Commemorated since 2003, the World Day Against the Death Penalty (WDADP) on 10 October raises awareness of the conditions and the circumstances which affect prisoners with death sentences and offers an opportunity to advocate for its abolition worldwide.
Each year, the World Day has a thematic focus. In 2019, the focus is on the impact on children of parents sentenced to death or executed. The emotional and psychological toll on these children may amount to a violation of their human rights.
To this end, we have put together an interactive presentation to explain the importance of commemorating this day, the situation of the death penalty worldwide in 2018, PGA's Campaign for the Abolition of the Death Penalty, and some of our members' significant efforts in this direction.
