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Good newsAbolition of the death penalty for terrorism in Chad
Article by FIACAT published on April 30th, 2020On 28 April 2020, the Chadian National Assembly unanimously voted to abolish the death penalty for crimes of terrorism.
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Good newsHow Colorado became the 22nd abolitionist State in the USA
On March 23 2020, the Governor of the State of Colorado, Jared Polis, signed legislation abolishing the death penalty. The bill SB20-100 had passed the Senate by a 19-13 vote on January 30 and the House by a 38-27 vote on February 26. He also commuted the sentences of the three people on death row in the state.
Article by Aurélie Plaçais published on March 30th, 2020 -
ResearchGlobal overview of women facing the death penalty
Launch of a groundbreaking report entitled "Judged for more than her crime: A Global Study on Women Facing the Death Penalty"
Article by Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide and World Coalition published on October 10th, 2018 -
StatisticsDeath penalty in 2019: Facts and figures
Amnesty International published its annual report on death sentences and executions worldwide on 21 April 2020. It showed that the number of known executions decreased slightly on the 2018 total, reaching the lowest figure in more than 10 years, despite Iraq nearly doubling its tally and Saudi Arabia having its highest executions total in any given year.
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ReportIran: Annual report on the death penalty 2019
Iran Human Rights (IHR) and ECPM (Together Against the Death Penalty) published its 12th report on 31 march 2020. The report provides an assessment and analysis of the death penalty trends in 2019 in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Article by Iran Human rights and ECMP (Together Against the Death Penalty) published on May 04th, 2020 -
StatementTAEDP Withdraws from Ministry of Justice’s Task Force to Research the Gradual Abolition of the Death Penalty
TAEDP Press Release, April 2, 2020 The Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty made this decision after the Ministry of Justice, in total disregard for the rule of law, arbitrarily and illegally executed a death row inmate on April 1, 2020.
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ResearchSentenced to death without execution: Why capital punishment has not yet been abolished in the Eastern Caribbean and Barbados
Roger Hood and Florence Seemungal with the assistance of Amaya Athill, published a empirical study aims to shed light on why Eastern Caribbean States and Barbados hang on to capital punishment even though they haven't carried out any executions in the last ten years.
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AfricaThe World Coalition Has Published a New Guide on Working with the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights
The World Coalition has developed and published a training manual, in partnership with its member the International Federation of Christians Against Torture (FIACAT), on working with the African Union’s human rights organ, the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights (ACHPR). This how-to guide was created specifically for civil society to help encourage successful interaction with the ACHPR, a growing and influential human rights mechanism on the continent.
Article by Bronwyn Dudley published on March 26th, 2020
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- Special issues
Teaching abolition: educational resources
Published on June 11th, 2013
9th World Day Against the Death Penalty: the inhumanity of the death penalty
Published on June 10th, 2011
13th World Day Against the Death Penalty: Drug Crimes
Published on June 10th, 2015
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World Day
17th World Day Against the Death Penalty: Children, Unseen Victims
On 10 October 2019, the 17th World Day Against the Death Penalty aims at raising awareness on the rights of children whose parents have been sentenced to death or 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.
