Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty
Press release on the World Day against Death Penalty
2007/10/09
In June 2001, 52 international NGOs gathered in Strasbourg for the first World Congress Against the Death Penalty that adopted a resolution urging all countries to establish a society respecting life and without the death penalty. WCADP was born out of this campaign on May 13, 2002. People began to observe the World Day against Death Penalty on October 10.
Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty (TAEDP) held a press conference on the eve of the World Day against Death Penalty, observed on October 10 of each year, urging Taiwanese government to actively move towards abolition of the death penalty to demonstrate its commitment to join the rest of the world.
A worldwide campaign
European Union Council of Ministers met in June 16~18, 2007, and decided to include the issue of moratorium of the death penalty in the agenda of the 62nd UN General Assembly (UNGA). The proposal will be discussed at UNGA’s third (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) Committee starting October 8, 2007.