NEWS



October 18, 2024

USA: Worrying increase in executions paused tentatively by a last-minute temporary stay on the execution of Robert Roberson 

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 11, 2024

ICDP’s Op-Ed on Africa leading the abolitionist trend issued on occasion of the World Day against the Death Penalty 

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
June 21, 2024

ICDP and the Kingdom of Belgium invite you for the commemoration of the 35th Anniversary of the Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty

The hybrid panel discussion will take place on 24 June 2024 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, on the side-lines of the 56th session of the UN Human Rights Council.
June 12, 2024

ICDP celebrates a High-Level Side Event commemorating the 35th anniversary of the Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR

Next 24 June 2024, the International Commission against the Death Penalty (ICDP) will be celebrating a High-Level Side Event at the side-lines of the 56th UN Human Rights Council to commemorate the 35th Anniversary of the Second Optional Protocol
May 16, 2024

ICDP warmly welcomes Governor Dannel Patrick (Dan) Malloy as its new Commissioner

The International Commission against the Death Penalty is delighted to announce the appointment of Dannel Malloy as its newest Commissioner. Mr. Malloy served as the 88th Governor of the US state of Connecticut for two terms from 2011 to 2019. For further information, please read our public statement.