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Central AsiaKazakhstan Penal Code reform runs counter to abolitionist trend
Article by Anne Souléliac (Paris Bar) published on July 22nd, 2014The new Kazakh Penal Code provides for an increase in the number of capital crimes, even though Kazakhstan has been moving away from the death penalty for years and has a stated policy of meeting international standards.
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AsiaSingapore breaks three-year moratorium on executions
On 18 July 2014, Singapore executed two death row prisoners, bringing to an end a three-year official moratorium established by the government in 2011 as part of the review process of the mandatory death penalty.
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USACalifornia ruling paves way for abolition of one of the world’s largest death rows
United States Federal District Court Judge Cormac J. Carney, who was appointed by former President George W. Bush, a strong supporter of the death penalty, ruled on 16 July that California’s death penalty system violates the US Constitution.
Article by Elizabeth Zitrin published on July 18th, 2014
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- Special issues
10th World Day against the Death Penalty
Published on June 10th, 2012
Helping the world achieve a moratorium on executions
Published on September 14th, 2010
5th World Congress Against the Death Penalty
Published on March 06th, 2013
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World Day
12th World Day Against the Death Penalty: Mental Health
On 10 October 2014, the 12th World Day Against the Death Penalty is drawing attention to people with mental health problems who are at risk of a death sentence or execution. While opposing the death penalty absolutely, abolitionists are also committed to see existing international human rights standards implemented. Among these is the requirement that persons with mental illness or intellectual disabilities should not face the death penalty.
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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.
