Another “botched” execution in United States
On 23 July 2014 of Joseph Wood was executed by authorities in the US state of Arizona. Mr Wood, 55, was executed by lethal injection. The execution lasted 117 minutes causing prolonged pain and cruelty …
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Another “botched” execution in United States
On 23 July 2014 of Joseph Wood was executed by authorities in the US ...Read More
Singapore executes two men and resumes executions after more than three years
On 18 July 2014 the Central Narcotics Bureau announced the executions of two men, ...Read More
Unprecedented ruling by US District Court Judge declares California’s death penalty system unconstitutional
On 16 July 2014, District Judge Cormac J. Carney passed a historic ruling ...Read More
Japan carries out first execution in 2014
Masanori Kawasaki, 68, was executed on 26 June 2014 at Osaka Detention Center. Mr. Kawasaki ...Read More
Egypt resumes executions amid mass death sentences
Seven persons were reportedly executed on 16 and 19 June 2014 by authorities in ...Read More
Events
Side-Event on the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
On 18 June 2014, the International Commission against the Death....Read More
ICDP mission to Lebanon
The President of the International Commission against the Death Penalty....Read More
Combatting Torture and Abolishing the Death Penalty in the OSCE Region: Two sides of the same coin?
ICDP Commissioner Ioanna Kuçuradi participated in the side event....Read More
ICDP Commissioner Bill Richardson visits the US state of Delaware to support efforts to repeal the death penalty
On 27 March Commissioner Bill Richardson visited the US State....Read More
High Level Panel Discussion on the Question of the Death Penalty
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human....Read More
