In Madrid the Abolitionist Community will Speak Up

After Strasburg in 2001, Montreal in 2004, Paris in 2007, and Geneva in 2010, Madrid is hosting the 5th World Congress from the 12th to the 15th June 2013. It is organised by ECPM, under the sponsorship of Spain, Norway, Switzerland and France and in partnership with the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty.

The 5th World Congress Against the Death Penalty in numbers:

• An official opening ceremony and a solemn closing ceremony;

• A final march and a gathering;

• Over 1 500 people expected;

• Over 90 countries represented;

• High level political representation;

• Over 200 participants and journalists from retentionist countries;

• 21 debates (plenary sessions, round tables, workshops);

• A rich and diverse cultural programme.

Political figures expected:

Mr. Thomas Yayi Boni, President, Benin;

Mr. Thorbjørn Jagland, General Secretary of the Council of Europe;

Mrs. Navanethem Pillay, High Commissioner of the United Nations for Human Rights;

Lady Catherine Ashton, High representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy;

Mr. José Manuel García-Margallo y Marfil, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Spain;

Mr. Didier Burkhalter, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Swiss Confederation;

Mr. Laurent Fabius, Minister of Foreign Affairs, France;

Mr. Hamadi Ould Baba Ould Hamadi, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Mauritania;

Mr. Alberto-Ruiz Gallardon, Minister of Justice, Spain;

Mr. Robert Badinter, former minister of Justice who abolished the death penalty in France;

Mrs. Gry Larsen, Vice-minister of Foreign Affairs, Norway;

Mr. Salim Al-Jabouri, President of the Commission of Human Rights of the Parliament, Iraq.

Nobel Prize laureates:

Mrs. Mairead Maguire, Nobel Prize for Peace, 1976;

Video message from Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Prize for Peace, 1984;

Mr. José Ramos-Horta, former president of East Timor, Nobel Prize for Peace, 1996;

Video message from Mrs. Jody Williams, Nobel Prize for Peace, 1997;

Mrs. Shirin Ebadi, Nobel Prize for Peace, 2003.

Testimonies:

Mr. Joaquin Martinez, (Spain), former death row prisoner;

Mr. Cándido Ibar (Spain/United States), father of death row prisoner Pablo Ibar;

Mrs. Tanya Ibar (United States), wife of death row prisoner Pablo Ibar;

Mr. Ahmed Haou, (Morocco), former death row prisoner;

Mr. Chien-Ho SU, Bing-lang LIU, Lin-xun CHUAN, (Taiwan), former death row prisoners;

Mrs. Marina Nemat, (Iran), former death row prisoner;

Mr. Edward Edmary Mpagi, (Uganda), former death row prisoner ;

Mr. Jerry Givens, (United States), former death row warden in the State of Virginia.

The 5th World Congress Against the Death Penalty is completely trilingual: English, Spanish, French.

Location: Palacio Municipal de Congresos de Madrid (Avenida Capital de España Madrid 7, 28042, Madrid).

Registration: Free and mandatory registration only on the World Congress website !

http://congres.abolition.fr/