public Opinion

Zimbabwe

Article(s)

Puerto Rico pressures Obama to abolish unwanted federal death penalty

on 25 June 2011

…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…

2011

Fair Trial

Puerto Rico

United States

Article(s)

Building a death penalty-free future in Asia

By Aurélie Plaçais, on 6 December 2012

…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…

2012

Australia

Bangladesh

China

India

Indonesia

Japan

Malaysia

Mongolia

Moratorium

Pakistan

Philippines

Republic of Korea

Singapore

Taiwan

Thailand

Article(s)

Worldwide abolitionists to focus on South-East Asia

By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 30 April 2015

…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…

2015

Malaysia

Article(s)

Children and the death penalty in Sub-Saharan Africa: NGO Forum and the 65th ACHPR Session

By Connie Numbi and Bronwyn Dudley, on 9 December 2019

…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,…

2019

Juveniles

Article(s)

The history of Chinese law is an argument for abolition

on 27 September 2007

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…

2007

Afghanistan

China

World Coalition Against the Death Penalty

Jobs

FFPA Grants Manager – Full-time permanent position

on 21 November 2024

penalty. Its aim is the universal abolition of the death penalty. To this end, it encourages the definitive abolition of death sentences and executions wherever the death penalty is in…

2024

Article(s)

Groundbreaking Survey Reveals Iranians’ Attitudes Towards the Death Penalty

By GAMAAN Institute / World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 23 October 2020

…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

2020

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Public Opinion

Article(s)

Mali: is abolition in sight?

on 4 June 2008

…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…

2008

Innocence

Mali

Mali

Moratorium

Article(s)

US death sentences hit new low in 2009

By Death Penalty Information Center, on 7 January 2010

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…

2010

Mental Illness

United States

Article(s)

The Greater Caribbean for Life rejects the call for the resumption of the death penalty

By Leela Ramdeen, on 9 November 2017

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…

2017

Article(s)

How Colorado became the 22nd abolitionist State in the USA

By Aurélie Plaçais, on 30 March 2020

…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…

2020

United States

Article(s)

10.10.10 Looking back on the World Day in Asia

on 3 December 2010

…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…

2010

Australia

Bangladesh

India

Indonesia

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Italy

Japan

Pakistan

Singapore

Terrorism

United States

Article(s)

Indonesian executions on the rise as election looms

By Emile Carreau, on 10 December 2013

…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,…

2013

Indonesia

Indonesia

Article(s)

Strong mobilization in Sub-Saharan Africa on World Day

By Thalia Gerzso, on 19 October 2017

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…

2017

Public Opinion

Article(s)

World’s nations call for execution freeze

By Maria Donatelli, on 20 December 2012

…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…

2012

Bahrain

Central African Republic

Chad

Dominica

Juveniles

Maldives

Moratorium

Oman

Papua New Guinea

Seychelles

Sierra Leone

South Sudan

Sri Lanka

Tunisia

Women

Article(s)

Death Sentences in the Democratic Republic of the Congo More Numerous than Previously Thought

By Bronwyn Dudley, on 12 March 2020

…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…

2020

Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Fair Trial

Article(s)

Welcome to the United States of torture

on 2 May 2008

…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…

2008

Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment

United States

Participants split into groups working on research practical exercises. Copyright World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, November 2022.

Article(s)

Advocacy Seminar Held in Berlin for French-Speaking Sub-Saharan Africa Members

By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 26 January 2023

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…

2023

Benin

Burkina Faso

Cameroon

Central African Republic

Chad

Congo

Côte d'Ivoire

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Guinea

Madagascar

Mali

Niger

Senegal

Togo

Article(s)

Gambia and Madagascar commit to irreversible abolition

By Aurelie Placais, on 22 September 2017

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

2017

Gambia

Article(s)

Abolitionist movement turns to parliamentarians

By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 11 October 2013

…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…

2013

Algeria

Egypt

France

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Lebanon

Libya

Mauritania

Morocco

State of Palestine

Tunisia

United Kingdom

Article(s)

Tanzania: President Magufuli declares his position against the death penalty.

By Thalia Gerzso, on 20 September 2017

…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….

2017

United Republic of Tanzania

World Coalition Against the Death Penalyt

Article(s)

Women sentenced to death: An invisible reality

By Advocates for Human Rights, International Federation of ACAT (Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture), International Harm Reduction Association (IHRA), non-governmental organizations in special consultative status, on 4 August 2021

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…

2021

Drug Offenses

Fair Trial

Women

Article(s)

3rd World Congress Report: a 400-page strategy

on 22 April 2008

…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…

2008

Article(s)

Call to end flawed Caribbean death penalty

By Thomas Hubert, on 10 December 2012

…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…

2012

Antigua and Barbuda

Bahamas

Barbados

Belize

Dominica

Fair Trial

Grenada

Guyana

Intellectual Disability

Jamaica

Mental Illness

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Lucia

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Trinidad and Tobago

Article(s)

Burkina Faso has joined the global trend toward abolition of the death penalty in Africa

By International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH), on 6 June 2018

…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…

2018

Burkina Faso

Article(s)

Spain and world academics join forces against the death penalty

on 22 December 2009

…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

2009

Benin

Chile

France

Mental Illness

Spain

Women

Article(s)

World Coalition General Assembly: all eyes on the UN

on 29 June 2007

…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….

2007

Article(s)

Civil society steps up against the end of a 60-year moratorium in the Maldives.

By Lorène du Crest, on 21 March 2017

…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,…

2017

Fair Trial

Juveniles

Maldives

Moratorium

Article(s)

7th World Congress – Opening ceremony and first day

By World coaltion against death penalty, on 27 February 2019

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…

2019

Public Opinion

Article(s)

Regarding the execution in Japan of seven people

By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 10 July 2018

…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…

2018

Japan

Article(s)

Organisation of American States considers moratorium

By Tiziana Trotta, on 15 March 2013

…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…

2013

Argentina

Brazil

Costa Rica

Cuba

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

Guatemala

Mexico

Moratorium

Panama

Suriname

Trinidad and Tobago

United States

Article(s)

Fear of mass executions in Iraq

on 4 January 2010

…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…

2010

Clemency

Iraq

Iraq

Women

Article(s)

DPIC Report on the 2019 Death Penalty Usage in the US

By Dinda Royhan, on 20 December 2019

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….

2019

United States

Statement Singapore 2024 signatories

Article(s)

Calling on Singapore to respect international safeguards and halt executions

on 3 May 2024

…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

2024

Drug Offenses

Fair Trial

Legal Representation

Singapore

Article(s)

A Moratorium acts as a “truce” for the death penalty

on 23 August 2012

…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…

2012

Benin

Burundi

Ethiopia

Ghana

Guinea

Latvia

Maldives

Mauritania

Mongolia

Moratorium

Morocco

Myanmar

Nigeria

Rwanda

Sierra Leone

South Africa

Suriname

Uganda

United States

Zambia

Moratorium poster

Helping the World Achieve a Moratorium on Executions

on 20 December 2022

death penalty undermines human dignity” Several attempts to pass a resolution against the death penalty at the UN General Assembly at the end of the 20th century had failed. In…

2022

Moratorium

Article(s)

EU-NGO forum: death penalty is a priority

on 6 August 2010

…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

2010

Innocence

Japan

Murder Victims' Families

Article(s)

Asia develops into hub of abolitionist dialogue

By Emile Carreau, on 6 November 2014

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…

2014

Cambodia

India

Indonesia

Japan

Lao People's Democratic Republic

Philippines

Sri Lanka

Viet Nam

Article(s)

Illinois embraces “a culture of life” and outlaws the death penalty

on 11 March 2011

“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,…

2011

United States

Article(s)

World Coalition takes part in UN death penalty report launch

on 30 May 2010

…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…

2010

Death Row Conditions

Innocence

Juveniles

Legal Representation

Article(s)

World Coalition to celebrate 10th anniversary in Jordan

By Aurélie Plaçais, on 28 May 2012

…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…

2012

Jordan

Collective reflection to support women and LGBTQIA+ people facing the death penalty

Article(s)

Collective reflection to support women and LGBTQIA+ people facing the death penalty

By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 2 December 2024

…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…

2024

Gender

Women

Article(s)

The UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly for a 6th resolution calling for a universal moratorium on executions

By Elise Guillot et Aurélie Plaçais, on 20 December 2016

…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…

2016

Clemency

Moratorium

Article(s)

State-sponsored report finds California’s death penalty is “dysfunctional”

on 9 July 2008

…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…

2008

Innocence

United States

18th World Day Against the Death Penalty: Access to Counsel – A Matter of Life or Death

on 18 September 2020

…protection of either avoiding the sentence or appealing the verdict. The Death Penalty in Practice • 106 countries abolished the death penalty for all crimes; • 8 countries abolished the

2020

Public Opinion

Article(s)

3rd Regional Congress Against the Death Penalty

By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 13 March 2018

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…

2018

Article(s)

Roundtable on terrorism at the 6th World Congress against the death penalty

By Marion Gauer, on 28 June 2016

…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

2016

Norway

Terrorism

Article(s)

Sweden and Amnesty International raise death penalty issue in New York

on 7 October 2009

…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….

2009

Moratorium

Sweden

United States

Article(s)

The death penalty for drugs must go, it has no place in a civilised society

By Aurélie Plaçais, on 21 October 2015

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…

2015

China

Drug Offenses

India

Indonesia

Malaysia

Article(s)

International conference addresses Caribbean outlook on capital punishment

By Emile Carreau, on 26 October 2011

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…

2011

Murder Victims' Families

Public Opinion

Article(s)

ADPAN network strengthens abolitionists across Asia

By Aurélie Plaçais (in Taipei, Taiwan), on 9 December 2014

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…

2014

China

Japan

Malaysia

Mongolia

Public Opinion

Republic of Korea

Taiwan

Taiwan

Article(s)

Can the US move towards abolition under Obama?

on 20 January 2009

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),…

2009

United States

Article(s)

Taiwan activists battle in death penalty-triggered political crisis

on 19 March 2010

…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…

2010

Moratorium

Public Opinion

Taiwan

Taiwan

Article(s)

Death Sentences and Executions in 2016

By Amnesty International, on 11 April 2017

…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….

2017

Article(s)

Abolitionists of Central Africa met in Kinshasa

By Amina Jacquemin with CPJ and ECPM, on 12 April 2012

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…

2012

Burundi

Cameroon

Central African Republic

Chad

Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Kenya

Uganda

United Republic of Tanzania

Article(s)

Asian progress paves the way for new strategies

By Thomas Hubert, on 20 June 2013

…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…

2013

India

Japan

Malaysia

Mongolia

Moratorium

Singapore

Article(s)

Study explores variety of national paths to abolition

By Thomas Hubert, on 3 May 2013

…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…

2013

Cambodia

Haiti

Mongolia

Norway

Public Opinion

Rwanda

Senegal

South Africa

United States

Article(s)

Death sentences in Morocco

on 9 May 2007

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

2007

Morocco

Community of Sant’Egidio

Article(s)

Community of Sant’Egidio Calls for Universal Abolition with Cities for Life, Cities Against the Death Penalty

By Louis Linel, on 8 December 2020

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…

2020

Italy

Malaysia

Public Opinion

United States

Global Consortium for Death Penalty Abolition

Article(s)

Strengthening the Abolitionist Movement: Launch of the Global Consortium for Death Penalty Abolition

By World coalition against the death penalty, on 12 July 2024

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…

2024

Trend Towards Abolition

Article(s)

Asia still top executioner but more divided than ever: Hands Off Cain Report

By Aurélie Plaçais, on 11 August 2011

…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…

2011

China

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Drug Offenses

India

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Mongolia

Moratorium

Myanmar

Viet Nam

Article(s)

Japan’s death penalty under scrutiny

By The Advocates for Human Rights, on 5 November 2012

…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….

2012

Clemency

Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment

Death Row Conditions

Fair Trial

Intellectual Disability

Japan

Legal Representation

Mental Illness