The Commissioners and Secretariat of ICDP are filled with joy and pride at today's announcement that our President, Judge Navi Pillay, has been awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize

ICDP and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) organized a panel discussion on "The Role of Parliamentarians in the Abolition of the Death Penalty" on the sidelines of the 153rd IPU Assembly in Arusha

It is with profound sorrow that ICDP announces the passing of our Commissioner, Ioanna Kuçuradi, who died in Istanbul on 2 October 2026

ICDP announces with deep sadness the passing of Honorary Commissioner, Ambassador Marta Vilardell Coma, on 27 September 2026 in Madrid

ICDP expresses its disbelief over the deplorable circumstances surrounding Christa Pike's botched execution on 30 September

ICDP expresses its deep concern over the scheduled execution of Christa Pike by the authorities of the US state of Tennessee on 30 September 2026.

ICDP warmly welcomes the unanimous vote by the National Assembly of the Republic of Suriname (Suriname), on 23 July 2026

ICDP warmly welcomes the adoption by Lebanon's Parliament of the law abolishing the death penalty for all crimes after 22 years without executions. The law, approved on 11 August by a broad majority of the 128-member Parliament

ICDP condemns in the strongest possible terms the accelerating use of capital punishment by the Islamic Republic of Iran (Iran) as an instrument of political repression