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A joint statement on the occasion of the International Week of the Disappeared 2026.

Ahead of Singapore’s fourth Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on 12 May 2026, we call on member states to urge Singapore to end its use of the death penalty.

CPJP joins 37 international human rights organisations in calling for an immediate halt to executions in Saudi Arabia.

CPJP joins nine other Maldivian and international human rights organisations in calling on the Maldives to withdraw a new bill that would end the country's longstanding moratorium on executions.

A joint statement calling for an immediate halt to tomorrow’s planned execution of Omar bin Yacob Bamadhaj.

Read our joint submission, made with four of our partners, to the fourth Universal Periodic Review of Papua New Guinea.

A joint statement condemning the execution of Malaysian man Lingkesvaran Rajendaren in Singapore on 11 February 2026.

The execution of Ronald Ryan in Victoria - the last to take place in Australia - occurred 59 years ago today.

A joint statement by ADPAN and six partner organisations opposing the decision of South Korean prosecutors to seek the death penalty for former President Yoon Suk-Yeol during his trial for insurgency.

A joint statement by ADPAN and 17 partner organisations denouncing the decision of the Parliament of the Maldives to expand the scope of the death penalty to drug-trafficking offences.

Read our joint statement condemning the imposition of the death penalty against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, and urging the Bangladesh Interim Government to work towards a justice system that rebuilds and restores, rather than replicates the violence of the past.

Twenty years on, we reflect on Van Nguyen’s legacy and the ongoing, collective fight to end Singapore’s executions.

Read our joint stakeholder submission, made with seven of our partners, to the fourth Universal Periodic Review of Singapore.

As five men face imminent execution in Singapore, we join many civil society organisations calling on Singapore to halt all executions immediately, and urging Malaysia to protect its nationals on death row and advocate for the complete abolition of the death penalty, at home and internationally.

While welcoming the first clemency in Singapore in almost 30 thirty years, we join Amnesty International, ADPAN and HRI in renewing our call for an immediate moratorium on the death penalty.

A promise to a condemned prisoner led to a legal precedent that has commuted more than a thousand death sentences. Law student Jude Forrest reflects on the enduring impact of Geoffrey Robertson KC's landmark argument that prolonged detention on death row constitutes torture.

A joint statement by 9 organisations calling on the Government of the Maldives to abandon attempts to increase the use and scope of the death penalty.

Read our joint submission, made with two of our partners, to the fourth Universal Periodic Review of Australia.

An open letter from 75 organisations and individuals calling for the newly elected government to take immediate steps towards abolishing capital punishment in South Korea.