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World Coalition Against the Death Penalty

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Abolition of the death penalty at the United Nations Human Rights Council 58th session

By Sandra Deballe, on 22 May 2025

The United Nations Human Rights Council met for its 58th Regular Session from February 24 to April 4, 2025. If you missed it, here is what happened regarding the abolition of the death penalty!

2025

Trend Towards Abolition

World Coalition Against the Death Penalyt

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49th UPR Session Highlights Continued Calls for the Respect of International Human Rights Standards

By Sandra Deballe, on 22 May 2025

The 49th session of the United Nations’ Universal Periodic Review (UPR) session took place from the 28th of April to the 9th of May 2025 in Geneva, Switzerland. It showcased the increasing international push for death penalty reform, with a significant number of recommendations for Grenada, Guyana, Kenya, Kuwait, Laos, Lesotho.

Grenada

Guyana

Kenya

Kuwait

Lao People's Democratic Republic

Lesotho

Trend Towards Abolition

United Nations 46th Human Rights Council

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Abolition of the death penalty at the United Nations Human Rights Council 55th session

on 13 September 2024

The United Nations Human Rights Council met for its 55th Regular Session from February 26 to April 5, 2024. If you missed it, here is what happened regarding the abolition of the death penalty!

2024

Trend Towards Abolition

UN Human Rights Council

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Abolition of the death penalty at the United Nations Human Rights Council 54th session

on 30 August 2024

 The United Nations Human Rights Council met for its 54th Regular Session from September 11 to October 13, 2023. If you missed it, here is what happened regarding the abolition of the death penalty!

2024

Trend Towards Abolition

UN Human Rights Council

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Abolition of the death penalty at the United Nations Human Rights Council 56th session

on 30 August 2024

The United Nations Human Rights Council met for its 56th Regular Session from June 18 to July 12, 2024. If you missed it, here is what happened regarding the abolition of the death penalty!

Trend Towards Abolition

Are unofficial moratoriums meaningful?

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Importance of understanding phases of abolition: the danger of ‘abolitionist in practice’

By Venus Aves, Bronwyn Dudley, and Shahindha Ismail, on 6 November 2023

In July 2023, the World Coalition hosted a seminar in Malaysia in the context of its “Countries at Risk” project. This subject of informal moratoriums solicited much interest as participants considered preventative strategies for stopping a return to the death penalty, and what environmental factors need to be considered to implement those strategies. This article […]

2023

Moratorium

UN Human Rights Council

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Abolition of the death penalty at the United Nations Human Rights Council 53rd session

By World coalition against the death penalty, on 18 September 2023

The United Nations Human Rights Council met for its 53rd Regular Session from June 19 to July 14, 2023. If you missed it, here is what happened regarding the abolition of the death penalty!

2023

Trend Towards Abolition

World Coalition Against the Death Penalyt

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Abolition of the death penalty at the United Nations Human Rights Council 52nd session

By World coalition against the death penalty, on 22 May 2023

The United Nations Human Rights Council met for its 52nd Regular Session from February 27 to April 4, 2023. If you missed it, here is what happened regarding the abolition of the death penalty!

2023

Trend Towards Abolition

Ending violence against women 2022

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Reflecting on the links between the death penalty and gender-based violence

By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 25 November 2022

On 25 November 2022, International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, through the testimony of representatives of abolitionist member and partner organizations, wishes to raise awareness of the links between the death penalty and violence against women and gender minorities and call out the unjust and […]

2022

Gender

Kenya

Sri Lanka

Uganda

Women

United Nations

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120 UN Member States Support the Moratorium at Committee Vote

By Louis Linel, on 18 November 2020

On 17 November, the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly has adopted a draft resolution calling upon UN Member States to observe a moratorium on executions.

2020

Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Djibouti

Eswatini

Guinea

Lebanon

Mexico

Moratorium

Nauru

Philippines

Republic of Korea

Sierra Leone

Switzerland