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- Moratorium
  Death penalty: Global abolition closer than ever as record number of countries vote to end executions
  
  A record number of States voted in favour of a moratorium on the death penalty at the United Nations General Assembly on 17 December 2018.
  
  Article by Amnesty International published on December 17th, 2018
- International Standards
  No mention of death row prisoners in Mandela rules
  
  Commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on 10 December 2018 is an opportunity to question the effectiveness of civil and political rights, but also economic, social and cultural rights, in the context of an increasingly globalized world that ostracizes, excludes, sentences to death and continues to execute.
  
  Article by Nordine Drici (Planète Réfugiés) & Sandrine Ageorges-Skinner (ECPM) published on November 30th, 2018
- International Standards
  Death penalty is torture, says expert
  
  In celebration of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights' 70th anniversary, the 20th EU-NGO Forum was held in Brussels on 21-22 November 2018, during which a session on "International Actions against Death Penalty and Torture" took place.
  
  Article by Nicolas Chua & FIACAT published on November 29th, 2018
- 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
- United Nations
  Call for Moratorium on Executions Gains Record-High Support at Committee Vote
  
  Today the international community offered unprecedented support to a UN call to halt executions when the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly considered a draft resolution on a moratorium on the use of the death penalty.
  
  Article by Amnesty International & Comunità di Sant'Egidio published on November 16th, 2018
- Africa
  NGO Forum & The ACHPR: A broad overview of African prisons amidst tensions
  
  The NGO Forum, preceding the ACHPR session, was held from 20 to 23 October 2018, with “The Fight against Corruption” as its main topic.
  
  Article by Jessica Corredor published on November 16th, 2018
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- Special issues
- 11th World Day against the Death Penalty: Greater Caribbean Published on May 31st, 2013
- 15th World Day Against the Death Penalty: Poverty Published on June 12th, 2017
- 6th World Congress Against the Death Penalty Published on June 15th, 2016
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- Focus on
- 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.