ECPM (Ensemble contre la peine de mort) with ADPAN Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) & KontraS at #33ccpcj UN Office on Drugs & Crime for our side event on “ #Deathpenalty , Criminal Justice & Drug related offenses”. We discussed legislative changes, work of intnl bodies vs. reality of DP for drugs in Asia. Special acknowlgmt to the panelists!

🌍Retrouvez-nous au side event 'Peine de mort, Justice pénale et Infractions liées aux drogues' lors de la 33e session de la Commission de prévention du crime et de la justice pénale !
📅Rendez-vous le vendredi 17 mai 2024, à 14h10
📌Centre international de Vienne CCPCJ

📣Looking forward to a side-event panel discussion on ‘Death Penalty, Criminal Justice and Drug-Related Offences’ at the 33rd Session of the Commission of Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice:
📆Friday 17 May 2024, 2.10pm, Vienna International Centre CCPCJ #CCPCJ33

Escalating concerns over the lives of minors threatened with death in Saudi Arabia. menarights.org/en/articles/es… MENA Rights Group | منَا لحقوق الإنسان ESOHR ADPAN End Death Penalty ECPM (Ensemble contre la peine de mort) UN Human Rights Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide #deathpenalty

Today Amnesty International joined 16 NGOs in raising alarm at #Singapore 's continued pursuit of #deathpenalty : Transformative Justice Collective reported that 4 men convicted of drug trafficking, all with pending appeal, have had execution set, in violation of int'l law and standards
amnesty.org/en/documents/a…

🇸🇬 #Singapore : Execution warrants issued despite pending legal proceedings.

📄'We join the call of Transformative Justice Collective: the State of Singapore must halt these executions and declare a moratorium on its use of capital punishment as first steps.'

Read our joint NGO statement👇

Joint Statement I 30 NGOs express their concern about the possibility of #SaudiArabia executing minors accused of offenses related to protest and freedom of expression.

🔵Read Here: cutt.ly/xeqsNiK6

We, and many other international NGOs, share grave concerns that the Government of #Singapore appears to be issuing execution warrants for people who have legal proceedings on foot. Read the joint statement: cpjp.org.au/news/joint-sta….

#Yukthiya #WarOnDrugs

On Thurs 21 March, 9.10 am Vienna (1.40 pm SL) side event at #CND67 will focus on militarization and states of emergency in context of #WarOnDrugs & how to address their human rights impact.

Register:us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Access:us02web.zoom.us/j/89910416005

Read more on TJC's website:
🔗transformativejusticecollective.org/2024/02/27/ahm…

Ahmed Salim, a 35 year-old Bangladeshi migrant worker, faces execution at dawn on 28 February, in Singapore's Changi Prison. This is the first execution in 2024, despite growing calls for a moratorium on the death penalty.

#AbolishTheDeathPenalty #StopTheKilling

Our thanks to the editors The Indian Express The Times Of India The Hindu for their coverage of Project 39A's latest report, the Death Penalty in India: Annual Statistics Report 2023.

Read the report to learn about significant trends in the death penalty: tinyurl.com/y6waep5w

In #DRC , the lifting of the moratorium seems to be accelerating. During the Council of Ministers on 09/02, Rose Kiese Mutombo presented an information note to this effect. Let's mobilize against the resumption of executions in the DRC ✊ ecpm.org/en/reaction-of…

Women on #deathrow face challenges including issues related to menstrual hygiene.

Family-led Malaysian NGO Pertubuhan Keluarga Kasih (KeKasih) is hoping to equip them with knowledge on sustaining menstrual hygiene through menstrual cups. They are seeking your kind donation to support the effort.

Dr Yang Hengjun's suspended death sentence is another cruel move in a case marred by secrecy and an apparent lack of procedural fairness.
Read our full statement👇