An ICDP delegation led by Commissioners Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, former President of the Philippines, and Ruth Dreifuss, former President of Switzerland, visited Kuala Lumpur on 13 and 14 September to congratulate the Malaysian Government for abolishing the mandatory death penalty.

It is with profound sorrow that the International Commission against the Death Penalty (ICDP or Commission) announces the passing away, on 2 September 2023, of ICDP Honorary Commissioner Governor Bill Richardson.

The International Commission against the Death Penalty (ICDP) warmly welcomes the momentous vote by Ghana's parliament to abolish the death penalty.

ICDP participated in the Regional Congress on the Death Penalty in Amman: Vice President Ibrahim Najjar participated with a pre-recorded message, which was broadcast during the opening ceremony on 11 July 2023.

The International Commission against the Death Penalty (ICDP) warmly welcomes recent developments related to Malaysia ́s Abolition of Mandatory Death Penalty Act 2023 (referred to as the Act 2023 hereafter) and the Revision of Sentence of Death and Imprisonment for Natural Life

ICDP announces the launch of its latest report: Children, Youth and the Death Penalty. The issue of how the death penalty affects children and youth is often ignored by policy makers.

A delegation from the International Commission against the Death Penalty (ICDP), led by Commissioner Tsakhia Elbegdorj

The International Commission against the Death Penalty (ICDP) welcomes the recent thematic discussion on the abolition of the death penalty by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe.

The International Commission against the Death Penalty (ICDP or Commission) welcomes the passage of a bill, on 3 April 2023, by the Dewan Rakyat – the lower house of Malaysia’s Parliament – to abolish mandatory death penalty.