PGA’s vision is to contribute to the creation of a Rules-Based International Order for a more equitable, safe, sustainable and democratic world.
PGA’s vision is to contribute to the creation of a Rules-Based International Order for a more equitable, safe, sustainable and democratic world.
PGA’s Campaign for the Abolition of the Death Penalty aims at supporting parliamentarians from both retentionist and abolitionist countries in their efforts to ensure the right to life is upheld. We publish an update every quarter on progress and setbacks.
In the past three months, positive strides have been made in Malaysia towards limiting the scope of capital punishment, as its Parliament removed the mandatory death penalty for 12 offenses.
The first quarter of the year was marked by the opening of the 52nd regular session of the Human Rights Council, and the organization of the Biennial high-level panel discussion on the death penalty.
PGA welcomes the unprecedented support towards the adoption of the UN resolution A/RES/77/222, for a universal moratorium on the use of the death penalty, which took place on 15 December.
The 51st session of the Human Rights Council concluded in Geneva (12 September – 7 October), during which the Secretary General presented his report (A/HRC/51/7) to update previous reports on the question of the death penalty, including the quinquennial report of the Secretary-General.
To mark the 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty – which falls on 10 October – PGA will be organising a webinar to discuss the right to effective legal representation in capital cases and launch a Parliamentary Factsheet.
On 28 April 2020, the National Assembly of Chad voted to amend its 2015 counter-terrorism bill, thus abolishing capital punishment for all existing capital crimes in the country.
Commemorated since 2003, the World Day Against the Death Penalty is marked on 10 October. This year, PGA highlighted its members’ efforts to promote abolition of the death penalty and a fairer criminal justice system.
US Federal Government decides to resume executions.
Palestine accedes to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty (ICCPR-OP2)
From 26 February to 1 March 2019, Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) attended the 7th World Congress against the Death Penalty, organised by its partner organisation Ensemble contre la peine de mort (ECPM, Together Against the Death Penalty).
Malaysia’s Minister of Law announces bill abolishing the death penalty for 33 offences.
PGA’s Abolition of the Death Penalty (ADP) team brings you its first quarterly update to keep you informed of the most relevant developments regarding capital punishment worldwide and of PGA’s work on the issue.