In the past three months, positive strides have been made in Malaysia towards limiting the scope of capital punishment, as its Parliament removed the mandatory death penalty for 12 offenses.
PGA contributes to creating an enabling environment for positive changes, especially through activities that facilitate connections between civil society and parliamentarians, as well as building bridges between domestic and international policy-makers an
To mark the 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty – which falls on 10 October – PGA will be organising a webinar to discuss the right to effective legal representation in capital cases and launch a Parliamentary Factsheet.
To mark the 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty, members of the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty (WCADP) focused on the right to effective legal representation.
Since the last execution took place in 1967, Australia has officially abolished the death penalty nationwide. By ratifying the ICCPR in 1978, Australia has committed itself to opposing the death penalty.
On 20 October 2016, PGA in consultation with the World Coalition against the Death Penalty (WCADP), launched a Parliamentary Factsheet on the Death Penalty and Terrorism-Related Offences
Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA), in consultation with the World Coalition against the Death Penalty (WCADP), is launching today a Parliamentary Factsheet on the Death Penalty and Terrorism-Related Offences.
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