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The 9th World Congress marks further progress towards abolition

26,000+

people sentenced to death

115

abolitionist states

47

retentionist states

Lebanon

is the last state to have abolished the death penalty

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Following the highly successful 9th World Congress in 2026, I hope to work alongside all the board members to continue creating spaces for reflection, advocacy, awareness-raising and capacity building in support of the universal abolition of the death penalty and, more broadly, fundamental rights.

Laurent Duarte President of ECPM