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ReportDPIC Report on the 2019 Death Penalty Usage in the US
Article by Dinda Royhan published on December 20th, 2019A 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.
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ResearchDocumenting Human Rights Violations in North Korea
The Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG) released a report in June 2019 entitled "Mapping the Fate of the Dead (Killings and Burials in North Korea)".
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ResearchGlobal 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 -
MENAUnfair trials and the death penalty for terrorism in Iraq
From January until August 2019, Iraq executed more than 100 individuals accused of being affiliated with Daesh, according to Kurdish media network Rudaw.
Article by Majdoulin Sendadi published on January 13th, 2020 -
AdvocacyThe Inter-American system commits to see the end of the death penalty
In November 2019, Ecuador hosted a series of high level meetings of the Organisation of American States (OAS), during which abolition of the death penalty was on the agenda.
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ACHPRChildren 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
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- Special issues
14th World Day Against the Death Penalty: Terrorism
Published on June 10th, 2016
12th World Day Against the Death Penalty: Mental Health
Published on May 21st, 2014
The campaign for the abolition of the death penalty on the African continent
Published on December 09th, 2016
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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.
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Protocol
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.
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Moratorium
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.
