4th WORLD CONGRESS PROVISIONAL AGENDA

 provisional scientific agenda


The Congress venue is the International Conference Center, Geneva (CICG). From February 24th to 26th 2010, the Congress offers two full days of shared experiences, with a dense scientific programme elaborated by the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty.

Two plenary sessions lasting 2hrs30 mins will center on the main themes of the Congress ; eleven round tables lasting 1hrs30 mins will allow participants to debate on thematic or regional issues ; nine technical workshops will give participants the opportunity to share tools for abolition ; finally, poster sessions will encourage informal discussions among participants.

Plenary sessions :

 International and Regional Organizations : commitments to abolition of the death penalty

 Next challenges for universal abolition : the examples of USA, Japan, China and Iran

Round Tables :

 Racial and ethnic bias in the death penalty implementation

 Protecting vulnerable groups from death penalty : juveniles and those with mental health issues

 Violence, victims and death penalty : how to respond to violence and compensate victims without the death penalty

 Religions and death penalty, opportunities and/or obstacles

 Approaching law enforcement issues without death penalty : legal and public order’s points of view

 Tools and strategies for death penalty abolition in Middle East and North Africa

 Sub-Saharan Africa, from moratorium to abolition in law

 Asia, the legal road to moratorium and abolition.

 The Caribbean : the continued danger of escalating executions

 Access to a competent counsel in capital cases : how lawyers can make the difference between life and death ?

Workshops :

 Elaborating arguments to convince public opinion

 Debate with political cartoonists form Algeria, Japan and the USA (in partnership with Cartooning for Peace)

 Defining strategies for abolition

 Mobilizing target groups (members of parliament, judges, religious leaders, public order’s officers, media, victims, law students…)

 Partnership NGOs-European Union for supporting abolitionist projects

 Advocacy actions towards politicians

 Coalition building

 Online communication strategies

 Sharing educational tools