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.

On 1 and 2 March 2023, a delegation of the International Commission against the Death Penalty (ICDP), led by ICDP Commissioner Martin O´Malley, participated in the 13th International Congress of Justice Ministers (Congress)

On 28 February 2023, the International Commission against the Death Penalty (ICDP or Commission) co-hosted a hybrid meeting of countries of the Central Asian region and Mongolia

The International Commission against the Death Penalty (ICDP) warmly welcomes the abolition of the death penalty in Zambia´s law statutes on 23 December 2022 when President Hakainde Hichilema made history by signing the legislation, which was earlier voted in its Parliament.

The International Commission against the Death Penalty (ICDP) welcomes the adoption of the ninth United Nations General Assembly resolution on a moratorium on the use of the death penalty.