NEWS

November 9, 2012
November 9, 2012
On 6 November Californian voters chose by a narrow margin to retain the state’s death penalty. The result of the vote is disappointing but the fact […]
November 1, 2012
November 1, 2012
Members of the International Commission against the Death Penalty issued a statement urging Californian citizens to vote ‘yes’ on Proposition 34 on 6th November 2012. Proposition […]
October 31, 2012
October 31, 2012
Mr Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, former Prime Minister of Spain, becomes an Honorary Member of the Commission. Mr. Zapatero was the driving force behind the 2010 […]
October 29, 2012
October 29, 2012
The International Commission against the Death Penalty called for a halt to the planned executions of Daniel Nsofor and Osayinwinde Agbomien in Edo State, Nigeria. The […]
October 29, 2012
October 29, 2012
The International Commission against the Death Penalty called on voters in California to reject the death penalty in a public vote on 6 November 2012. A […]
September 30, 2012
September 30, 2012
On 24th September 2012 Madagascar signed the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death […]
September 30, 2012
September 30, 2012
Yukinori Matsuda (m), aged 39, was hanged for the robbery and murder of a couple in 2003 and Sachiko Eto (f), aged 65, was hanged for […]
August 20, 2012
August 20, 2012
Marvin Wilson was executed by lethal injection at Huntsville State Prison Texas, USA. Marvin Wilson was executed despite the fact that he suffered from ‘mental […]
July 8, 2012
July 8, 2012
On 5th July 2012 Benin acceded to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the […]
April 12, 2012
April 12, 2012
Following votes by the Senate and House of Representatives to repeal the death penalty, the Governor of Connecticut is expected to sign the bill into law. […]