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Monday, June 10, 2019, 2:18:54AM

In Defense of the Right to Life: International Law and Death Penalty in the Philippines

A study by the Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines and Dr. Christopher Ward, SC, Australian Bar, Adjunct Professor, Australian National University

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World News in 2023

Debunking narratives for a return of the death penalty

November 13, 2023, WCADP

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Jury in Pittsburgh synagogue trial to begin deliberating death penalty

July 31, 2023, The New York Times

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Singapore executes a woman for first time in almost two decades

July 28, 2023, The Guardian

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Ghana votes to remove death penalty, calling it sign of ‘inhumane’ society

July 26, 2023, The Washington Post

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Comment by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk after Ghana’s Parliament votes to abolish death penalty

July 26, 2023, UN OHCHR

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Capitol Hill Democrats introduce bill to end federal death penalty

July 19, 2023, Catholic News Agency

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Parents in South Korea who kill newborns now face death penalty after law passed

July 19, 2023, The Straits Times

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North Koreans risk death penalty for using South Korean language

June 30, 2023, Scottish Legal News

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Arizona Man Is Freed After 28 Years on Death Row

June 16, 2023, New York Times

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Two Australians facing death penalty in Vietnam granted clemency

June 06, 2023, Al Jazeera

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Japanese Supreme Court upholds mans death sentence for Manila murders

June 05, 2023, The Japan Times

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Zimbabwe’s new bill that imposes death penalty for ‘unpatriotic acts’

June 01, 2023, Africa Feeds

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Iran hangs three on drug charges amid criticism

May 21, 2023, Al Jazeera

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Myanmar military commutes 38 death sentences as part of amnesty

May 10, 2023,

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Singapore: OHCHR calls on authorities to halt imminent trafficking execution

April 25, 2023, United Nation News

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Washington state eliminates death penalty from law

April 21, 2023, CNN

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HC: Death penalty should be abolished in the 21st century

April 03, 2023, UN OHCHR

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HC: Death penalty should be abolished in the 21st century

April 03, 2023, UN OHCHR

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HC: Death penalty should be abolished in the 21st century

April 03, 2023, UN OHCHR

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HC: Death penalty should be abolished in the 21st century

April 03, 2023, UN OHCHR

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Malaysia ends mandatory death penalty for serious crimes

April 03, 2023, BBC News

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Surge in executions of drug offenders in 2022, more on death row

March 16, 2023, Al Jazeera

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Pope condemns Irans use of death penalty against protesters

January 09, 2023, Reuters

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