The public is invited to a panel discussion on World Day against the Death Penalty. The Theme this year is: Children: Unseen victims of the death penalty.
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By Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ & Director, CREDI
On Thursday, October 10 the 17th World Day Against the Death Penalty will be dedicated to children whose parents have been sentenced to death or executed. The theme this year is: Children: unseen victims of the death penalty.
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Moving away from the death penalty
As Chair of the Greater Caribbean for Life, an independent not-for profit organisation devoted to working towards the abolition of the death penalty in our region, I was invited to present a paper on the death penalty in the English-speaking Caribbean at a hearing of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in Washington DC on December 6.
The Catholic Commission for Social Justice (CCSJ) & The Greater Caribbean for Life (GCL) call for more humane living conditions for those on death row
CCSJ and GCL call for more humane living conditions for those on death row. On 10 October 2018 abolitionists around the world will observe the 16th World Day Against the Death Penalty. This year, the World Day will focus on the living conditions of those sentenced to death.
The Greater Caribbean for Life (GCL) & the Catholic Commission for Social Justice (CCSJ) welcome the judgment by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), Barbados’ highest appellate Court, that the mandatory death penalty as stated in section 2 of the Offences Against the Persons Act (OAPA), Ch.141, for persons convicted of murder in Barbados is unconstitutional.