High-level Delegation visits Guyana to discuss issues related to the death penalty

August 5, 2016

A high-level delegation headed by Ms Navi Pillay, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and current Commissioner of the International Commission against the Death Penalty, Mr Ivan Šimonović, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, and Professor Marc Bossuyt, Emeritus President of the Constitutional Court of Belgium visited Guyana between 19 and 21 July 2016 to discuss issues related to the death penalty in the country. For further information, please find attached the press release.

High-level Delegation visits Guyana to discuss issues related to the death penalty

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