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World DayTake Action for World Day 2018!
Article by World Coalition Against the Death Penalty published on September 10th, 2018Check what you can do for 10 October. Browse the calendar of events and the map to prepare and promote the events planned around the world on the big day.
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World Day16th World Day Against the Death Penalty: Living conditions on death row
On 10 October 2018, the 16th World Day Against the Death Penalty aims at raising awareness on the inhumane living conditions of people sentenced to death.
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World DayOvercoming the isolation of the people sentenced to death and their relatives
One of the observations made by the World Coalition while doing the preliminary work for this year’s World Day, is the isolation in which the people sentenced to death might live.
Article by World Coalition Against the Death Penalty published on September 10th, 2018 -
Good NewsBurkina Faso has joined the global trend toward abolition of the death penalty in Africa
On 31 May, the Burkinabe Parliament abolished the death penalty by adopting a new criminal code that excludes it from the arsenal of sentences regardless of crimes considered and circumstances in which they were committed.
Article by International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH) published on June 06th, 2018 -
MoroccoAbolitionist activities, criminal policy at the heart of abolition
On 30 June 2018, as a side event to the 2nd National Congress of Réseau des avocats contre la peine mort (RACPM), a conference was organised under the title "Death Penalty and Criminal Policy". Morocco seemed eager to match its Tunisian neighbour, which had recently proposed, with the Commission on Individual Freedoms and Equality, abolishing the death penalty.
Article by Clémentine Etienne published on August 01st, 2018 -
DocumentaryLindy Lou Juror #2
On the occasion of the screening of the movie Lindy Lou Juror number 2 on Monday 25 June 2018, abolitionist associations such as Amnesty International, ACAT France, Together Against The Death Penalty and the World Coalition against the Death Penalty met at the Centre Wallonie Bruxelles in Paris.
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IrelandThe Sunny Center
“Extraordinary things can happen to ordinary people and still be OK » The Sunny Center is a place like no other place in the world. Perched on the top of a hill, it is surrounded by lakes and hills that multiply as far as the eye can see. The landscape is breath-taking. But the landscape is nothing compared to the founders of the Sunny Center. Sunny Jacobs, 72, and Peter Pringle, soon 80, began welcoming innocent people into their homes in 2011.
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KenyaKenya's new taskforce to review death penalty laws
In December 2017, two Kenyan men challenged the legality of capital punishment at the Supreme Court, which resulted in Chief Justice Marage declaring the « mandatory nature of the death sentence » unconstitutional. Following this groundbreaking statement, the Taskforce on the Review of the Mandatory Nature of the Death Penalty was appointed on March 15 2018.
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Good newsCaribbean Court of Justice strikes down mandatory death penalty in Barbados
In probably the most significant judgment to arise from the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) so far, the region’s highest court has unanimously declared the mandatory death penalty unconstitutional in Barbados, finally settling an issue which has occupied domestic and international tribunals for almost 15 years.
Article by Death Penalty Project published on June 27th, 2018
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- Special issues
12th World Day Against the Death Penalty: Mental Health
Published on May 21st, 2014
Teaching abolition: educational resources
Published on June 11th, 2013
Helping the world achieve a moratorium on executions
Published on September 14th, 2010
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World Day
16th World Day Against the Death Penalty: Living conditions on death row
On 10 October 2018, the 16th World Day Against the Death Penalty aims at raising awareness on the inhumane living conditions of people sentenced to death.
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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.
