5th World Day against the death penalty: the world decides!

World Day

By Thomas Hubert, on 29 June 2007

A resolution by the UN highest political body would be an important international milestone in the campaign to abolish the death penalty worldwide and would carry considerable moral weight.

This initiative has already gathered the support of 5 millions people worldwide.

You can support the momentum to end capital punishment and ask your country to support this resolution.

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