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On the occasion of the World Day against the Death Penalty (10 October), PACE General Rapporteur on the abolition of the death penalty Vladimir Vardanyan (Armenia, EPP/CD) made the following statement:
“This year’s World Day against the Death Penalty is dedicated to women who risk being sentenced...

The Human Rights Council this morning adopted four resolutions on child early and forced marriage in times of crisis, including the COVID-19 pandemic

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Kazakhstan is Committed to Democratization and Political Reforms | Opinion Mukhtar Tleuberdi , Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Kazakhstan On 5/25/21 at 12:00 PM EDT The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a major stress test of state systems world over: a health emergency and severe economic challenges for the entire world. Some argue that a decay of democratic values has also been an unwelcome consequence of the coronavirus crisis. Even in advanced democracies around th...

EU-Kazakhstan Cooperation Council, 10 May 2021 - Hoofdinhoud EU and Kazakhstan held its 18th meeting on 10 May 2021, and reviewed the progress made in the implementation of EU-Kazakhstan Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement Main results The Cooperation Council between the European Union (EU) and Kazakhstan held its eighteenth meeting on Monday, 10 May 2021 in Brussels. The European Union (EU) and the Republic of Kazakhstan held a very constructive Cooperation Council with Kazakhstans ...

The Universal Periodic Review takes place in Geneva. The United Kingdom recognises Palau’s progress on human rights issues since its 2016 review, including in the field of domestic violence with the criminalisation of marital rape. Furthermore, we pay tribute to Palau’s continued democratic values which are demonstrated through an independent media and judiciary and the continued fight against corruption. We encourage Palau to continue its engagement with the UK and other members o...

At the end of 2020, 108 countries (a majority of the world’s states) had abolished the death penalty in law for all crimes and 144 countries had abolished the death penalty in law or practice. Amnesty International recorded commutations or pardons of death sentences in 33 countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Barbados, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Guyana, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lesotho, Malaysia, Morocco/Western Sahara, Myanmar, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pa...

Amnesty International recorded 483 executions in 18 countries in 2020, a decrease of 26% from 657 recorded in 2019. This figure represents the lowest number of executions that Amnesty International has recorded in the past decade.

Background: Research into capital punishment has focussed on the length of time it will take to abolish. It will take decades or centuries. A key moment in the movement to abolish the death penalty was the 1980s when the Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR was developed. This was also the decade that the last significant changes were made to the United Nations drug conventions. At the time, awareness of the issue of capital punishment for drug offences was increasing around the world as more p...

Government uses human rights review to reinforce the status quo 16/03/2021 (Geneva, Paris) The Maldivian government has failed to make progress on key human rights commitments during the latest Universal Periodic Review (UPR), FIDH and its member organization Maldivian Democracy Network (MDN) said today. “Instead of using this UPR cycle to make bold human rights commitments, the Maldivian government adopted a conservative approach that reinforces the status quo and risks leaving important iss...