PGA takes part in the 7th World Congress against the Death Penalty
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) in Brussels (Belgium).
Today, we take this opportunity to call upon our fellow parliamentarians to join in this struggle. We invite our colleagues who are not already abolitionist to promote dialogue and to listen to survivors of the death penalty and their families, to victims of crimes, to judges, and to experts. We invite you to be open to re-examining your convictions and your beliefs to support the right of every human being to life and to dignity.
Hon. Dorcas Sibanda and Hon. Théophile Yombombé Madjitoloum
reading the final declaration.
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As parliamentarians, we commit to using our influence to make sure this trend toward abolition continues and to fight against the resurgence of capital punishment. Parliamentarians’ Final Declaration to the 7th World Congress against the Death Penalty
Positive Developments
Setbacks
New Reports and Resources
Judged for More Than Her Crime: a Global Overview of Women Facing the Death Penalty – report published in September 2018 by the Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide (Cornell Law School)
After Decades, a Death Sentence Depends (a Little) Less on Where You Live - reporting by the New York Times on the decrease in death sentences in the USA
NEWS
On 26 February, during the World Coalition against the Death Penalty’s General Assembly, PGA was elected to sit on the Coalition’s Steering Committee for the next two years!