The President of Kazakhstan signed off on law ratifying the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty.
The United Nations General Assembly adopted, on 16 December, the 8th resolution for a moratorium on executions, with 123 UN Member States voting in favor.
It is with great sadness that the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty has marked the passing of Bill Pelke and Roger Hood, who dedicated their lives to abolition.
The President of Tanzania commuted 256 death sentences into life in prison.
International Human Rights Day marks the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on 10 December 1948.
Despite losing the national election to President-Elect Joe Biden, the Donald Trump administration has continued scheduling new federal executions, making it the first outgoing administration to resort to lame-duck executions in over a century.
On 10 October 2020, the World Day Against the Death Penalty will be dedicated to the right to effective legal representation for individuals who may face a death sentence.