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Regional Congress“It’s in Africa that we find the strongest dynamics towards abolition”
Article by Clémentine Etienne published on April 24th, 2018The third regional Congress against the death penalty was held in Côte d’Ivoire, in Abidjan, in 2018 from April 9 to 10th. This is a natural choice when one can know that Africa is named “next abolitionist continent” and that civil society recognized it as such.
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Joint StatementJoint statement of the death penalty in Japan
Joint Statement signed by Center for Prisoners' Rights and Japan Innocence & Death Penalty Information Center to to call Japanese government for a sincere dialogue while condemning the government for refusing a dialogue with international community and not accepting capital punishment as a human rights issue.
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StatisticsDeath Sentences and Executions in 2017
Amnesty International published its international global review of the death penalty on Tuesday, 12th April 2018. At least 993 executions in 23 countries in 2017 were recorded, down by 4% from 2016 (1,032 executions) and 39% from 2015 (when the organization reported 1,634 executions, the highest number since 1989). China remained the world’s top executioner, but excluding China, 84% of all reported executions took place in just four countries – Iran, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Pakistan.
Article by Amnesty International published on April 12th, 2018
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- Special issues
14th World Day Against the Death Penalty: Terrorism
Published on June 10th, 2016
6th World Congress Against the Death Penalty
Published on June 15th, 2016
Cities Against the Death Penalty
Published on October 31st, 2017
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World Day
15th World Day Against the Death Penalty: Poverty
On 10 October 2017, the 15th World Day Against the Death Penalty aims at raising awareness about the reasons why people living in poverty are at a greater risk of being sentenced to death and 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.
