On the Occasion of the 8th World Congress Against the Death Penalty
ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY AS A PEREMPTORY NORM OF GENERAL INTERNATIONAL LAW (JUS COGENS) Berlin, 15-18 November 2022 Download
International Congress against the Death Penalty
On 19 and 20 May, the International Congress against the Death Penalty: Opinion Iuris and International Law was held at the Student Residence of the CSIC in Madrid. The
“Geography of Cruelty”, a post about execution sites
The net throws “Geography of Cruelty”, a publication on places of execution directed by Rosario de Vicente Martínez, Professor of Criminal Law at the University of Castilla-La
The network publishes the contributions of the International Seminar on extrajudicial executions
The network has just published the different contributions made by the speakers in a special issue of the e-Eguzkilore Magazine, linked to the III Seminar on Extrajudicial Executions and Abuse of
Renny Cushing 1952– 2022 in memoriam
Renny Cushing, one of the founders of the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, has passed away this year, which precisely marks the 20th anniversary of that death penalty.
Network activities in 2021
The Network for the abolition of the death penalty and cruel punishment prepared a program of 5 seminars for the year 2021, directed by Luis Arroyo Zapatero and Cristina
Cádiz hosted the Congress of Young Researchers in February 2022
On February 17 and 18, 2022, the congress on the death penalty and cruel punishment aimed at young researchers took place in Cádiz. Maria Acale, Professor of
Roger Hood 1936 – 2020 in memoriam
By Luis Arroyo Zapatero (photo: Sofía Moro) At the end of September he sent me an affectionate letter in response to the one he had sent to announce the early start of the
Farewell to Professor Christof Heinz
It is with great regret that the Academic Network for the abolition of the death penalty dismisses Professor Christof Heyns, who passed away on March 28. His disappearance will be widely
In memoriam Nigel Rodley
Interview, Madrid 2009 Foundation of the International Academic Network against the death penalty Center for Political and Constitutional Studies and UCLM. Tribute edition to Nigel Rodley, who died on 25
Rolls and picotas: The network prepares a publication on the places of cruelty
The network is preparing a forthcoming publication on the places of execution to be directed by Rosario de Vicente Martínez, professor of criminal law at the University of Castilla-La Mancha.
Let’s mobilise for the plenary vote scheduled for mid-december 2020
UNITED NATIONS RESOLUTION FOR A UNIVERSAL MORATORIUM ON THE USE OF THE DEATH PENALTY On 17 November 2020 the UN Third Committee, which works specifically on human rights issues, voted
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