Death Penalty

An overview of the death penalty - UIA-IROL

UIA-IROL reaffirms its commitment to the universal abolition of the death penalty and contributes to the development of a support network for lawyers sentenced to death for their human rights work. 

UIA-IROL is calling for international mobilisation to strengthen human rights protection mechanisms and ensure that the death penalty is abolished throughout the world. The organisation undertakes to continue its efforts to support lawyers, promote justice and defend human dignity against capital punishment.

In this respect, it denounces the persecution of lawyers and human rights defenders and calls for greater protection for these professionals, by putting in place support mechanisms and legal security to ensure that they can continue to defend the rights of their clients without risking their own lives.

This report provides a brief overview of the death penalty worldwide, and sets out UIA-IROL's recommendations on the subject.

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