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EuropeExecution-free year boosts Belarus abolition campaign
Article by Daria Gribanova published on April 14th, 2014According to Amnesty International’s latest annual report on the death penalty, Belarus did not carry out any executions last year, meaning Europe and Central Asia was execution-free for the first time since 2009. This achievement bolsters local abolitionists – despite the risks they face in their activism.
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Middle EastIraq’s frantic executions pace linked to serious human rights violations
Iraq emerges as the country with the fastest-growing number of executions in Amnesty International’s new annual report on the death penalty. The World Coalition’s submission for Iraq’s upcoming UN human rights review calls for a moratorium on abusive executions.
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Middle EastWorld Coalition members call for increased scrutiny of Iran
The UN has renewed the mandate of its special rapporteur on Iran as a new IHR/ECPM annual report exposes rising execution numbers since increased engagement between President Rohani and the West.
Article by Thomas Hubert published on March 31st, 2014
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- Special issues
Teaching abolition: educational resources
Published on June 11th, 2013
10th World Day against the Death Penalty
Published on June 10th, 2012
Cities Against the Death Penalty
Published on October 30th, 2013
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World Day
11th World Day against the Death Penalty: Greater Caribbean
On 10 October 2013, the 11th World Day Against the Death Penalty is dedicated to the Greater Caribbean where few executions take place, but where a core of countries remain strongly opposed to abolition.
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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 2012, the United Nations’ General Assembly voted on a new resolution for a moratorium on the use of the death penalty. Following the three previous resolutions, the Coalition continued its action in favour of a global moratorium.
