INDEX
Article(s)
African Commission adopts draft Protocol on abolition
By Maria Donatelli, on 24 April 2015
At its 56th ordinary session, the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights (ACHPR) put the abolition of the death penalty at the heart of its debates and adopted a draft regional treaty to help African Union member states move away from capital punishment.
2015
Article(s)
Opinion leaders meet to discuss death penalty abolition in Niger
on 13 March 2015
FIACAT and ACAT Niger, in collaboration with the Nigerien Coalition against the Death Penalty, organised a seminar to raise awareness of the abolition of the death penalty in Niamey (Niger) on 10 and 11 March 2015.
2015
Niger
Niger
Article(s)
Mental health seminar takes Malawi a step closer to resentencings
By Emile Carreau, on 28 January 2015
The Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) held a two-day seminar on mental health evaluations in preparation for the resentencing of nearly 200 individuals after their mandatory death sentences were deemed unconstitutional.
2015
Malawi
Malawi
Mental Illness
Article(s)
Ugandan tour exemplifies abolitionist collaboration
By Emile Carreau, on 21 December 2014
US-based World Coalition member Journey of Hope answers the call to tour Uganda and strengthen the fight against the death penalty in the country.
2014
Murder Victims' Families
Uganda
Article(s)
The strategic path to abolition in Nigeria
By Emile Carreau, on 2 December 2014
Two World Coalition members, Avocats Sans Frontières France and the Paris Bar Association, held a conference on the death penalty in Nigeria in Paris on the 27th of November.
2014
Nigeria
Nigeria
Article(s)
West African governments and civil society discuss death penalty in Freetown
on 16 January 2014
Hands Off Cain organised a conference on the abolition and moratorium of the death penalty in West Africa on January 13 and 14, in partnership with the government of Sierra Leone and with support from the World Coalition, the European Union and FIACAT.
2014
Benin
Guinea
Guyana
Italy
Mali
Moratorium
Niger
Rwanda
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone
Togo
United Kingdom
Article(s)
Nigeria resumes executions despite strong mobilization by local NGOs
By Léa Macarez, on 4 July 2013
After a seven-year moratorium, four men were hanged on 24 June and other executions are being planned.
2013
Nigeria
Nigeria
Article(s)
Central and Eastern African activists brainstorm for abolition
By Thomas Hubert, on 6 March 2013
February was a month of intense strategising for members of the regional coalition against the death penalty as well as region’s ACATs, as two meetings convened to discuss the best options to spur on Africa’s march towards abolition.
2013
Moratorium
Article(s)
West African ACATs focus on public opinion and lobbying
By Guillaume Colin (FIACAT), on 28 November 2012
Participants to the meeting held by FIACAT in Senegal mid-November received training on regional abolitionist activism and set priorities for their actions.
2012
Benin
Burkina Faso
Côte d'Ivoire
Ghana
Liberia
Mali
Moratorium
Niger
Public Opinion
Senegal
Togo
Article(s)
The death penalty at the heart of ACHPR debates
on 18 May 2012
The 51st Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) was held in Banjul from April 18 to May 2, 2012. During the session, the Commission presented its “Study on the question of the death penalty in Africa” prepared by the Working Group on the death penalty of the ACHPR.
2012
Angola
Burundi
Gabon
Moratorium
Rwanda
Somalia
South Sudan
Sudan
Togo