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Iran : No to the repression of women in Evin prison

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Saudi Arabia : The international community sounds the alarm

On July 4, 2024, the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted the report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review of Saudi Arabia. ECPM co-signed a joint communiqué with several NGOs to call for concrete follow-up to this process.

Prison militaire de Ndolo à Kinshasa en RDC

DRC : 58 new death sentences

In March 2024, the DRC made official its decision to suppress the moratorium on executions dating back to 2003. By means of a circular note from the Ministry of Justice, CPJ and ECPM are denouncing the numerous “grouped” death sentences against military personnel handed down since then.

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A new Consortium to fight against the death penalty

Twenty-five abolitionist organisations and international NGOs, including ECPM, recently came together to form the World Consortium to Abolish the Death Penalty.

Sous le chapiteau de Concertina

Événement, Témoignage

Meetings of Concertina : ECPM first participation !

Concertina is a week-end dedicated to the different types of imprisonment and isolation (custody, administrative, social etc.) and occured for the 4th time in a row on 28th to 30th June 2024 in Dieulefit (Drôme). Through a workshop led by Léa Créton, in charge of education projects at ECPM, and…

Assemblée générale ECPM

Event, In pictures

The new ECPM Board of Directors

Four new members joined the ECPM Board of Directors at the association's General Meeting, held at its headquarters in Paris on 25 June 2024. They are Sandrine Ageorges-Skinner, Frédérique Delaugerre, Adriano Martin and Leïla Bordie-Randera.

Atelier Strasbourg groupe

Advocacy, Event, In pictures

« Advocacy and education for the abolition of the death penalty » : workshop occured for a second year in a row

Organised by ECPM, the Council of Europe and the German Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, the workshop "Advocacy and education for the abolition of the death penalty" occured on 19th to 21th June in Strasbourg. It was the opportunity for about fifty young activists from 30 member states from…

Love is not a Crime - Pride 2024

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Pride 2024 : A look back in images

On last 29 June 2024, the Paris Pride occured with the call "Contre la transphobie : transsolidarités". A crowd of around 100 000 took part in the parade. Since the vote of the Anti-Homosexuality Act in 2023 in Uganda and on the eve of French legislative elections, ECPM staunchly stands…

Spot Abolition Peine de Mort en Tunisie - الغاء عقوبة الاعدام في تونس6 - CTCPM

Advocacy, In pictures, Testimony

International Day in Support of Victims of Torture : the opportunity to highlight the link between torture and death penalty

The International Day in Support of Victims of Torture and the 40th anniversary of the United Nations Convention Against Torture are opportunities to remind that the death penalty is not compatible with the prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. On this occasion, CTCPM and ECPM are…

Portrait Pepe Julian Onziema

Advocacy, Témoignage

“We know and take seriously our right to associate”: Pepe Julian Onziema and his staunch activism for LGBTQIA+ rights in Uganda

Pepe Julian Onziema is a transgender man who has been advocating for LGBTQIA+ rights for over two decades. He proudly lives in his own country, Uganda. His work with Sexual Minorities Uganda earned him international recognition leading to his receipt of the Paris International LGBTQIA+ award in 2023. ECPM reached…

Couverture Rapport d'activités 2023

2023 Activity Report : activism goes on

The publication of the 2023 Activity Report of ECPM is the opportunity to go through the association actions, in a context of a worrying increase in the number of executions since 2022, especially in states of the Middle East. In preparation of the next World Congress in Paris in 2026,…