Article(s)
Picture petition for abolition
on 26 February 2010
Hundreds of participants to Geneva 2010 chose to display their commitment in favour of the abolition of the death penalty by having their photograph taken.
2010
Switzerland
Article(s)
Final Declaration 4th World Congress Against the Death Penalty
on 26 February 2010
The participants to the World Congress Against the Death Penalty have handed over their final declaration to the UN’s High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navanethem Pillay.
Moratorium
Article(s)
Portraits of the death penalty
on 26 February 2010
Since 2006, US-based French photographer Caroline Planque has been working on a series of portraits of indirect victims of the death penalty in the US State with the highest number of executions – Texas.
United States
Article(s)
Geneva 2010: day 2 of intense working sessions
on 25 February 2010
National political leaders, activists, representatives of international organisations and many others have made it: a wide variety of abolitionist actors are now gathered in Geneva for the 4th World Congress Against the Death Penalty.
2010
Switzerland
Article(s)
Uniting activists’ forces is Amina Bouayach’s obsession
on 25 February 2010
The Moroccan human rights campaigner came to discuss the best ways of bringing together abolitionist efforts with World Congress participants.
Morocco
Article(s)
Campaigners and political leaders unite against the death penalty
on 24 February 2010
Representatives from 56 abolitionist and retentionist countries attended the opening session of the World Congress Against the Death Penalty in Geneva.
2010
Belarus
France
Italy
Mongolia
Norway
Qatar
Senegal
Spain
Switzerland
Viet Nam
Article(s)
Protecting vulnerable groups from the death penalty
on 24 February 2010
Juveniles and the mentally ill face a higher risk of falling victims to the death penalty. Abolitionists and activists defending their rights have teamed up to highlight this situation.
Drug Offenses
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Juveniles
Mental Illness
Switzerland
Women
Article(s)
Campaigning through forgiving
on 24 February 2010
A former death row inmate and the grandson of a murder victim explain why compassion – not the death penalty – is the way to heal wounds.
Murder Victims' Families
Public Opinion
Switzerland
United States
Article(s)
Spot opportunities and focus on education, abolitionists are told
on 24 February 2010
The workshop on “Defining strategies for abolition” was an opportunity for abolitionists to share views and experience on what works – and what does not – when pushing for the repeal of the death penalty.
Ghana
South Africa
Switzerland
Taiwan
