NEWS

December 17, 2024
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 16, 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 11, 2024
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.
November 30, 2024
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.
November 27, 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
October 29, 2024
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.
October 18, 2024
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 11, 2024
October 11, 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
September 25, 2024
September 25, 2024
The International Commission against the Death Penalty (ICDP) strongly condemns the reported executions of four children, on 17 August, carried out by authorities in the Somali state of Puntland.
June 26, 2024
June 26, 2024
An ICDP delegation visited Geneva on 24 and 25 June 2024. The delegation was led by ICDP President Judge Navi Pillay, ICDP Vice President Ruth Dreifuss, ICDP Commissioners Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Marc Bossuyt, Marta Santos Pais and the ICDP Secretariat.