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- APRIL 20, 2005United NationsDEATH PENALTY
GENEVA. CHR APPROVES RESOLUTION CALLING FOR MORATORIUM AND ABOLITION
the UN Commission on Human Rights has approved a resolution calling on states to abolish the death penalty and in the meantime to establish a moratorium on executions, for the eighth consecutive year.
- APRIL 18, 2005Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
GENEVA. EX DEATH ROW INMATE MAKES PLEA FOR A UN MORATORIUM ON EXECUTIONS
Jean de Dieu Muzaliwa Maroy, former death row inmate in the Democratic Republic of Congo, intervened at the UN Comission on Human Rights representing Hands Off Cain and the Transnational Radical Party.
- APRIL 9, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
GENEVA. BRIEFING FOR RELAUNCHING A UN MORATORIUM ON EXECUTIONS
a briefing entitled: “THE ROLE OF THE UN TOWARD ENDING EXECUTIONS - True Stories and Practical Realities in Africa and the U.S.A.”, will be held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva on April 12. The event is organized by Hands Off Cain, the Transnational R
- APRIL 8, 2005United NationsDEATH PENALTY
UN. COUNTRIES URGED TO SHED LIGHT ON DEATH PENALTY
Philip Alston, UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, urged countries to remove the "cloak of secrecy" surrounding the death penalty and disclose the number of executions and people on death row. Alston said secrecy unde
- OCTOBER 6, 2004United NationsDEATH PENALTY
It was revealed in a report submitted by the Kenyan...
It was revealed in a report submitted by the Kenyan government to the United Nation's Human Rights Committee that there are 1,900 prisoners on death row in the country, 200 of which had exhausted their attempts to have the sentence commuted to life
- JULY 1, 2004United NationsDEATH PENALTY
A UN human rights investigator said she saw "strong...
A UN human rights investigator said she saw "strong indications of crimes against humanity" during a 13-day visit to the Darfur region of Sudan and called for the international community to investigate exactly what happened
- APRIL 21, 2004United NationsDEATH PENALTY
For the eighth consecutive year the Commission approved...
For the eighth consecutive year the Commission approved the anti death penalty resolution for a moratorium on capital executions
- APRIL 21, 2004United NationsDEATH PENALTY
In response to the adoption of a resolution for a moratorium...
In response to the adoption of a resolution for a moratorium on executions by the UN Commission on Human Rights, Debabrata Saha, a representative of India, said the international community had not yet reached consensus on the issue of capital punishment,
- APRIL 16, 2004United NationsDEATH PENALTY
Reporters Without Borders voiced outrage at the UN...
Reporters Without Borders voiced outrage at the UN Human Rights Commission's failure to condemn the Islamic Republic during its 60th session
- APRIL 15, 2004United NationsDEATH PENALTY
The UN Human Rights Commission narrowly passed a US...
The UN Human Rights Commission narrowly passed a US backed resolution criticizing Cuba and calling on it to accept a visit by international observers
- DECEMBER 22, 2003United NationsDEATH PENALTY
In view of a resolution approved on 22 December 2003...
In view of a resolution approved on 22 December 2003 on the human rights situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Third Committee of the 58th General Assembly asked the country, with two ad hoc paragraphs, to re-impose a moratorium on exe
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2003United NationsDEATH PENALTY
The UN Human Rights Committee said Canadian authorities...
The UN Human Rights Committee said Canadian authorities breached an international human rights treaty by deporting convicted killer Roger Judge back to death row in Pennsylvania in 1998 after he had served a separate 10-year term in Quebec for crimes comm