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- OCTOBER 29, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY. PRO MORATORIUM CAMPAIGN ON CAPITAL PUNISHMENT AT THE NEW YORK MARATHON
At the New York Marathon on November 4, Olympic champion Stefano Baldini will run with a ribbon to support the Italian initiative to halt global executions.
- OCTOBER 9, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
NEW YORK. APPEAL BY GLOBAL COALITION FOR MORATORIUM
the Press Conference for the Abolitionof the
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
UN HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICIAL: IRAN SHOULD STOP EXECUTING CHILDREN
Iran should immediately halt the execution of children, the
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTY
UN FAULTS IRAQ FOR CONTINUED EXECUTIONS
a new United Nations report on human rights criticises the
- JUNE 13, 2007RwandaDEATH PENALTY
RWANDA. UN COURT REQUESTS GENOCIDE CASE TRANSFER TO RWANDA
Days after Rwanda scrapped the death penalty, an international court trying those accused of
- APRIL 18, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
UN SECRETARY GENERAL BACKS ITALY ON DEATH PENALTY BAN
Italy earned the backing of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in its drive to ban the death penalty worldwide.
- MARCH 29, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
UN RIGHTS EXPERT BLASTS IRAN OVER JUVENILE EXECUTIONS
a UN human rights expert blasted Iran over the “unacceptable” executions of juvenile offenders.
- FEBRUARY 28, 2007United NationsDEATH PENALTY
GLOBAL INTEREST IN DEATH PENALTY REVIEW; UN CITES SADDAM'S EXECUTION
Louise Arbour, the UN high commissioner for human rights...
- FEBRUARY 23, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
MORATORIUM. AL-KALIFA (UN): I WILL WORK TOWARDS CONSENSUS ON ITALY'S INITIATIVE
Sheika Haya Rashed al-Kalifa, president of the UN General Assembly, has confirmed her commitment to ensure Italy's initiative for the universal moratorium on capital punishment is successful. At the end of a
- FEBRUARY 8, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTY
U.N. RIGHTS CHIEF ARGUES FOR SADDAM AIDE
the U.N. human rights chief filed an unprecedented legal challenge with Iraq's highest court against a possible death sentence for one of Saddam Hussein's former deputies.
- FEBRUARY 3, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY. CAPPATO, 'POSITIVE COMMITENT ON MORATORIUM TAKEN BY WORLD CONGRESS IN PARIS'
“The World Congress Against Death Penalty - in its 3-day Paris assembly which we attended as Hands Off Cain and Nonviolent Radial Party with Marco Pannella, Elisabetta Zamparutti, Marco Perduca, Antonio Stango and Max Rizzo - will end with a demonstration
- JANUARY 24, 2007United NationsDEATH PENALTY
UN. BAN SAYS BACKS TREND TO PHASE OUT DEATH PENALTY
New U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he backed an international trend to phase out the death penalty. "Life is very precious and every human being has a right to live with dignity and life of human beings must be respected and protected," Ban said