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MoratoriumDeath penalty: Global abolition closer than ever as record number of countries vote to end executions
Article by Amnesty International published on December 17th, 2018A record number of States voted in favour of a moratorium on the death penalty at the United Nations General Assembly on 17 December 2018.
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Brussels 20197th World Congress Against the Death Penalty
The 7th World Congress Against the Death Penalty is organised by ECPM in partnership with the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty to unite abolitionist actors around the world for the purpose of discussing and creating new strategies towards universal abolition.
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Good NewsGambia commits to full abolition of the death penalty
On 28 September 2018, during the UN Treaty Event in New York, Gambia ratified the Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR, aiming at the irreversible abolition of the death penalty, alongside the Convention Against Torture.
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China"3+4": Death Penalty Cases Now Jury Cases
On 24 April 2018, ‘The People’s Jury Law’ established a new judicial framework to deal with serious criminal cases, including death penalty cases. As of its enactment, death penalty cases in China are now jury cases.
Article by Nicolas Chua published on November 23rd, 2018 -
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 -
Good NewsWashington State Abolishes Death Penalty
On 11 October 2018, Washington became the 20th US state to abolish the death penalty: the court ruling, written by Chief Justice Mary E. Fairhurst, cited the “arbitrary and racially biased manner” in which the death penalty was applied as a violation of the state’s constitutional prohibition of “cruel punishment”.
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Good newsCaribbean Court of Justice strikes down mandatory death penalty in Barbados
In probably the most significant judgment to arise from the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) so far, the region’s highest court has unanimously declared the mandatory death penalty unconstitutional in Barbados, finally settling an issue which has occupied domestic and international tribunals for almost 15 years.
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Good NewsBurkina Faso has joined the global trend toward abolition of the death penalty in Africa
On 31 May, the Burkinabe Parliament abolished the death penalty by adopting a new criminal code that excludes it from the arsenal of sentences regardless of crimes considered and circumstances in which they were committed.
Article by International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH) published on June 06th, 2018 -
Statistics2018 confirms a long-term decline of the death penalty in the US
The Death Penalty Information Center’s 2018 End-of-Year report confirms decline despite strong lasting inequalities.
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Good News10 years with no hanging in the Caribbean
The Greater Caribbean for Life (GCL) notes the 10th anniversary of the last hanging in the region
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StatisticsSaudi Arabia’s false promise on the use of the death penalty
With 149 executions in 2018, one of the highest rates since the 1990’s, the Saudi Kingdom seems to be locking itself into a violent authoritarian drift
Article by European Saudi Organisation for Human Rights published on February 06th, 2019 -
StatisticsCritical expansion of the use of the death Penalty in India in 2018
In 2018 India followed a particularly repressive path by sentencing 162 people to death.
Article by Project 39A published on February 06th, 2019
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- Special issues
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7th World Congress Against the Death Penalty
Published on December 14th, 2018
10th World Day against the Death Penalty
Published on June 10th, 2012
14th World Day Against the Death Penalty: Terrorism
Published on June 10th, 2016
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World Day
16th World Day Against the Death Penalty: Living conditions on death row
On 10 October 2018, the 16th World Day Against the Death Penalty aims at raising awareness on the inhumane living conditions of people sentenced to death.
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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.
