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ACHPRThe death penalty at the heart of the debates of the 62nd Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights
Article by Guillaume Colin - Jessica Corredor published on May 15th, 2018The 62nd Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR), the African Union body responsible for the promotion and protection of human rights in Africa, was held from April 25th to May 9th, 2018 in Nouakchott, Mauritania. The death penalty was at the heart of the debates throughout this Session, during panel discussions, side-events or during the review of the State’s periodic reports.
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Joint StatementMandatory Death Penalty for Blasphemy in Mauritania
Through this joint statement twenty one national and international NGOs, calls upon Mauritanian authorities to reverse the recent adoption of a law on apostasy related crimes making the death penalty mandatory for blasphemy.
Article by World Coalition Against the death penalty published on May 11th, 2018 -
Report“Unknown Assailants: A Threat to Human Rights”
So is named The Tanzania Human Rights Report of 2017 released by the Legal and Human Rights Centre (LHRC). This report was published on April 25th, 2018 and it enlights for the fifteenth time the major human rights violations in Tanzania. This report, while it deals with human rights violation in Tanzania concerning civil and politial rights, freedom of violence, freedom of expression, also presents the death penalty as an issue in the coutnry and called the President for its abolition.
Article by Legal Human Rights Centre published on May 04th, 2018
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- Special issues
The World Coalition's campaign in favour of the international and regional protocols on abolition
Published on November 07th, 2017
5th World Congress Against the Death Penalty
Published on March 06th, 2013
9th World Day Against the Death Penalty: the inhumanity of the death penalty
Published on June 10th, 2011
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World Day
15th World Day Against the Death Penalty: Poverty
On 10 October 2017, the 15th World Day Against the Death Penalty aims at raising awareness about the reasons why people living in poverty are at a greater risk of being sentenced to death and executed.
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Protocol
The World Coalition's campaign in favour of the international and regional protocols on abolition
The World Coalition’s objective is the ratification of the international and regional protocols on the abolition of the death penalty by all the states that have abolished the death penalty in law or in practice.
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Moratorium
Helping the world achieve a moratorium on executions
In December 2014, the United Nations’ General Assembly voted on a new resolution for a moratorium on the use of the death penalty. Following the four previous resolutions, the Coalition continued its action in favour of a global moratorium.
