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General AssemblyWorld Coalition Conference to celebrate 15th anniversary in Washington D.C.
Article by Aurelie Placais & Jessica Corredor published on June 09th, 2017At the invitation of its American members, the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty is holding its 15th general meeting at The Catholic University of America in Washington D.C., USA on 22-24 June 2017.
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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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African Commission on Human and Peoples' RightsA major abolitionist gathering for the 60th ordinary session of the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights in Niger
The work of the 60th ordinary session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR) took place in Niger between the 8th and the 22th of May. Invited by SYNAFEN, one of its members, the World Coalition took this opportunity to gather in the margins of the ACHPR session.
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MENAAlgeria: it’s time to move from the moratorium to the abolition
Organized by the National Algerian Committee in partnership with the Boumerdes bar association, a seminar on the death penalty took place the 28th and 29th of April in Algeria. Gathering mainly academics, lawyers and representatives of the civil society, this seminar had the ambition to contribute to the “long process for the final abolition of the death penalty in Algeria”. The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty was represented by Florence Bellivier, Deputy Secretary General of the International Federation of the Leagues of Human Rights (FIDH).
Article by Florence Bellivier et Lorène du Crest published on May 24th, 2017
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- Special issues
Teaching abolition: educational resources
Published on June 11th, 2013
11th World Day against the Death Penalty: Greater Caribbean
Published on May 31st, 2013
Helping the world achieve a moratorium on executions
Published on September 14th, 2010
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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.
