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World DayJoint Statement on Malaysia
Article by World Coalition Against the Death Penalty published on October 10th, 2019As 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
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World DayTake Action for World Day 2019!
Check what you can do for the 10th October. Browse the calendar of events and the interactive map to prepare and promote the events planned around the world on the big day.
Article by World Coalition Against the Death Penalty published on October 01st, 2019 -
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 -
AbolitionNew Hampshire: 21st State to Abolish the Death Penalty in the USA
On 30 May 2019, the NH state Senate voted to override the governor’s veto. The death penalty repeal took effect immediately.
Article by Aurelie Placais published on June 12th, 2019 -
StatisticsDeath penalty 2018: Dramatic fall in global executions
Despite a rise in executions in some countries, global executions fell by 31% in 2018. The universal fight for the abolition of the death penalty seems to be on the right way.
Article by Amnesty International published on April 10th, 2019 -
AfricaA Training on Advocacy for the Abolition of the Death Penalty in Sub-Saharan Africa
The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty in partnership with FIACAT, and their local members ACAT Cameroon and Droits et Paix, organized a continental training in July on advocacy for the abolition of the death penalty in sub-Saharan Africa.
Article by Abdoul Razak Ahmadou Youssoufou published on July 29th, 2019 -
ProtocolThe State of Palestine commits to abolish the death penalty
On 18 March 2019, the State of Palestine acceded to the United Nations Treaty aiming to abolish the death penalty, becoming the 87th State Party to the OP2-PIDCP.
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AsiaSingapore Executes People Sentenced to Death for Non-violent Crimes and Threatens their Lawyers
Since ending its 3-year official moratorium in 2014, Singapore continues to sentence people to death for non-violent drug-related offences while threatening lawyers and human rights defenders working to abolish the death penalty.
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Activist engagementResponsible Business Initiative on the death penalty
On the occasion of the meeting of its Steering Committee on Friday 28 June and Saturday 29 June 2019, the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty has invited the director of Responsible Business Initiative Against the Death Penalty, Ms. Celia Ouellette, to present the involvement of companies against the capital punishment alongside with traditional activists.
Article by Louis Linel published on July 19th, 2019 -
Good NewsArmenia and Angola Commit to Irreversible Abolition
Armenia signed the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights aiming at the abolition of the death penalty on 26 September 2019 and Angola ratified it on 2 October 2019.
Article by Aurelie Placais published on October 04th, 2019
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- Special issues
14th World Day Against the Death Penalty: Terrorism
Published on June 10th, 2016
The campaign for the abolition of the death penalty on the African continent
Published on December 09th, 2016
5th World Congress Against the Death Penalty
Published on March 06th, 2013
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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.
