Death is not justice!
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
- Sergey Dikman, Human Rights National Implementation, Council of Europe
- 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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