The Death Penalty Project

Description

The Death Penalty Project is a legal action organisation working to restrict and end capital punishment worldwide, protect the human rights of people in prison and promote fair and effective criminal justice systems. It provides free legal representation to people facing death sentences, mounts challenges to the legality of the death penalty, publishes legal resources and trains legal and medical professionals. Alongside litigation it undertakes policy work, assisting decision-makers, commissioning and publishing independent research (on public opinion, the socioeconomic status of people on death row and conditions of detention), and building alliances with civil society, legal professionals and diplomatic missions. It has held consultative status before the UN Economic and Social Council since 2016 and works in more than 20 countries.

Currently active

Yes

Offers funding

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Founding year

2005

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Partner Universities

University of Oxford

Additional Partnerships

Death Penalty Research Unit (University of Oxford, Centre for Criminology); World Coalition Against the Death Penalty; Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST); Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty; LBH Masyarakat (Community Legal Aid Institute, Indonesia); Crime Si Poa (Kenya); Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR); The Square Circle Clinic (NALSAR, India); DITSHWANELO – Botswana Centre for Human Rights; LEDAP (Nigeria); Veritas (Zimbabwe); University of Dhaka; NALSAR University of Law