12 October 2022Albert Marques : “Everybody in prison should have the opportunity to make art.”

On the occasion of the 8th World Congress against the Death Penalty and in the frame of the Justice for Keith Lamar campaign, ECPM interviewed Albert Marques. Pianist and composer, this militant artist is behind the album Freedom First, produced with Keith Lamar: poet, writer and activist, he is currently on death row in Ohio (USA), where he has already spent more than 28 years in solitary confinement. His lyrics and his voice, escape from death row and are accompanied by an international...

11 October 2022The 6th edition of the “Draw me the abolition” contest is now open!

Click here to download the poster in: French  -  English -  Arabic On the occasion of the 20th World Day against the Death Penalty, young people (14-25 years old) from all over the world are invited to participate in the 6th edition of the "Draw me abolition" competition to create a poster against the death penalty. The 50 best posters selected by an international jury will be exhibited in the participating countries and at the next Congresses against the death penalty...

10 October 202220th World Day against the Death Penalty: another great gathering before Berlin!

Today, on October 10, 2022, the abolitionnist community is celebrating the 20th World Day against the Death Penalty worldwide, another great gathering before the 8th World congress against the death penalty that will be held in Berlin from November 15-18, 2022. This year's theme « The death penalty, a road paved with torture, chosen by the World Coalition against the Death Penalty, will encourage many organisations from the civil society, political figures, intergovernamental institutions...

Taimoor Aliassi, Mathilde Millier, Sabrina Van Tassel, Raphaël Chenuil-Hazan (Palais des Nations)

7 October 2022ECPM at the United Nations: a look back on the 51st session of the Human Rights Council

From September 12 to October 7, 2022, the 51st session of the Human Rights Council took place in Geneva. For the first time since the beginning of the covid-19 pandemic, NGOs were allowed to organise side events at the Palais des Nations. In view of the 8th World Congress against the Death Penalty to be held in Berlin from 15 to 18 November 2002, ECPM and the Permanent Missions in Geneva of Germany, France, the European Union and Switzerland organised an event to present the Congress. ...

6 October 202220th World day against the death penalty : programme of the events

On 10 October 2022, the global abolitionist community will celebrate the 20th World Day against the Death Penalty. The main objective of the 2022 World Day is to raise public awareness around how the death penalty can amount to torture and build consensus that the definition of torture should be understood to include practices in connection with the death penalty. From a broader perspective, it aims to convince that the death penalty should be abolished as an unjust and arbitrary response to...

3 October 2022Register now for the 8th World Congress!

Today, registration opens for our 8th World Congress against the death penalty, which will take place from 15 to 18 November 2022 in Berlin. Those wishing to participate, either on site or online, can now register via our new application 8th World Congress. The Congress is free and open to all, but registration is still required to access the event and exclusive information. Over a thousand participants from 90 countries are expected in the German capital this autumn for the world's largest...

15 September 2022Only two months left before the 8th World Congress against the Death Penalty!

The 8th World Congress Against the Death Penalty will take place in Berlin from November 15 to 18: more than a thousand participants from 90 countries are expected in the German capital for the most important meeting of abolitionists. Those wishing to participate, either on site or online, will be able to register via our new "8th World Congress" application as of October 3rd. You can already download the app (available on AppStore or Google Play) or check out the web version: you will find...

27 July 2022Myanmar : anti-death penalty and human rights organisations outraged by the execution of human rights defenders by the military junta

The Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN),  Capital Punishment Justice Project, (CPJP), Eleos Justice, Monash University, LBH Masyarakat,  Malaysians Against Death Penalty and Torture (MADPET), Odhikhar, Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty, ECPM (Together Against the Death Penalty) and Transformative Justice Collective condemn the executions  of TMP Phyo Zeya Thaw, a former member of Parliament from Aung Sun Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) party and a hip-hop artist...

26 July 2022Love is not a crime : ECPM parades in Berlin!

In preparation for the 8th World Congress Against the Death Penalty, which will take place in the German capital from November 15 to 18, members of the ECPM team marched with the Berlin LGBTQIA+ community to show our support and celebrate love in all forms. This activist moment was an opportunity to open dialogue and raise awareness about the death penalty and homosexuality, still present in 11 countries worldwide. About the campaign:  Asserting and living one's...

30 June 2022General meeting 2022: new members elected to join the Board of Directors

ECPM's Annual General Meeting met on June 28 to elect its new executive. Two new members have joined the Board of Directors. They are Me Richard Sédillot and Me Edmond Fréty. They join President Aminata Niakaté, whose mandate was unanimously renewed, as well as Véronique Mary, Emmanuel Maistre, Marie Doucet-Lechantre, Emmanuel Oudar and Laurent Duarte. A special thank you to Sandrine Ageorges-Skinner and Florence Leroux who are stepping down after many years of unfailing...