During this mission,we have met with the Minister of Justice, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, parliamentarians, the Japan Bar Associations and students. I respectfully urge the Japanese government: do not carry out executions. Share information about application of the DP.

In my discussions, I made recommendations: - please do not carry out executions which japan has not done since 2002 - more transparency to remove secrecy shrouding death penalty - requested change of Japan’s vote to abstain at UNGA moratorium resolution

I believe in Japan. We must not wait for another Hakamada case to awaken us. The time to act is not tomorrow, not someday, but today. Let Japan once again be a light to the world.

A delegation of the International Commission against the Death Penalty, led by Commissioner Tsakhia Elbegdorj, former President of Mongolia, visited Tokyo from 16 to 22 May 2025. icomdp.org/icdp-delegatio…

Eight U.S. states have scheduled executions for June, 6 of which remain pending. Here is the current schedule through August. More warrants are expected over the summer. PHADP FADP OK-CADP SCADP Ohioans to Stop Executions MacArthur Justice Center TADP 8th Amendment Project

Thank you to the Pennsylvania Bar Institute for the now 30 years of having me on the faculty of the annual Criminal Law Symposium! PA Bar Institute

“A world without nuclear weapons. A world without the death penalty.” Two urgent causes. One shared mission. Honored to join The Elders and International Commission against the Death Penalty in Japan to advance this vision. Sharing reflections from the Land of the Rising Sun. IN THE LAND OF THE “RISING SUN” “It felt

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ICDP Commissioner Marzuki Darusman speaks at Laos’ 1st-ever death penalty seminar, a side event to the 14th Lao PDR–EU Human Rights Dialogue. A milestone for a country with no executions in over 35 years opening space for a dialogue on the future of capital punishment.

“No executions since 1989—this long-standing restraint is a strong foundation for future progress on the right to life,” Commissioner Darusman highlights at Laos’ first death penalty seminar

“The abolition of the death penalty requires political will, it is shaped by and often lead by the leaders of the country and it becomes a longstanding powerful legacy for those who bring about this change” Commissioner Darusman emphasized during his intervention in Laos

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The International Commission against the Death Penalty deeply regrets the reported execution, carried out by Japanese authorities, of 34-year-old Takahiro Shiraishi on Friday, 27 June 2025. icomdp.org/icdp-deeply-re…

The Trump Supreme Court “went out of its way to lift stays of execution that were granted by lower federal court judges” during the 2020-2021 federal execution spree, Robert Dunham said. ...

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BREAKING: Gov. DeSantis just signed the eleventh death warrant of 2025 and set an execution date for Curtis Windom. The execution is scheduled for Thursday, August 28 at 6 pm. Mr. Windom was sentenced to death for the 1992 murders of Johnnie Lee, Valerie Davis, and Mary Lubin.

The International Commission against the Death Penalty expresses its deepest concern over the escalating use of the death penalty in the Islamic Republic of Iran, which already carries out one of the highest number of executions. icomdp.org/alarming-escal…