Document
published by
World Coalition Against the Death Penalty
in 2009
This course is intended to introduce a comparative study of the death penalty in abolitionist versus retentionist countries, based on the prohibition of this punishment in International conventions. It is designed primarily for use in US law schools, with emphasis on US law, but should prove instructive in other locations.
On 10 October 2020, the World Day Against the Death Penalty will be
dedicated to the right to effective legal representation for individuals who may face a death sentence.