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Exchange of views of the Committee of Ministers with civil society on the Abolition of the death penalty
The Ministers’ Deputies held a thematic discussion on the Abolition of the death penalty on April 10, 2024, with the participation of representatives from civil society. The Presidency of Liechtenstein underlined its long-standing commitment on the abolition, and shared a video message of Ms...
Informal exchange with civil society on the death penalty in the framework of a seminar of the Group of French-speaking Ambassadors
In the Framework of a seminar of the Group of French-speaking Ambassadors and the two secretariats of the Council of Europe and of the International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF) on the co-operation programme between the two organisations, an informal exchange on advocacy against the...
Deadline for receipt of applications: 25 March 2024
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS – 2nd Workshop Youth advocacy and campaigning for the abolition of the death penalty
For the attention of young volunteers, students or active members of civil society, including participants of the 2023 edition of the workshop: Are you between 18 and 30 years old? Are you a citizen and/or living in one of the Council of Europe member states? Are you a student of law, journalism,...
The Council of Europe pays tribute to Robert Badinter
The Council of Europe learned with great sadness the passing away of Mr Robert Badinter on 9 February 2024. The Ministers’ Deputies paid tribute to Mr Badinter during their meeting on 14 February 2024 . A book of condolences has also been opened at the Council of Europe. The Secretary General of...
Declaration by the Committee of Ministers on the death penalty in the United States of America
At their 1487th meeting, on 30 January 2024, the Ministers’ Deputies adopted a Declaration deploring the execution by nitrogen hypoxia of Mr Kenneth Eugene Smith, on 25 January, in the State of Alabama (United States of America) : The Committee of Ministers deplores the execution on 25 January...
Hearing on the Abolition of the death penalty in the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
The Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) held a hearing on Thursday 25 January on “the Abolition of the death penalty : current global trends and situation in the United States of America” which was chaired by Lord Richard Keen,...
World Forum for Democracy : 7 winters in Teheran - discussion on the death penalty as a tool of terror
In the framework of the last World Forum for Democracy, which was held from 6 to 8 November 2023, a Forum Talk was dedicated to the issue of the death penalty. This Forum talk took place in Strasbourg on 7 November and was entitled “Death penalty as a tool of terror”. The number of countries that...
The Council of Europe welcomes the ratification by Armenia of Protocol No. 13 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, concerning the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances (ETS No. 187).
The Permanent Representative of Armenia to the Council, of Europe, H.E. Ambassador Khachatryan, met the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Mrs Pejcinovic-Buric, on 19 October to deposit the instrument of ratification by Armenia of Protocol n°13 to the Convention for the Protection of...
European and World Day against the Death Penalty, 10 October 2023
In view of the European and World Day Against the Death penalty, the Council of Europe has undertaken several actions in line with 4th Council of Europe Summit held last May in Reykjavik, where Heads of State and Government declared that : “ the Council of Europe has played a crucial role to...
Workshop “Death is not justice – advocacy for the abolition of the death penalty” held in Strasbourg
The Council of Europe in collaboration with the NGO “Together against the death penalty” (ECPM) held the workshop “Death is not justice – advocacy for the abolition of the death penalty” on 2-3 June 2023. The workshop was hosted by the European Youth Center in Strasbourg and was organized within...
© Salsabila Lalienne, Laureate of the 5th international competition “Draw me abolition” organised by ECPM and the International Education Network on Abolition
