October 18, 2024
On the occasion of the 2024 World Day Against the Death Penalty, please find enclosed a link to the opinion piece by ICDP President Navi Pillay, Commissioner Sylvie Kayitesi, and Honorary Commissioner José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
October 29, 2024
A delegation of the International Commission against the Death Penalty led by Commissioner Barbara Lochbihler and the ICDP Secretariat visited Taipei, Taiwan and Tokyo, Japan in October 2024.
November 27, 2024
Next Wednesday, 11 December 2024, the International Commission against Death Penalty (ICDP) will be co-organizing, with support from Spain's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union, and Cooperation, the event "Iberoamerica: Hacia la Abolición Regional de la Pena de Muerte" at the Ateneo de Madrid
November 30, 2024
ICDP conducted missions to the US state of Ohio from 19 to 20 November 2024; to Seoul, South Korea from 21 to 26 November and to Rome from 27 to 30 November.
December 11, 2024
The International Commission against the Death Penalty (ICDP), in collaboration with the Ateneo de Madrid and supported by Member-States of ICDP´s Support Group, organized the event “Ibero-America towards regional abolition of the death penalty” on 11 December 2024.
December 16, 2024
The International Commission against the Death Penalty warmly welcomes the passage of the bill that abolishes the death penalty by Zimbabwe’s National Assembly and Senate.
December 17, 2024
ICDP welcomes the adoption of the tenth United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) resolution on a moratorium on the use of the death penalty (UNGA moratorium resolution), which was supported by an unprecedented 130 countries on 17 December 2024
December 19, 2024
ICDP warmly congratulates the Republic of Zambia on its historic step of depositing the instruments of ratification to become the 92nd State Party to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Second Optional Protocol), aiming at the abolition of the death penalty.
December 20, 2024
ICDP announces with deep sadness the passing of our beloved Founding President and Honorary Commissioner Federico Mayor Zaragoza on 19 December.