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Session de formation pour les avocat·es sur la peine de mort en Tunisie

Tunisia : Training and Discussion Workshop On The Death Penalty And The Role Of Lawyers

On 24 and 25 April 2025, the Tunisian Coalition Against the Death Penalty (CTCPM) and ECPM organised a training session for lawyers on the death penalty as part of their joint project ‘Pathways to Abolition: Supporting Progress Towards the Abolition of the Death Penalty’.

Sunny Jacobs aux Rencontres d'ECPM

Sunny Jacobs : a lifetime of fighting for abolition

Wrongly sentenced to death in Florida in 1976, Sunny Jacobs spent 17 years in prison, including 5 years on death row. A major witness for ECPM, Sunny Jacobs left a lasting impression through her resilience and courage. Having passed away on June 3, ECPM pays tribute to her.

Portrait de Pedram Madani

Iran : “Pedram Madani is gone, taken away by a regime without honour”

Pedram Madani was executed on May 28 at the Ghezel Hesar Prison. Louis Arnaud, a French national, was arrested by the Iranian regime while travelling throughout Iran in 2022. He spent two years in prison until his release on 13 June 2024. During his detention, he befriended Pedram Madani, who…

Rosalie ECPM de dos dans la Pride 2024 avec des ballons et des pancartes

Advocacy, Event

Pride Month: 12 states in the world still provide the death penalty for homosexuality in their penal codes

June is celebrated as Pride Month worldwide and is an opportunity to remember the importance of defending human rights, particularly the right to life and freedom. Members of the LGBTQIA+ community are especially vulnerable to violations of their fundamental rights. In Africa, the Middle East and Asia, legislation in some…

Pete Ouko au Congrès régional d'Abidjan en 2018

In pictures, Testimony

Pete Ouko : “Don’t be limited by fear, don’t be limited by anything”

From 19 to 23 March, 2025, Pete Ouko, former death row prisoner in Kenya, was in Geneva first before travelling to Paris and Lyon from 23 March to 4 April to share his testimony, with ECPM. After spending eighteen years in prison, including eight years on death row, Pete Ouko…

Logos des signataires - Communiqué de presse Tunisie 2025

Tunisia undermines the African Court’s jurisdiction to hear human rights violations committed within its territory

On March 7, 2025, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Immigration and Tunisians Abroad confirmed that Tunisia had withdrawn its declaration of acceptance of the African Court's jurisdiction to receive petitions from individuals and NGOs with observer status before the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR).

atelier strasbourg

Advocacy, Event

ECPM, German Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty and the Council of Europe call on European youth to mobilise against the death penalty

At ECPM, we are delighted to invite you to take part in the third edition of the "Advocacy and awareness-raising for the abolition of the death penalty" workshop, which will take place from 2 to 7 June 2025 in Strasbourg. This course is aimed at young volunteers, students or active…

Morocco : Perspectives following the historic UN vote in favour of a universal moratorium

In December 2024, Morocco voted for the first time in favour of the United Nations resolution calling for a moratorium on the use of the death penalty. This was a major political development, as until then the Moroccan authorities had consistently abstained from voting on the nine previous texts of…

Joint statement : Adoption of the resolution on the human rights situation in Iran by the UN Human Rights Council

Today, the Impact Iran coalition celebrates the historic vote by the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) to broaden the scope of investigations led by the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission (FFMI) into any recent or ongoing serious human rights violations and crimes under international law committed in the Islamic Republic of…

Sunny Jacobs photographiée par Christophe Meireis

In pictures, Testimony

Sunny Jacobs : “I am sure society is changing its opinion on the death penalty”

From 12 to 14 March, 2025, former death row prisoner in the United States, Sunny Jacobs, was in France to share her story, with both the Council of Europe in Strasbourg and with ECPM in Paris. After spending seventeen years in prison, including five on death row, Sunny Jacobs’ testimony…

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