The Abolition Now Tour
In preparation for the World Congress in Berlin, ECPM launched an innovative and collaborative international project aimed at younger generations, the #AbolitionNowTour campaign: an initiative involving the consultation of young citizens from six non-abolitionist countries who want to contribute to the abolition of the death penalty in their country.
“The sustainability of a human rights struggle depends on intergenerational transmission.”
Margaux Richet is an intercultural facilitator and trainer in non-formal education. She is passionate about languages, the way history and our personal history influence our view of the world and our perception of others, alternative learning methods and group dynamics in different contexts. She helped create the Abolition Now Tour project, facilitated workshops in the six target countries and accompanied young delegation members before, during and after the Berlin Congress.
Plenary session on intergenerational exchange and transmission
With universal abolition in sight, the Congress was an opportunity for the abolitionist movement to reflect on its foundations and to envision its future. The aim of this plenary session was to bring together representatives from different generations of the abolitionist movement and to invite them to share the reasons behind their commitment, their strategies for awareness-raising and advocacy, as well as new ways of sustaining the movement and promoting the abolition of the death penalty.
Sylvia Morwabe, lawyer at the High Court of Kenya
Sylvia Morwabe is a lawyer at the High Court of Kenya and Programme Director at Crime Si Poa®. She provides strategic legal support to the Youth Safety Awareness Initiative, which works to promote social justice and a crime-free society through education, advocacy and social initiatives aimed at children and young people. Sylvia contributed to the preparation and moderation of the plenary session on the new abolitionist generation at the Berlin Congress. She also accompanied the #AbolitionNowTour Kenyan team.
“I believe that generally, in life, young people always have something to learn from the older, more experienced generation, and vice versa. As far as the death penalty is concerned, until we achieve universal abolition, the abolitionist movement will keep growing. A younger generation of abolitionists will continue to emerge and join the movement, bringing great energy, enthusiasm and new ideas on how to propel the movement forward. However, without proper advice, guidance and structures, young people run the risk of becoming discouraged too soon and giving up or continuing to encounter the same challenges and pitfalls as their predecessors, which they could have avoided by learning from their mistakes and struggles and developing new strategies.”