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World DayTake Action for World Day 2017!
Article by World Coalition Against the Death Penalty published on September 12th, 2017Check what you can do for 10 October. Browse the calendar of events and the map to prepare and promote the events planned around the world on the big day.
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World Day15th 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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Good NewsGambia and Madagascar commit to irreversible abolition
On 20 and 21 September 2017, Gambia signed and Madagascar ratified the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty.
Article by Aurelie Placais published on September 22nd, 2017
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- Special issues
Teaching abolition: educational resources
Published on June 11th, 2013
The World Coalition's campaign in favour of the international and regional protocols on abolition
Published on January 25th, 2016
14th World Day Against the Death Penalty: Terrorism
Published on June 10th, 2016
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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.
