PRI's Oliver Robertson says that while the path to abolition has varied from country to country, the UK's swift conversion from moratorium to de facto abolition in five years may have lessons for some states today.
12th November 2015
This new report is based on research by Muslim scholars, provides interpretation of the application of Sharia to various offences, and emphasises the high value Islam places on mercy and forgiveness.
18th October 2015
خواطر ناشطة ضد عقوبة الإعدام بمناسبة اليوم العالمي لمناهضة عقوبة الإعدام
12th October 2015
Alison Hannah is inspired by PRI Board Member Bryan Stevenson's new book on the fight for equal justice for poor, black Americans sentenced to the death penalty or to death in prison.
8th January 2015
Winner of the Arabic language category of PRI's recent competition for the best investigative journalism on the death penalty and life imprisonment, exploring the Jordanian government's position on the death penalty.
3rd November 2014
On World Day against the Death Penalty, PRI's Death Penalty Project Coordinator, Oliver Robertson, says that the death penalty puts a huge mental strain on children, but also many others including guards and lawyers.
10th October 2014
Oliver Robertson reports from Africa where he met people who had experienced wrongful conviction and spent years on death row awaiting execution.
24th July 2014
На сегодняшний день вопрос смертной казни является актуальным в странах Центральной Азии. Так на сегодняшний день смертная казнь законодательно сохраняется в Таджикистане и Казахстане.
10th July 2014
PRI's Policy Director, Andrea Huber, looks at the some of the major trends in criminal justice and penal policy over the last few years. This blog was first published by the Human Rights Centre at the University of Essex.
11th June 2014
PRI's Death penalty Project Coordinator in Central Asia reports from a regional conference on the death penalty in Tajikistan. A recent survey carried out in Tajikistan showed 67% of the population in favour of abolition.
16th April 2014