The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty held a General Assembly meeting this past weekend in Rome. The following are members of the newly elected Steering Committee:
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Amnesty International· Arab Coalition Against the Death Penalty· Barreau de Paris –France· Coalition marocaine contre la peine de mort –Morocco· Collectif de soutien à Mumia Abu Jamal –France· Culture pour la Paix et la Justice –DCR· Death Penalty Focus –USA· ECPM –France· FIACAT· FIDH· FSU –France· Lawyers for Human Rights International –India· Murder Victims’ Family for Human Rights –USA· National Association for Criminal Defense Lawyers –USA· Penal Reform International · Puerto Rico Bar Association –Puerto Rico· Sant’Egidio Community –Italy· Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty –Taiwan· Texas Coalition Against the Death Penalty –USA· Tuscany Region –Italy The WCADP also welcomes the new members to the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty:Ø Advocates for Human Rights –USAØ Belarusian Helsinki Committee – Belarus Ø Hands Off Cain –ItalyØ Iraqi Alliance for the Prevention of the death penalty –IraqØ Ordre des avocats des Hauts de Seine –France Ø Pacific Concerns Resource Centre –FijiØ Women’s Information Consultative Center – Ukraine The WCADP has now officially 95 members and is represented in the 5 continents. The Amman Center for Human Rights Studies was represented at the Assembly by our International Relations Coordinator. More information on the meeting and the ACHRS’s role in death penalty activism will be posted this week.
