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  DPIC Report on the 2019 Death Penalty Usage in the US
  
  A year-end report by the Death Penalty Information Center highlights the continuing trend towards abolition with New Hampshire’s latest abolition, California’s moratorium, and the near-record low numbers of executions.
  
  Article by Dinda Royhan published on December 20th, 2019
- ACHPR
  Children and the death penalty in Sub-Saharan Africa: NGO Forum and the 65th ACHPR Session
  
  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.
  
  Article by Connie Numbi and Bronwyn Dudley published on December 09th, 2019
- 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
- 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
- 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
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  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
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- Special issues
- 15th World Day Against the Death Penalty: Poverty Published on June 12th, 2017
- Teaching abolition: educational resources Published on June 11th, 2013
- The World Coalition's campaign in favour of the international and regional protocols on abolition Published on November 07th, 2017
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- World Day 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.