Death is not justice!

Parvais Jabbar, Executive director of the Death Penalty Project
Parvais Jabbar, Executive director of the Death Penalty Project

Council of Europe’s Directorate General Human Rights and Rule of Law has launched a campaign #DeathIsNotJustice in the run-up to October 10th, the World Day against Death Penalty. Famous figures and human rights activists share messages to stress the need for the abolition of capital punishment worldwide.

Parvais Jabbar, Executive director of the Death Penalty Project
Parvais Jabbar, Executive director of the Death Penalty Project
Sergey Dikman, Human Rights National Implementation, Council of Europe
Sergey Dikman, Human Rights National Implementation, Council of Europe
Terry Davis, Secretary General of the Council of Europe (2004-2009)
Terry Davis, Secretary General of the Council of Europe (2004-2009)
Andrei Paluda, coordinator of the Campaign against the death penalty in Belarus
Andrei Paluda, coordinator of the Campaign against the death penalty in Belarus
Navanethem Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (2008-2014) and the International Commission against the Death Penalty
Navanethem Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (2008-2014) and the International Commission against the Death Penalty
Peter Schieder, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (2002-2005)
Peter Schieder, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (2002-2005)
Thorbjørn Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe (2009-2019)
Thorbjørn Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe (2009-2019)

Diann Rust-Tierney, Executive Director of the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (United States of America)
Diann Rust-Tierney, Executive Director of the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (United States of America)

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Sergey Dikman, Human Rights National Implementation, Council of Europe
João Goulão, President of the Council of Europe Pompidou Group and Director General of the DG Intervention on Addictive Behaviors and Dependencies, Portugal (SICAD)
Terry Davis, Secretary General of the Council of Europe (2004-2009)
Andrei Paluda, coordinator of the Campaign against the death penalty in Belarus
Navanethem Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (2008-2014) and the International Commission against the Death Penalty
Peter Schieder, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (2002-2005)
Thorbjørn Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe (2009-2019)
Diann Rust-Tierney, Executive Director of the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (United States of America)

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Death verdics in Belarus since 1990

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