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The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty brings together all those committed to the universal abolition of capital punishment.

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World Coalition Against the Death Penalty
Executive secretariat:
ECPM
3, rue Paul Vaillant Couturier
92320 Châtillon
France
Tel.: +33 1 57 63 09 37
Fax: +33 1 57 63 89 25
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Campaigns

8th World Day Against the Death Penalty: USA
On 10 October 2010, the 8th World Day Against the Death Penalty will be dedicated to the USA which executed 52 people and handed down 106 death sentences in 2009.(2010/5/2)
The World Coalition's campaign in favour of the UN Protocol on abolition
The World Coalition’s objective is the ratification of the United Nations Protocol on the abolition of the death penalty by all the states parties to the ICCPR that have abolished the death penalty, either for all crimes, or for ordinary crimes only. (2010/7/28)
 
Report: Abolition in the Great Lakes region of Africa
On the occasion of the 43rd session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty published a report on “The Death Penalty in the Great Lakes Region of Africa: Protagonists, Arguments and Strate... (2007/5/18)
 
Getting to know of Arab abolitionists
Apart from Djibouti, no Arab country has as yet abolished the death penalty in law. Nevertheless, the states located in the western part of the Arab world have not carried out any executions during the last ten years.Lawyers, intellectuals and religi... (2007/5/15)
 
Abolitionist campaigns around the world
Every day, abolitionists take action around the world to defeat the death penalty. Below are the latest multilingual alerts posted by activists to the website of the Death Penalty Action Network, a partner of the World Coalition. You too can promote ... (2010/7/31)