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    • Children and the death penalty in Sub-Saharan Africa: NGO Forum and the 65th ACHPR Session ACHPR

      Children and the death penalty in Sub-Saharan Africa: NGO Forum and the 65th ACHPR Session

      Article by Connie Numbi and Bronwyn Dudley published on December 09th, 2019

      The NGO Forum and the subsequent 65th ACHPR Session (African Commission on Human and People’s Rights) was held in Banjul, the Gambia from 17th October to the 10 November 2019.

    • Child rights highlighted on the 17th World Day Against the Death Penalty World Day

      Child rights highlighted on the 17th World Day Against the Death Penalty

      10 October 2019 marked the 17th World Day Against the Death Penalty. On this occasion, the abolitionist movement from all over the world came together to oppose the death penalty and shed a light on this year’s rarely discussed theme: children as unseen victims of the death penalty.


      Article by Dinda Royhan, Majdoulin Sendadi published on November 25th, 2019

    • Research

      Global 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

    • World Day

      Joint Statement on Malaysia

      As we mark the 17th World Day against the Death Penalty, a year after the government of Malaysia announced the revision of the country’s laws to fully abolish the death penalty on 10 October


      Article by World Coalition Against the Death Penalty published on October 10th, 2019

    • Advocacy

      The Rights of Children Whose Parents Are Sentenced to Death – The Case of Tunisia

      I joined Bronwyn Dudley of the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, and Choukri Latif of the Coalition tunissiene contre la peine de mort (a Tunisian anti-death penalty NGO), to address the committee regarding Tunisia’s failure to implement the rights of children whose parents have been sentenced to death or were executed.


      Article by Lisa Borden, volunteer with The Advocates for Human Rights published on October 30th, 2019

    • Abolition

      New Hampshire: 21st State to Abolish the Death Penalty in the USA

      On 30 May 2019, the NH state Senate voted to override the governor’s veto. The death penalty repeal took effect immediately.


      Article by Aurelie Placais published on June 12th, 2019

    • Statistics

      Death penalty 2018: Dramatic fall in global executions

      Despite a rise in executions in some countries, global executions fell by 31% in 2018. The universal fight for the abolition of the death penalty seems to be on the right way.


      Article by Amnesty International published on April 10th, 2019

    • Africa

      A Training on Advocacy for the Abolition of the Death Penalty in Sub-Saharan Africa

      The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty in partnership with FIACAT, and their local members ACAT Cameroon and Droits et Paix, organized a continental training in July on advocacy for the abolition of the death penalty in sub-Saharan Africa.


      Article by Abdoul Razak Ahmadou Youssoufou published on July 29th, 2019

    • Protocol

      The State of Palestine commits to abolish the death penalty

      On 18 March 2019, the State of Palestine acceded to the United Nations Treaty aiming to abolish the death penalty, becoming the 87th State Party to the OP2-PIDCP.


      Article by Louis Linel, Aurélie Plaçais published on April 10th, 2019

    • Asia

      Singapore Executes People Sentenced to Death for Non-violent Crimes and Threatens their Lawyers

      Since ending its 3-year official moratorium in 2014, Singapore continues to sentence people to death for non-violent drug-related offences while threatening lawyers and human rights defenders working to abolish the death penalty.


      Article by Dinda Royhan published on September 19th, 2019

    • Activist engagement

      Responsible Business Initiative on the death penalty

      On the occasion of the meeting of its Steering Committee on Friday 28 June and Saturday 29 June 2019, the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty has invited the director of Responsible Business Initiative Against the Death Penalty, Ms. Celia Ouellette, to present the involvement of companies against the capital punishment alongside with traditional activists.


      Article by Louis Linel published on July 19th, 2019

    • Good News

      Armenia and Angola Commit to Irreversible Abolition

      Armenia signed the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights aiming at the abolition of the death penalty on 26 September 2019 and Angola ratified it on 2 October 2019.


      Article by Aurelie Placais published on October 04th, 2019

    • 7th World Congress

      The Undercurrent: How we took part in the 7th World Congress Against the Death Penalty

      As night fell, Xu Ziqiang and Zheng Xingze boarded a plane for Dubai together with a group of TAEDP members. Belgium was their final destination following this layover. This would be Ziqian’s and Xingze’s first time on European soil; they were preparing to take part in the World Congress Against the Death Penalty, held once every three years.


      Article by Wang Peiqi (Executive Secretary of the Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty (TAEDP)) published on October 07th, 2019
    • Special issues
    • 7th World Congress Against the Death Penalty 7th World Congress Against the Death Penalty Published on December 14th, 2018
    • 6th World Congress Against the Death Penalty 6th World Congress Against the Death Penalty Published on June 15th, 2016
    • 10th World Day against the Death Penalty 10th World Day against the Death Penalty Published on June 10th, 2012
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  • World Day 17th World Day Against the Death Penalty: Children, Unseen Victims

    17th World Day Against the Death Penalty: Children, Unseen Victims

    On 10 October 2019, the 17th World Day Against the Death Penalty aims at raising awareness on the rights of children whose parents have been sentenced to death or executed.

  • Protocol The World Coalition's campaign in favour of the international and regional protocols on abolition

    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.

  • Moratorium Helping the world achieve a moratorium on executions

    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.

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