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Searchable Execution Database
By Death Penalty Information Center, on 1 January 2011
2011
NGO report
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This new database search includes the county of conviction, as well as gender of victim. All results will display in chronological order by default. To sort by other criteria, click on the headings for those fields in the search results.
- Document type NGO report
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The situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : note by the Secretary-General
By United Nations, on 1 January 2011
NGO report
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The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 16/9, which establishes the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
- Document type NGO report
- Available languages Положение в области прав человека в Исламской Республике Иран: Записка Генерального секретаряLa situation des droits de l’homme en République islamique d’Iran: Note du Secrétaire général伊朗伊斯兰共和国的人权状况 秘书长的说明La situación de los derechos humanos en la República Islámica del Irán: Nota del Secretario General
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Crackdown on China’s human rights lawyers deepens
By Amnesty International, on 1 January 2011
NGO report
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This report updates Amnesty International’s Breaking the law: Crackdown on human rights lawyers and legal activists in China (ASA 17/042/2009) published in 2009. It makes little mention of death penalty but it is an excellent source on the situation of human rights lawyers in China.
- Document type NGO report
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State Information
By Death Penalty Information Center, on 1 January 2011
NGO report
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Death penalty information and statistics by state.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Country/Regional profiles,
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Innocence Database
By Death Penalty Information Center, on 1 January 2011
NGO report
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This database can be searched using any combination of the search filters below. All columns are sortable by clicking the title at the top of the column. To find out more about a case in the list, click on the name of the individual.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Innocence,
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Struck by Lightning: The Continuing Arbitrariness of the Death Penalty Thirty-Five Years After Its Re-instatement in 1976
By Death Penalty Information Center / Richard C. Dieter, on 1 January 2011
NGO report
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This report examenes how, after three and a half decades of experience under the revised statutes on death penalty, the randomness of the system continues.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Arbitrariness,
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The State of Criminal Justice 2011
By American Bar Association / Ronald Tabak, on 1 January 2011
NGO report
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The State of Criminal Justice 2011 contains a chapter on death penalty by Ronald Tabak (Ch. 19). Tabak explores legislative changes, the declining use of the death penalty, important Supreme Court decisions and the adequacy of representation.
- Document type NGO report
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The Death Penalty for Drug Offences: Global Overview 2011. Shared responsibility and shared consequences.
By Patrick Gallahue / Harm Reduction International, on 1 January 2011
NGO report
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The Global Overview 2011. It provides a country-by-country analysis of the death penalty for drugs, and is intended to inform policy-makers of the potential for change as well as to shed some light on the environments in which the international fight against illicit drugs is pursued.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Drug Offences,
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The Death Penalty in Alabama: Judge Override
By Equal Justice Initiative, on 1 January 2011
NGO report
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In Alabama, elected trial judges can override jury verdicts of life and impose death sentences. Although judges have authority to override life or death verdicts, in 92% of overrides elected judges have overruled jury verdicts of life to impose the death penalty.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Fair Trial, Arbitrariness, Sentencing Alternatives,
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A blow to human rights: Taiwan resumes executions: The Death Penalty in Taiwan, 2010
By Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty, on 1 January 2011
NGO report
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This report details the administration of the death penalty in Taiwan. It discusses Taiwans obligations under international law, how executions are carried out, the profile of the condemned, discrimination in the sysem and discusses placing a moratorium on executions in Taiwan.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Networks,
- Available languages 重啓死刑執行 廢死之路大倒退- 2010台灣死刑報告