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PRI hosts Tenth General Assembly of the World Coalition against the Death Penalty in Jordan
Under the patronage of His Excellency the Minister of Justice for Jordan, Khalifa Khalid Al-Sulaiman, PRI and the World Coalition against the Death Penalty opened the tenth General Assembly of the World Coalition. The General Assembly focused on the efforts and realities in the fight against the death penalty at the international level and in […]
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UN Secretary General’s Report on a moratorium on the use of the death penalty: consultation process
In view of the UN Secretary General’s forthcoming report on the implementation of a moratorium on the use of the death penalty for the 67th session of the UN General Assembly (September 2012), civil society organisations were invited to share information covering relevant developments since 21 December 2010 on the implementation of a moratorium on […]
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UN Secretary General’s Report on a moratorium on the use of the death penalty: consultation process
In view of the UN Secretary General’s forthcoming report on the implementation of a moratorium on the use of the death penalty for the 67th session of the UN General Assembly (September 2012), civil society organisations were invited to share information covering relevant developments since 21 December 2010 on the implementation of a moratorium on […]
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UN Secretary General’s Report on the Status of the Death Penalty: Consultation Process
(10 April 2012) In view of the UN Secretary General’s forthcoming report on the question of the death penalty to the 21st session of the UN Human Rights Council (September 2012), civil society organisations are invited to share information covering relevant developments since 1 July 2011 on the question of the death penalty across the […]
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PRI launches new documentary films on the abolition of the death penalty and alternatives sanctions of life imprisonment
During December 2011 and January 2012, PRI hosted four film festivals in Belarus, Jordan, Kazakhstan and Tbilisi on the abolition of the death penalty and its alternative sanction of life imprisonment. The film festivals were held with the financial assistance of the European Union under the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) and […]
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PRI welcomes legal amendments to control lethal drug export
Penal Reform International welcomes legal amendments to control the export of lethal injection drugs 20 December 2011, the European Commission extended the list of goods subject to export controls, to prevent their use for capital punishment. The export of certain anaesthetics, such as sodium thiopental and pentobarbital, which are used in lethal injections, will now […]
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PRI Human Rights Day Film Festival, Jordan
Penal Reform International (an international non-governmental organisation dedicated to the promotion of penal and criminal justice reform worldwide), in collaboration with Karama Human Rights Film Festival 2011, will present via its Middle East and North Africa office a panel session entitled Right to Life and the Arab Spring: Prospects for Abolition of the Death Penalty. This […]
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PRI Death Penalty Conference Report now available
PRI are pleased to present the report of its international conference “Progressing toward abolition of the death penalty and alternative sanctions that respect international human rights standards” which took place 19 and 20 September 2011. To read more on the conference click here
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PRI urges support for 2011 petition against the death penalty
139 nations have already abolished the death penalty in law or in practice. In December 2012, the United National General Assembly will vote on a resolution calling for a worldwide halt to its use. Please sign the petition calling for a worldwide moratorium on sentences and executions with a view to abolishing the death penalty […]
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PRI statement on World Day Against the Death Penalty
PRI statement on World Day Against the Death Penalty (10 October 2011) Penal Reform International (PRI) uses the opportunity of the ninth World Day Against the Death Penalty to publish the “London Declaration”, adopted at the conference “Progressing toward abolition of the death penalty and alternative sanctions that respect international human rights standards” on 19 […]