INDEX



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.

2010

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)

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.

Switzerland

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)

Live from death row

on 25 February 2010

The 180 members of the public who had gathered to view the film Manners of dying had an opportunity to witness a discussion between Mumia Abu-Jamal and his lawyer Robert Bryan.

Switzerland

United States

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)

Geneva 2010: the world’s largest abolitionist meeting is underway

on 24 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)

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.

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