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JUNE 13, 2007RwandaDEATH PENALTYRWANDA. UN COURT REQUESTS GENOCIDE CASE TRANSFER TO RWANDA
Days after Rwanda scrapped the death penalty, an international court trying those accused of
- JUNE 11, 2007United NationsDEATH PENALTY
UNPO JOINS CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE VOTE ON DEATH PENALTY RESOLUTION
With reference to previous UNPO initiatives related to the ongoing campaign for a global moratorium on the
- 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 PENALTYMORATORIUM. 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 PENALTYU.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 PENALTYDEATH 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 PENALTYUN. 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
- JANUARY 11, 2007United NationsDEATH PENALTY
UN. BAN KI-MOON ENCOURAGES TO PHASE OUT DEATH PENALTY
“I believe that life is precious and must be protected and respected, and that all human beings have the right to live in dignity”, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stated at a press conference in New York.
- JANUARY 3, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ URGED TO REPRIEVE SADDAM AIDES
Louise Arbour, the United Nations high commissioner for human rights, appealed to Iraq not to execute two senior aides to Saddam Hussein.
- JANUARY 2, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTY
NEW UN CHIEF KEEPS DISTANCE FROM DEATH PENALTY BAN
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon departed from the traditional UN opposition to the death penalty...