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Africa
The death penalty at the heart of ACHPR debates
Article by FIACAT published on May 18th, 2012The 51st Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) was held in Banjul from April 18 to May 2, 2012. During the session, the Commission presented its "Study on the question of the death penalty in Africa" prepared by the Working Group on the death penalty of the ACHPR.
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SingaporeMigrant workers facing capital punishment show need for alternative sentences
Four Singapore-based organisations denounce the high risk of miscarriage of justice in recent death sentences handed down on poor immigrants and calls for the abolition of the death penalty in the city-state.
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LawyersThree years to save lives in Nigeria
A conference to launch the project SALI: Saving Lives, was held in Abuja, Nigeria, on 27 March. It marked the start of the project activities while encouraging discussions on the issue of the death penalty in Nigeria.
Article by Avocats Sans Frontières published on April 25th, 2012 -
USAConnecticut increases momentum for abolition
Lawmakers in the US State of Connecticut have abolished capital punishment and the State’s governor has said that he would sign the bill into law. Elizabeth Zitrin of the US NGO Death Penalty Focus chairs the World Coalition’s working group on the United States. She writes on the significance of this news for the wider abolitionist movement.
Article by Elizabeth Zitrin published on April 13th, 2012
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- Special issues
The World Coalition's campaign in favour of the UN Protocol on abolition
Published on February 06th, 2012
Helping the world achieve a moratorium on executions
Published on September 14th, 2010
9th World Day Against the Death Penalty: the inhumanity of the death penalty
Published on June 10th, 2011
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World Day
9th World Day Against the Death Penalty: the inhumanity of the death penalty
On 10 October 2011, the 9th World Day is to raise awareness on the inhumanity of the death penalty throughout the entire process, from sentence to execution.
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Protocol
The World Coalition's campaign in favour of the UN Protocol on abolition
The World Coalition’s objective is the ratification of the United Nations Protocol on the abolition of the death penalty by all the states parties to the ICCPR that have abolished the death penalty, either for all crimes, or for ordinary crimes only.
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Moratorium
Helping the world achieve a moratorium on executions
In December 2012, the United Nations’ General Assembly will vote on a new resolution for a moratorium on the use of the death penalty. Following the three previous resolutions, the Coalition continues its action in favour of a global moratorium.
