CALL FOR APPLICATIONS - Workshop Youth advocacy and campaigning for the abolition of the death penalty
02-07 June 2025 Objectives: To recruit, train and support future ambassadors on the universal abolition of the death penalty. (Deadline for receipt of applications: 22 April 2025) For the attention of young volunteers, students or active members of civil society, including participants of the...
Exchange of views of the Committee of Ministers with civil society on the abolition of the death penalty
A thematic discussion on the abolition of the death penalty was held on 12 March 2025, during the 1522nd meeting of the Council of Europe Ministers’ Deputies, chaired by Luxembourg. The Ministers’ Deputies had the opportunity to exchange views with representatives from civil society, in...
Seminar “Abolition of the death penalty in Belarus – Next steps”
A seminar entitled “Abolition of the death penalty in Belarus – Next steps” took place in Warsaw on Wednesday 5 March 2025. Organised by the Council of Europe as part of the activities under the Council of Europe’s Contact group for Belarus, this seminar gathered representatives from the various...
Declaration of the Secretary general of the Council of Europe in the high-level panel on the question of the death penalty at the 58th session of the Human Rights Council
Every two years, a high-level panel on the question of the death penalty is organized during a session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva. This panel was held on 25 February during the 58th session of the Human Rights Council. It addresses “the contribution of the judiciary to...
Call for proposals to organize the workshop "Death is not Justice – youth advocacy and awareness-raising for the abolition of the death penalty"
The Council of Europe has the intention to organize the third edition of the workshop entitled "Death is not Justice – youth advocacy and awareness-raising for the abolition of the death penalty" from 3 to 6 June 2025 in Strasbourg. It aims to gather young volunteers, students, or active members...
Round table on measures against the trade of goods used for the death penalty
The Steering Committee on Human Rights organised an event on ”Strengthening multilateral efforts to curb trade in torture and death penalty goods”. As a follow-up to Recommendation Rec(2021)2, which was adopted by the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers in 2021, the workshop provided a...
European and World Day against the death penalty
On the occasion of the European and World Day Against the Death penalty, the Council of Europe firmly reaffirms its unequivocal opposition to the death penalty.
European and World Day against the Death Penalty, 10 October 2024
Joint statement by the High Representative of the European Union and the Secretary General of the Council of Europe
European and World Day against the Death Penalty, 10 October 2024
Committee of Ministers calls on member states to remain firm in their commitment to oppose the death penalty
Exchange of views at the Committee of Ministers on the abolition of the death penalty focused on the situation in Belarus
On 25 September, the Minister Deputies had a thematic exchange of views on the abolition of the death penalty which was focused on the situation in Belarus, the only country in Europe which still applies this inhuman punishment. Three speakers representing the democratic forces and the civil...
© Salsabila Lalienne, Laureate of the 5th international competition “Draw me abolition” organised by ECPM and the International Education Network on Abolition
