The International Commission against the Death Penalty (ICDP or Commission) urgently calls on the Singaporean authorities to halt the execution of Malaysian national 38-year-old Pannir Selvam Pranthaman, which has been scheduled for 20 February 2025.

The International Commission against the Death Penalty (ICDP or Commission) warmly commends President Joseph (Joe) R Biden, Jr. for his historic decision to commute the sentences of 37 of the 40 people facing the death penalty at the federal level

ICDP announces with deep sadness the passing of our beloved Founding President and Honorary Commissioner Federico Mayor Zaragoza on 19 December.

ICDP warmly congratulates the Republic of Zambia on its historic step of depositing the instruments of ratification to become the 92nd State Party to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Second Optional Protocol), aiming at the abolition of the death penalty.

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

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.

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