Addressing the UN World Conference Against Racism,...

Addressing the UN World Conference Against Racism, non-governmental organizations called for urgent action by member states to combat discrimination.
"When victims and survivors of violence are silenced because they object to the State's use of capital punishment, there is no justice. When community leaders and politicians falsely state that the death penalty is a sufficient deterrent to crime, there is no justice," the World Alliance Of Reformed Churches said.
"We must work for restorative justice, a worldwide moratorium on the death penalty and worldwide abolition," the Alliance said.
Amnesty said there is evidence that the death penalty continues to be applied in a racially biased manner in a number of countries.
"We urge governments of countries where such punishment is still used to investigate any disproportionate impact of the death penalty on racial groups. We also call on governments to declare a moratorium on executions, pending such an investigation," Amnesty said.