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KEY MOMENTS
OF THE CONGRESS
25 February 28 February
7pm • Cinéma Galeries 9am • Egmont Palace
Screening of the documentary Academic programme (p.54)
Lindy Lou, Juror Number 2 8pm • BOZAR
by Florent Vassault (p.84) Inside & Out,
witnesses evening (p.86)
26 February
10am • Egmont Palace 1 March
8pm • Théâtre Les tanneurs
Side events (p.48) 8.30am • Egmont Palace
Academic programme (p.54)
Performance of Suzy et Franck 3pm • BOZAR
by and with Didier Poiteaux (p.84)
5.30pm • BOZAR
Closing Ceremony (p.40)
27 February
10am • European Parliament Start of the Global March
Opening Ceremony (p.36) for Abolition (p.95)
7pm • Egmont Palace
followed by a Plenary session (p.54)
from 15 February to 1 March
Railings of Brussels Park
Networking evening (p.85) “Comics for Abolition” exhibition (p.88)
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CONTENTS
ACAT: Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture
ACHPR: African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
ACP: African, Carribean and Pacific Group of States
ADPAN: Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network
AU: African Union
CNDSI: National Council for Development and International Solidarity GENERAL PRESENTATION..................................................................................................................... 5
Fiacat: International Federation of Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture
FIDH: International Federation for Human Rights • PREFACE BY DIDIER REYNDERS, DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER, BELGIUM........................6
ICCPR: International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights • PREFACE BY FEDERICA MOGHERINI, HIGH REPRESENTATIVE
ICCPR-OP2: Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights OF THE EUROPEAN UNION FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND SECURITY POLICY........8
ICDP: International Commission against the Death Penalty • PREFACE BY ANTONIO TAJANI PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT.....9
KMMK-G: Association for Human Rights in Kurdistan of Iran-Geneva • LET’S MAKE ABOLITION SELF-EVIDENT FOR EVERYONE
LGBTI: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex
BY RAPHAËL CHENUIL-HAZAN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ECPM.......................................11
LTDH: Tunisian Human Rights League
• INTRODUCTION BY AURÉLIE PLAÇAIS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
MENA: Middle East and North Africa
NHRI: National Human Rights Institutions OF THE WORLD COALITION AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY..........................................13
OHCHR: Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights • THE DEATH PENALTY ACROSS THE WORLD 2018.................................................................. 16
OIC: Organisation of Islamic Cooperation • THE IMPACT OF THE CONGRESSES.................................................................................................20
OIF: International Organisation of La Francophonie • THE REGIONAL CONGRESS.................................................................................................................. 22
OMDH: Moroccon Organisation of Human Rights • THE ADVISORY PANEL............................................................................................................................... 24
PGA: Parliamentarians for Global Action • JOIN IN THE CONVERSATION AT THE CONGRESS................................................................ 26
PRI: Penal Reform International
UGTT: Tunisian General Labour Union
UNGA: United Nations General Assembly
UNODOC: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes
UNRIC: United Nations Regional Information Centre
UTICA: Tunisian Union of Industry, Trade and Craftsmanship
THE FACES OF THE CONGRESS......................................................................................................27
• NOBEL AND SAKHAROV PRIZES........................................................................................................ 28
• THE WITNESSES............................................................................................................................................ 29
ECPM Publication, 2019
69 rue Michelet Opening and Closing Ceremonies.................................................................................. 35
93100 Montreuil • OPENING CEREMONY .............................................................................................................................. 36
• CLOSING CEREMONY .............................................................................................................................. 40
Publication Director: Bérangère Portalier
Coordinating and writing consultant: Benjamin Ouazana
Translation: Morag Young
Editor: Olivier Pradel PROGRAMME OF DEBATES................................................................................................................43
• TIMETABLE........................................................................................................................................................ 44
Layout: Olivier Déchaud
• SIDE EVENTS....................................................................................................................................................48
Cover Illustrator: Gérard Dubois
• ACADEMIC PROGRAMME........................................................................................................................54
• PANELS ORGANISED BY ECPM .......................................................................................................... 79
This is a provisional programme. The list and order of speakers may change.
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CULTURAL PROGRAMME.....................................................................................................................83
• THE CULTURAL EVENINGS.....................................................................................................................84
• EXHIBITIONS....................................................................................................................................................88
• CYCLE OF SCREENINGS & DEBATES............................................................................................. 90
• BOOK SIGNINGS........................................................................................................................................... 92
• THE WORLD MARCH FOR ABOLITION............................................................................................95
• THE ABOLITION VILLAGE........................................................................................................................96
• PRACTICAL INFORMATION.....................................................................................................................98
• WHERE TO EAT?........................................................................................................................................ 100
• MEDIA................................................................................................................................................................ 102
THE ORGANISERS..................................................................................................................................... 103
GENERAL
• ECPM...................................................................................................................................................................................... 104
• OUR PARTNER: THE WORLD COALITION AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY.......... 110
• SPONSORS...................................................................................................................................................... 111
PRESENTATION
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PREFACE establish a moratorium on its application. In our bilateral relations too the
subject is regularly addressed. As an active member of the Group of Friends
of the Second Optional Protocol, Belgium strives to promote its ratifica-
tion and to stimulate discussion on the death penalty. Our country is also
involved in the support group of the International Commission against the
Death Penalty (ICDP), as well as in the Global Alliance for Torture Free Trade
which is spearheaded by the EU, Argentina and Mongolia. Last but not least,
Belgium attaches importance to its close contacts with civil society to fur-
ther strengthen and coordinate our approach in the fight against the death
Didier
REYNDERS penalty.
Deputy Prime Minister
Belgium
Meanwhile, many other countries are joining the abolitionist movement: in
the last decade the number of States which have officially abolished the
death penalty has significantly increased. Several countries have ended it
in practice, either by declaring an official moratorium or by refraining from
Exactly 30 years ago the General Assembly adopted the Second Optional carrying out executions. Others have taken steps to narrow the scope of the
Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights which death penalty. Today, more than 140 countries are abolitionist either in law
aims to abolish the death penalty. At the time, the Protocol was drafted not or in practice. This is more than double the number of countries which still
only with the purpose of engaging State Parties to abolish the death penalty retain the death penalty. And no fewer than 170 countries were execution
within their jurisdiction, but also to become a ‘pole of attraction’ for States free in 2017.
considering such a commitment to take that important final step.
Although these are encouraging signs, we have to bear in mind that change
Belgium acceded to the Second Optional Protocol in 1998. Belgium had by does not come overnight. It is the fruit of an – often lengthy – public debate,
then long ceased using the death penalty: the last execution in peace time thorough analysis of legal systems and intense parliamentary discussions.
took place in 1863 and the last execution for crimes committed during war We therefore need to continue to engage with countries which retain capital
in 1950. Nevertheless, it had taken us until 1996 to fully abolish the death punishment to see how we can work with them to assure respect for human
penalty in law. 46 years had elapsed between the last execution and formal rights and the principles enshrined in international law.
abolition of the death penalty. Since then, abolition was enshrined in our
Constitution in 2005 and it has also become a fundamental human rights Together with the EU, Belgium is proud to host the 7th World Congress Against
norm throughout the European continent. the Death Penalty which is taking place in Brussels from 26th February to 1st
March 2019. As the world’s biggest civil society driven event of its kind, it is
This historical anecdote is not without importance because it illustrates my sincere hope that it becomes a new milestone in our efforts to convince
how sensitive the debate surrounding abolition of the death penalty can countries to stop applying the death penalty.
be. When Belgium finally took the decision to abolish the death penalty in
times of war and peace time, it did so because it was convinced that use of Didier Reynders
this form of punishment undermines human dignity. Moreover, studies have Deputy Prime Minister
proven that the death penalty does not deter crime and that, because of its Minister of Defence and Foreign and European Affairs
irreversibility, it is impossible to correct any miscarriages of justice. Responsible for Beliris and the Federal Cultural Institutions
For many decades now the fight against the death penalty has been a
long-standing priority for Belgium. In multilateral forums Belgium actively
contributes to initiatives that aim to abolish the death penalty or to
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PREFACE PREFACE
Federica Antonio
MOGHERINI TAJANI
High Representative President of the
of the European Union European Parliament
The life of a human being does not belong to any State or government. No I would like to welcome all of you to the Seventh World Congress Against
country has the right to kill its citizens. the Death Penalty. Bringing together more than 1,500 stakeholders from
over 115 countries, it unites ministers, parliamentarians, diplomats, activ-
We – the European Union – are opposed to the use of capital punishment ists, members of civil society, researchers and journalists whose common
in all circumstances. This is why we attach great importance to the World cause is the universal abolition of capital punishment. I am especially proud
Congress against death Penalty as a positive force to move forward the that this year’s opening ceremony of the congress will take place at the
abolitionist cause. European Parliament, the heart of European democracy. With the elections
just months away and the additional focus that it will bring on our insti-
There are still too many people in the death row, all around the world, and tution, it is opportune that we send a strong signal as a beacon against
some countries are thinking to re-introduce the death penalty. But there is capital punishment.
also good news. The number of executions has decreased, and over 70% of
the world’s countries have abolished death penalty in law or in practice. We Abolition is part of a global trend and 144 countries and territories have
hope that the World Congress against Death Penalty can be an opportu- already abolished the death penalty. Though progress is being made, much
nity for more countries to announce new steps towards universal abolition. needs to be done: in 2017 alone, there were at least 993 executions in 23
countries and more than 20,000 individuals were awaiting execution.
This World Congress is also an extraordinary opportunity to share expe-
riences across cultures, religions and regions. Decision makers, political The European Union leads the fight against the death penalty worldwide
leaders, academics, journalists, activists and ordinary citizens are here to and its abolition is a priority that is being addressed at the local, regional,
advocate the abolition cause. I want to pay special tribute to the people and international level. Locally, political commitment is complemented
who will tell the story of how they were recognised innocent after years of by funding to civil society, particularly through the European Instrument
legal battles. Their testimony is a powerful reminder of the death penalty’s for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR). Regionally, through work with
injustice, and a call to action. the Council of Europe promoting the ratification of the EU Charter of
Federica Mogherini Fundamental Rights, and internationally, through robust advocacy work at
High Representative of the European Union the United Nations level.
for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
Members of the European Parliament have also been particularly active. A
recent report on policy on human rights and democracy in the world called
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on the EU to, “step up its action to improve respect for fundamental free-
doms, including freedom of thought, conscience, religion and belief and to
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eradicate torture, inhuman or degrading treatment and the death penalty
when it engages and cooperates with third countries.”
SELF-EVIDENT FOR EVERYONE
Reports have also been passed asking the EU to commit to preventing the
trade in goods that can be used for capital punishment and resolutions
highlighting issues around the world have drawn much-needed attention
to the matter.
We all share the conviction that the fight to abolish the death penalty is
Raphaël
a struggle for the most fundamental of human rights. Today’s conference CHENUIL-HAZAN
features a wide range of high-level speakers and stakeholders who will feed ECPM Executive
Director France
into what will certainly be an enriching debate. By working together and
exchanging ideas, we can change minds and make a difference. Every death
sentence that is overturned is a victory for the ideas we believe in and is
a testament to the efforts of the many people around the world who cam-
paign tirelessly to make the death penalty history. Welcome to the 7th World Congress Against the Death Penalty!
I wish every participant the very best of success in this endeavor. The struggle for abolition of the death penalty transcends political divides
and goes beyond both continents and cultures: it brings together what has
Yours sincerely, been dispersed. That is why it is so unique and necessary!
Antonio Tajani Yes, our History is testament to a desire for vengeance and surges in vio-
President of the European Parliament lence but those societies which have abolished the death penalty have
definitively set in stone their desire to develop calmly in a spirit of toler-
ance. Further, they never go back because they know that its restoration
would be a mistake for future generations. The abolitionist struggle, nailed
onto the foundation of human rights, is simply an expression of what the
world’s population has been moving towards for several centuries: an end to
attacks on the inalienable right to life. Harming that right means harming
humanity itself and our own personal humanity. This self-evident fact has
been grasped by most States and citizens: 2/3 of UN countries voted in
favour of the last UN resolution calling for a moratorium on executions –
4/5 if abstentions and absences are included. The World Congress takes its
essence from this universal aspiration.
Last time it was Oslo, today it’s Brussels. The World Congresses keep on com-
ing to witness the ferment of the abolitionist forces. We would like to provide
a forum for those who see the torment of the death penalty on a daily basis
(former death row prisoners, families, lawyers, etc.); to those who, every day,
fight for its abolition (governmental representatives, parliamentarians and
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all abolitionist actors to come together to prepare for the next stage of the
INTRODUCTION
struggle. WORLD COALITION AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY
We introduce innovations at each World Congress so that new audiences
can take ownership of the issue of the death penalty: in Madrid in 2013, the
role of parliamentarians was given top billing; in Oslo in 2016, the National
Human Rights Institutions were involved for the first time. Now we are
appealing to the private sector and business. The first plenary session of
this Congress aims to open up dialogue with this high-profile economic
group. There is immense potential for commitment and the creation of ties
Aurélie PLAÇAIS
with the abolitionist family which could provide strategies and hope for the Director of the World
future. Coalition Against the
Death Penalty France
We also wanted to highlight Africa whose progress and obstacles are size-
able issues. Might it be the next abolitionist continent? We certainly hope
so. Before the Brussels Congress, we organised a preparatory conference in
Abidjan in April 2018 to ensure substantial mobilisation in those States. The The World Congress Against the Death Penalty is a crucial event which is
increased presence of Africa in Brussels is even more opportune as negoti- indispensable for the abolitionist movement. This 7th Congress, taking place
ations are underway to review the Cotonou Agreement between the EU and at the heart of Europe, will be an opportunity to come together again, catch
the ACP States. up with old friends for many and meet each another for the first time for
others. We will also be able to support one another, share our progress,
This World Congress will be a success if you get involved. Please circulate mourn the deaths and break through that feeling of isolation which some-
the key moments of these 4 days by passing on the information from our times makes our work so sad; above all, this Congress will provide the hope
Twitter account (@AssoECPM) using the hashtags #7CongressECPM and and energy needed to resume the struggle once we are all home again.
#AbolitionNow. You can also support the strategies and commitments set
out in the final declaration over the next three years. We are counting on This feeling of belonging to a cause which unites us is essential. It explains
each and every one of you to keep us informed of the direct and indirect much of the success of the Congress and the World Coalition, and it will
impacts of the Congress in your country and in your work. be particularly showcased at the World Coalition’s General Assembly on
26 February, the Networking evening on 27 February and, of course, the
Finally, this booklet contains all the information you need about the packed Abolition Village which is running throughout the Congress.
programme ECPM’s team has created for you: an academic programme
whose debates and workshops could feed your educational and awareness But the Congress is not only somewhere to get back to basics and see
projects; cultural and artistic events which will give you an overview of the friends; it’s also somewhere to build new strategies, explore and draw up new
issues connected to the death penalty; discussions, focus groups, gather- action to be carried out, and adapt to the changing geopolitical context. It
ings and side events which illustrate the breadth and depth of abolitionist is a unique opportunity to provide an answer to the rise in populism, the risk
NGOs, as well as their commitment. Your experience as a Congress dele- of a return to the death penalty in abolitionist countries in law or in practice,
gate will stem from your choices! André Gide may have declared that every and the growing dangers faced by human rights defenders.
choice entails the rejection of what might have been better, but in our opin-
ion making a choice is about taking a position. Taking a position about our To respond to these new challenges, the programme, about which all mem-
convictions with only one requirement: making abolition self-evident. bers of the World Coalition were consulted, contains a number of with inno-
vations: a side event on online security, a workshop on new technology and
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death row prisoners, a workshop on the needs of people sentenced to death
and their families. This Congress will also be an opportunity to prepare the
next World Day Against the Death Penalty with a side event on the rights of
children of parents sentenced to death or executed and a private meeting
of the World Day working group.
I hope this Congress will be one of emotion, reflection, brilliant ideas and
rewarding meetings for you all. It is at such meetings that we take full mea-
sure of what we have accomplished the rest of the time and that we feel
most profoundly the very rightness of our cause.
I looking forward to seeing you again or meeting you for the first time - in
honour of life!
Claudio Reis, Portugal, www.posterfortomorrow.org
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respect, they share the conviction that the fight for its abolition is a struggle
ACROSS THE WORLD for the most fundamental human right and respect for human dignity. In this
respect, the fight for an absolute prohibition on torture and cruel, inhuman or
degrading treatment or punishment is corollary to the struggle against the
death penalty, the dissuasive effect of which has never been proven.
146 countries and territories have abolished the death penalty either in law
or in practice in 2018. Abolition is part of a universal trend. And yet, some
regions still strongly resist the advance of abolitionist thinking and continue
to apply the death penalty in a significant way. This is the case in Asia,
the Arab world and the United States, the only democracy among the ten
leading countries in terms of the number of annual executions. The world
number of executions in 2017 is estimated at 993. This figure is well below
the reality, given that China has made data on executions, estimated to be
several thousands per year, a State secret1. The African continent is moving
towards abolition: 4/5 of the 55 African countries are abolitionist in law or
under moratorium. The 31 countries in the world with a moratorium represent
important levers to be activated, as their move into the abolitionist camp
could create a snowball effect.
This progress also hides other realities: that of the citizens of the 52 coun-
tries which still use the death penalty and which represent approximately
60% of the world population living under the yoke of a justice system which
kills; that of the more than 20,000 prisoners sentenced to death who await
execution in conditions of detention which are often well below what is
required by international standards. Further, in countries which have abol-
ished the death penalty in law, pro-death penalty movements regularly
challenge abolition. The risk of a resumption of executions in countries which
have not executed anyone for several years is ever present.
In most of the countries where support for the death penalty is still high,
capital punishment is passed after unfair trials, often based on confessions
obtained under torture, and in a discriminatory manner for non-violent
crimes which do not meet the criteria of “the most serious crimes”: financial
crimes, witchcraft, apostasy, drug offences and sexual relations between
consenting adults. Finally, the death penalty is sometimes handed down for
those who were juveniles at the time of the events.
Numerous State actors, including the European Union, agree on the idea
that the death penalty constitutes a manifest violation of the right to life as
1 Amnesty International, 2017 annual report on the death penalty.
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THE DEATH PENALTY IN THE WORLD 2018
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executions, creation of the Impact Iran platform, UN Secretary General
OF THE CONGRESSES takes Congress debates as inspiration for his report for the 2016 General
Assembly.
Research: Study on the actors of abolition in the MENA region, the condi-
From direct impacts to more diffuse progress, the International Congresses tions for ratification of OP2, connections between the death penalty and
have led to numerous anti-death penalty initiatives1 and have encouraged drugs, application of the death penalty in Malaysia.
the emergence and structuring of international advocacy campaigns. The
significant media coverage of the Congresses also helps to raise citizens’ Mobilisation: Debates from the Congresses circulated to the Iranian
awareness of the abolitionist cause. Diaspora, presence in the African, Norwegian, Spanish, French and South
American media.
Strengthening the abolitionist cause across the world
The World and Regional Congresses have made it possible to put univer-
sal abolition of the death penalty on the United Nations’ agenda and to
revive discussions about ratification of OP2, as well as preparation of the
ACHPR. Moreover, the Congresses have mobilised National Human Rights
Institutions and today are the preferred arena for States to express their
political will to move towards universal abolition of the death penalty.
Examples of the impact of the Congresses
Numerous activities and organisations have been created in the wake of
the Congresses:
Creation of networks: Teaching Abolition International Network, International
Commission Against the Death Penalty, the Core Group, League for the
Defence of Human Rights in Iran, World Coalition Against the Death Penalty.
Organisation of events: World Day Against the Death Penalty, seminar to
consider abolition of the death penalty in Rabat, 1st MENA seminar on the
death penalty, workshops on abolition in Lebanon.
Outcomes: Draft law adopted in Ukraine, first vote by Tunisia in favour of
the universal moratorium at the UNGA, Mexico confirms the inclusion of
abolition in its Constitution, Canada ratifies OP2.
1 Nordine Drici and Sébastien Fourmy, “Study of the Impact and Effects of the World Congresses
Against the Death Penalty (2001-2016)”, ND Consultance, 2017
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CONGRESS THE SPONSOR OF THE CONGRESS
• Mr Sansan Kambile, Minister of Justice, Côte d’Ivoire
AFRICAN MINISTERS OF STATE
Organising a World Congress is a political, logistical and organisational • Mr Bessolé René Bagoro, Minister of Justice, Human Rights and Civic
challenge which requires the total support of a host country. That is why the Promotion, Burkina Faso
World Congresses are organised in abolitionist countries which are commit- • Mr Djimet Arabi, Minister of Justice in charge of Human Rights, Chad
ted to the cause. Regional Congresses meet a legitimate demand to bring • Ms Marie Ange Mushobekwa, Minister of Human Rights, Democratic
the abolitionist debate to regions where the death penalty is still active. Republic of Congo
• Mr Cheick Sako, Minister of State, Minister of Justice, Republic of Guinea
ECPM has been organising regional congresses since 2012, bringing together
abolitionists from one particular area to find new strategies directly con- INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS
nected to the local context. These events thus foreshadow the themes to • Ms Joséphine Charlotte Mayuma Kala, Special Representative
be raised at the next World Congress. In 2018, the Regional Congress was and Head of the African Union Liaison Office in Côte d’Ivoire
held in Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire). For two days the city became the seat of • Ms Maya Sahli Fadel, Commissioner at the African Commission on
meetings, debates and workshops on the subject of capital punishment in Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR), member of the Working Group
Africa. ECPM was also able to ensure the presence of the African Union at on the death penalty and extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary killings
a Congress for the first time. The Special Representative and Head of the in Africa
AU liaison office in Côte d’Ivoire reaffirmed the AU’s commitment to working • Mr Andrea Ori, Representative of the West Africa Regional Office
to encourage and spread advocacy in support of abolition on the African of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
continent.
This Congress was organised in partnership with the World Coalition Against
THE CONGRESS IN FIGURES the Death Penalty, the FIACAT, and the National Human Rights Commission
of Côte d’Ivoire.
400 participants including 6 ministers
22 official delegations
65 journalists
44 countries represented including 27 African countries
46 speakers led the key moments of the Congress
120 high school students took part in school visits conceived within
the framework of the Congress
1 national and regional press campaign
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22 BRUSSELS FEBRUARY 2019 #7CongressECPM congress.ecpm.org PARTICIPANT’S HANDBOOK 23THE ADVISORY Teresa N. Mutua – Kenya
• Head of the Access to Justice programme of the International
PANEL Commission of Jurists
Aurélie Plaçais – France
• Executive Director of the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty
The Advisory Panel has mapped out the main themes of the academic pro-
gramme of debates at the Congress under the supervision of human rights Nouzha Skalli – Morocco
consultant, Academic programme manager, Seynabou Benga. • Founding member of the Parliamentary Network Against the Death
Penalty in Morocco
Paul Angaman – Côte d’Ivoire • Former Minister for Social Development, the Family and Solidarity,
• President of the International Federation of Action by Christians former MP
for the Abolition of Torture • Founding member of OMDH and Association démocratique des femmes
du Maroc (ADFM)
Marc Bossuyt – Belgium
• President Emeritus of Belgium’s Constitutional Court
• Professor Emeritus of Antwerp University
• Member of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial
Discrimination
• Former UN special rapporteur for the drafting of the ICCPR-OP2
seeking to abolish the death penalty
Raphaël Chenuil-Hazan – France
• Executive director of ECPM
• President of Plateforme droits de l’homme (PDH) for French NGOs
• Member of the Conseil national pour le développement et la solidarité
internationale (CNDSI)
Florence Leroux – France
• Lawyer
• Member of ECPM’s Board – France
Delphine Lourtau – USA
• Lawyer in the United States and Canada
• Director of the Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide, Cornell
University – United States
Maitreyi Misra – India
• Associate researcher, Project 39A, National Law University, Delhi – India
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AT THE CONGRESS
Abolition Village
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world, including ECPM and the World Coalition, plus a special “abolition”
bookshop!
For more information about the Village, please see p. 96
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26 BRUSSELS FEBRUARY 2019 #7CongressECPMNOBEL AND SAKHAROV THE
PRIZE WITNESSES
JAMEL M’SALLEM SANDRINE AGEORGES-SKINNER
2015 Nobel Peace Prize laureate in his position as Chair of Wife of Hank Skinner, a death row prisoner – France-USA
the Ligue Tunisienne des Droits de l’Homme (LTDH), one of Sandrine has been an abolitionist activist since she was a
the founding organisations of the Tunisian National Dialogue teenager. She is a member of ECPM’s Board and has repre-
Quartet – Tunisia sented the organisation at the Steering Committee meet-
The Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet was created during the ings of the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty since
summer of 2013 to launch a peaceful process for agreement 2009. She was in charge of the programme of debates at the
between the country’s political parties and to ensure demo- 5th World Congress Against the Death Penalty which took
cratic transition after the 2011 revolution. The country’s pro- place in Madrid in 2013. She is the wife of Hank Skinner, a
gressive democratisation was at risk of breaking down as at prisoner sentenced to death in Texas in March 1995, and has
that time Tunisia was on the brink of civil war, undermined by been fighting alongside him for more than 20 years to prove
social problems and the political assassination of Mohammed his innocence and obtain his release. Together, they fight to
Brahmi. The Quartet therefore contributed to establishing a improve the conditions of detention of death row prisoners, a
constitutional system which guaranteed people’s fundamen- subject about which she has carried out much legal and med-
tal rights regardless of gender, political conviction or religious ical research in collaboration with American experts.
belief. Four large organisations from Tunisian civil society make
up the Quartet: the union UGTT, the employer body UTICA, SUZANA NORLIHAN ALIAS
Tunisia’s National Order of Lawyers and the LTDH currently Lawyer – Malaisya
chaired by Jamel M’Sallem. As a recipient of the Nobel Peace Suzana is the sister of Sulkarnain bin Alias. In 2002, he was
Prize in 2015 for its role as a mediator in the national dialogue charged with murder and sentenced to death in 2009. He
and an instigator of a peaceful solution for democratic devel- is currently on death row, awaiting pardon by the Selangor
opment in Tunisia, the Quartet has enjoyed widespread inter- Sultan.
national recognition.
ARTHUR JUDAH ANGEL
ENSAF HAIDAR Former death row prisoner – Nigeria
Wife of the Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, winner of the 2015 Sentenced to death in Nigeria for murder in 1986 at the age
Sakharov Prize – Saudi Arabia of 21, Arthur Judah Angel has always denied committing the
Chair of the Raif Badawi Foundation for Freedom, Ensaf crimes of which he was accused. He had to deal with an exe-
Haidar fights to defend freedom of opinion and human rights cution date which was cancelled at the last minute and he
in the Arab world. Her husband is currently imprisoned in witnessed 58 executions organised on the same day. He was
the country of his birth for creating the Free Saudi Liberals finally released in 2000 after 16 years in prison, nearly 10 of
blog which promotes freedom of expression and the rights of which were on death row.
women in Saudi Arabia. Today, Ensaf Haidar continues Raif’s
fight from Canada where she and her three children obtained
political asylum in 2013.
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Wife of Serge Atlaoui, a death row prisoner in Indonesia – France Former executioner who has become an abolitionist activist
Sabine Atlaoui is the wife of Serge Atlaoui, a French national – USA
arrested in Indonesia. Sentenced to life imprisonment, Serge’s Between 1984 and 1999, Jerry Givens was the chief execu-
punishment was increased by the Supreme Court which sen- tioner of Virginia State Penitentiary. He executed 62 people.
tenced him to capital punishment. Despite maintaining his In 1994, the suspension of Earl Washington’s execution nine
innocence, he is still being held on death row in Indonesia. days before its date upset his beliefs about the death penalty.
Today, Sabine is fighting to save her husband and has become When he was unfairly sentenced to 4 years in prison in 1999 he
involved in the struggle for universal abolition of the death questioned the American justice system and decided to start
penalty by creating her own organisation. the fight for abolition.
ANTOINETTE CHAHINE AHMED HAOU
Former death row prisoner, winner of the National Order of Former death row prisoner – Morocco
Merit – Lebanon Ahmed Haou was sentenced on 30 July 1984 in Morocco for
Antoinette was arrested in 1994 and sentenced to death in attacking internal State security after holding up signs against
1997 for murdering a priest. The fact that her brother belonged the regime of Hassan II at a peaceful demonstration. He was
to a Christian militia in Lebanon proved to be the real reason finally pardoned in 1999 thanks to pressure from international
for her imprisonment. Antoinette was tortured in prison. She organisations.
was finally released in 1999 following international pressure.
HSU TZU-CHIANG
CHENG HSING-TSE Former death row prisoner – Taiwan
Former death row prisoner – Taiwan Sentenced to death in 2000 for kidnapping and murdering a
Hsing-tse spent 5,231 days in prison before being exoner- businessman, Hsu Tzu-Chiang was sentenced to capital pun-
ated. Found guilty of the murder of a police officer in 2002, he ishment during six consecutive trials. His sentence was then
spent 14 years in prison in Taiwan, 10 of which were on death commuted to life imprisonment. In 2016, he was finally exon-
row. In 2006, his case came before the Supreme Court which erated at his 9th trial after 16 years in prison. His case made a
confirmed his death sentence. He has always maintained his very strong impact on the judicial system in Taiwan because
innocence and was finally released in 2017. of the amount of media coverage it received and its clear
injustice. Today, he works for the Judicial Reform Foundation.
GENEVIÈVE DONADINI
Juror for the Ranucci trial – France SUSAN KIGULA
In 1976, Christian Ranucci was put on trial in Aix-en-Provence Former death row prisoner – Uganda
for the murder of a young girl. The defendant was sentenced to Sentenced to death in Uganda for killing her husband, Susan
death and then guillotined on 28 July of the same year. Then Kigula always maintained her innocence. Having founded a
a young mother, Genevieve Donadini was one of the 12 jurors. detainee choir and obtaining a law degree from the University
40 years later, she wrote Le Procès Ranucci, témoignage d’un of London while on death row, she was finally released after 15
juré d’assises published by L’Harmattan. years in prison and left in January 2016. Since then, she has
founded the Susan Kigula African Child Foundation.
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30 BRUSSELS FEBRUARY 2019 #7CongressECPM congress.ecpm.org PARTICIPANT’S HANDBOOK 31JOAQUIN MARTINEZ MARIE PELENC
Former death row prisoner – Spain Correspondent of Antoinette Chahine – France
A Spanish national and a former death row prisoner in the Marie Pelenc is a member of Amnesty International. Through
United States, he was arrested in Florida in 1992 for a double that organisation, she began to correspond with Antoinette
homicide after being falsely accused by his ex-wife. His case Chahine, then sentenced to death in Lebanon, in June 1997.
was supported by various organisations and institutions, par- They have never lost touch and have met on several occa-
ticularly the Spanish Government and the Royal Family. On 6 sions, forming a real friendship.
June 2001, he was exonerated and was released after being
incarcerated for four years. He became the first European to
leave American death row.
VIDA MEHANNIA
Wife of Ahmadreza Djalali, a death row prisoner in Iran – Sweden
Vida is a chemist living in Stockholm, Sweden. Since April
2016, she has actively been fighting to save and release her
husband, a scientist on death row in Iran. She has done so with
the support of many individuals and organisations such as
Amnesty International, VUB, UPO & KI universities and dozens
of Nobel laureates.
NDUME OLATUSHANI
Former death row prisoner – USA
Ndume spent 28 years in prison in the USA, 20 of which were
on death row in Tennessee for a crime he did not commit.
He was helped throughout his detention by his relatives and
abolitionist organisations which helped him have access to
painting material. Today, he continues to paint and is heavily
involved in the abolition movement, particularly with young
people.
PETE OUKO
Former death row prisoner – Kenya
Sentenced to death for murder in 2001 aged 31 when he
was the father of two young children, Pete Ouko has always
maintained his innocence. Pardoned and then released on 26
October 2007, he is now a law graduate from the University
of London. He is involved in defending the rights of prisoners
from Africa through the organisation Youth Safety Awareness
Initiative which he founded and directs.
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32 BRUSSELS FEBRUARY 2019 #7CongressECPM congress.ecpm.org PARTICIPANT’S HANDBOOK 33Lorella Pierdicca, Italy, www.posterfortomorrow.org
AND
CLOSING
OPENING
CEREMONIESOPENING CEREMONY VIDEO MESSAGE
27 FEBRUARY • 10 AM TO 1 PM • HEMICYCLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT His Holiness Pope Francis, Head of State, the Vatican *
The Opening Ceremony of the 7th World Congress Against the Death Penalty
will focus on the next steps towards abolition. It is the chosen place of
expression for States and intergovernmental organisations willing to tes- ARTISTIC PERFORMANCE
tify to their international commitment and progress in their countries with
regard to the death penalty. Vanessa Place,
Writer and lawyer, USA
OPENING REMARKS
Antonio Tajani,
President of the European Parliament MESSAGES IN SUPPORT OF THE ABOLITIONIST STRUGGLE
Video message of Antonio Guterres,
Federica Mogherini, General Secretary of the United Nations
High Representative of the European Union for Foreign
Affairs and Security Policy
Louise Mushikiwabo,
Didier Reynders, General Secretary of the International Organisation
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European of la Francophonie (OIF)*
Affairs, Kingdom of Belgium
Navanethem Pillay,
Pascale Baeriswyl, President of the International Commission against
State Secretary of the Federal Department of Foreign the Death Penalty (ICDP)
Affairs, Swiss Confederation
Audun Halvorsen, ARTISTIC PERFORMANCE
State Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kingdom
of Norway Typh Barrow,
Singer, Belgium
INTRODUCTION TO THE 7TH WORLD CONGRESS AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY
Raphaël Chenuil-Hazan,
Executive Director of ECPM KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Aramis Ayala,
Aminata Niakate, State Attorney for the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court
Lawyer, Board member of ECPM of Florida, USA
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Mohamed Aujjar, Nouzha Skalli,
Minister of Justice, Kingdom of Morocco member of the Scientific Committee of the 7th World
Congress Against the Death Penalty, former minister
of solidarity, family and social development, co-founder
Cheick Sako, of the RPCPM, Morocco
Minister of State, Minister of Justice, Republic of Guinea
Bessolé René Bagoro, LAUNCH OF THE 7TH WORLD CONGRESS AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY
Minister of Justice, Human Rights and Civic Promotion, WITH A VIDEO MESSAGE FROM ROBERT BADINTER
Burkina Faso
Robert Badinter,
Abubacarr M. Tambadou, Honorary Chair of ECPM, Former Minister of Justice who
Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Republic abolished the death penalty in France in 1981, France
of the Gambia
Flavien Mbata,
Minister of Justice and Human Rights,
Central African Republic
Liew Vui Keong,
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department in charge of
Judicial Affairs, Malaysia
Djimet Arabi,
Minister of Justice, Republic of Chad
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Ndume Olatushani,
former death row prisoner, USA
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38 BRUSSELS FEBRUARY 2019 #7CongressECPM congress.ecpm.org PARTICIPANT’S HANDBOOK 39CLOSING CEREMONY UNITED NATIONS COMMITMENTS
IN SUPPORT OF THE ABOLITION MOVEMENT
1 MARCH • 3 PM TO 5.30 PM • BOZAR
Video message from Michelle Bachelet,
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights*
The Closing Ceremony sets out the initiatives developed during the
Congress and future commitments. The final declaration of the participants
is presented. This is where synergies between the political, community, legal
and academic spheres can be expressed. ARTISTIC PERFORMANCE
MODERATION
Ballaké Sissoko,
Susan Kigula, musician and master of kora, Mali
former death row prisoner from Uganda
Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich, INITIATIVES IN SUPPORT OF ABOLITION:
American writer JOINT MESSAGES
Parliamentarians against the Death Penalty
National Human Rights Institutions against the death penalty
OPENING REMARKS Bar associations against the death penalty
Paul Dujardin, Video message from Kumi Naidoo,
CEO and Artistic Director of Bozar Secretary General of Amnesty International
Didier Reynders,
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign FROM THE ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY
and European Affairs, Kingdom of Belgium TO THE RESPECT OF ALL HUMAN RIGHTS
Neven Mimica, Ensaf Haidar,
European Commissioner for International Cooperation wife of Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, laureate of the 2015
and Development (DEVCO)* Sakharov Prize*
Fatimata Mbaye,
MESSAGES FROM STATES IN SUPPORT OF THE ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY attorney of Mohamed Mekhtir, Mauritanian blogger
sentenced to death for apostasy
Sévérin Quénum,
Minister of Justice and Legislation, Republic of Benin –
message on behalf of the member states of the Core Group
of the World Congresses Against the Death Penalty
Other State representatives to be confirmed
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40 BRUSSELS FEBRUARY 2019 #7CongressECPM congress.ecpm.org PARTICIPANT’S HANDBOOK 414TH EDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONTEST “DRAW ME ABOLITION”:
• Announcement of the winners
READING OF THE FINAL DECLARATION
• by a member of the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty
CLOSING OF THE 7TH WORLD CONGRESS /
LAUNCH OF THE WORLD MARCH FOR THE ABOLITION
• by a representative of ECPM
Ceremony followed by the World March for the abolition
PROGRAMME
in the streets of Brussels
*To be confirmed
OF DEBATES
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42 BRUSSELS FEBRUARY 2019 #7CongressECPMTIMETABLE
Monday 25th February
CINÉMA GALERIES – Galerie de la Reine – 26, 1000 Bruxelles
7PM TO 9PM – CINE UN Movie – Lindy Lou, juror number 2, by Florent Vassault – Followed by a debate
Tuesday 26th February
EGMONT PALACE EUROPE ARENBERG ORANGE BLEUE ABOLITION VILLAGE BREL PROJECTIONS ROOM
10AM TO 11AM FIDH: Pakistan: how to PRI: Life imprisonment Private meeting: The Rights Practice:
get back on the road to as an alternative WCADP: Engaging China on
abolition to the death penalty steering committee the death penalty:
11AM TO MIDDAY challenges and
opportunities
11.30AM TO 1PM
Amnesty Belgium,
Amnesty International:
Online security:
an introduction
QUNO: Children of
parents sentenced
to death or executed:
MIDDAY TO 2PM LUNCH BREAK
protecting their rights
and limiting the use of
the death penalty
2PM TO 4PM Reprieve, ADPAN, MFA Paris Bar and WCADP: General OMP, Moroccan Private meeting: ICDP: How States abolish
Australia, Monash: International Assembly Coalition against the Francophone the death penalty: the
International Launch of Association of Lawyers: death penalty, Tunisian African coalition many pathways adopted
the Anti-Death Penalty Bar Associations and Coalition against the and lessons learnt
Clinic: assessing the the fight against death death penalty,
Abolitionist Movement penalty ECPM: Assisting death
in Asia row prisoners and
monitoring conditions of
detention
4.30PM TO 6.30PM Cornell Center: Strategic HRI, Institute for Planète Réfugiés-Droits REPECAP: Portraying
litigation to challenge Criminal Justice Reform: de l’Homme: Beyond Cruelty around the world
barriers to effective legal The death penalty for Mandela Rules
representation drug offences: between
abolition and populism
THÉÂTRE LES TANNEURS – Rue des Tanneurs 75 – 77
8PM TO 10PM – Theatre play Suzy & Franck, by Didier Poiteaux – Followed by a debate
Wednesday 27th February
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT MENUHIN ROOM Cultural events Private meetings Plenaries
9AM TO 10AM WELCOME COFFEE Reports presentations Panels Roundtables
and signing sessions
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY CHAMBER PRESS CONFERENCE ROOM Official Ceremonies Workshops
Side events
10AM TO 1PM Opening Ceremony 11AM TO 11.30AM Press Conference Press room Training sessions
3PM TO 5PM Plenary • Business
and the death penalty
EGMONT PALACE
7PM TO 10PM NETWORKING EVENING
congress.ecpm.org PARTICIPANT’S HANDBOOK 45MEETINGS & EVENTS TIMETABLE
Thursday 28th February
EGMONT PALACE EUROPE ARENBERG ORANGE BLEUE ABOLITION VILLAGE BREL PROJECTIONS ROOM
9AM TO 9.30AM WELCOME COFFEE ECPM, Iran Human
9.30AM TO 10AM Plenary • Rights: Strategies PRESS
Abolition strategies: for abolition in Iran
10AM TO 11AM challenges and 10AM TO 11AM
opportunities in Private consultation:
Sub-Saharan Africa ECPM, OMDH: Abolition
processes in the OIC
member States
11AM TO 11.30AM COFFEE BREAK
11.30AM TO 1.30PM Roundtable • Foreigners Workshop • ECPM, FIDH, Human 11.30AM TO 1PM 11AM TO MIDDAY PRESS 11.30AM TO MIDDAY
sentenced to death Death row prisoners Rights Center “Viasna”, Training session Signing sessions Screening of NYAPALA
in the fight against and their families: Council of Europe: for journalists •
terrorism assistance and support Why does death penalty Committed journalists, MIDDAY TO 12.30PM 12.15PM TO 1.15PM
continue to be applied key players in abolition Presentation of the Screening of
in Belarus? ECPM fact-finding MENUNGGU MASSA
mission in Mauritania + debate
Private meeting: ECPM,
IOF: Actors of the
1.30PM TO 3PM LUNCH BREAK
Francophonie and the
abolition of death penalty
3PM TO 5PM Roundtable • Workshop • Training • ECPM, MFA Netherlands: 3PM TO 3.30PM PRESS 3PM TO 4PM
How to prevent the Abolition generation: Keys for preparing The death penalty and Presentation of the Screening of
resurgence of the death young people join a funding proposal LGBTI persons ECPM fact-finding THE SINNER
penalty? the movement! mission in Cameroon + debate
3.45PM TO 4.15PM 4.15PM TO 5.15PM
Presentation of the Screening of IT WAS 5 IN
ECPM fact-finding THE MORNING
mission in Lebanon + debate
BOZAR Room M
8PM TO 10PM INSIDE & OUT WITNESS EVENING
Friday 1st March
EGMONT PALACE EUROPE ARENBERG ORANGE BLEUE ABOLITION VILLAGE BREL PROJECTIONS ROOM
8.30AM TO 9AM WELCOME COFFEE
9AM TO 11AM Roundtable • Workshop • Training • The role of NHRIs PRESS 9.30AM TO 11AM
The discriminatory New technologies and UN advocacy: using the in the fight against Screening of
application of the death the death penalty UPR and Treaty Bodies the death penalty GUILTY
penalty towards women to advocate for abolition + debate
11AM TO 11.30AM COFFEE BREAK
11.30AM TO 1.30PM Roundtable • Workshop • Training • Private meeting: 11AM TO MIDDAY PRESS Screening of
Reducing the scope New strategies Advocating for abolition PGA, ECPM: The role Signing sessions Serge Atlaoui,
of the death penalty for abolition with community and of parliamentarians condamné à mort
religious leaders in the abolition + debate
of the death penalty
1.30PM TO 3PM LUNCH BREAK
BOZAR – HALL HORTA
3PM TO 5.30PM CLOSING CEREMONY Cultural events Private meetings Plenaries
Reports presentations Panels Roundtables
5.30PM TO 7.30PM and signing sessions
Official Ceremonies Workshops
WORLD MARCH FOR THE ABOLITION Side events
Departure: At the peak of the Mont-des-Arts Press room Training sessions
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