In the lead up to the negotiations of the UNGASS outcome document, IDPC has drafted this advocacy note with recommendations on the structure and contents of the “zero draft”.

Penal Reform International aims to correct misapprehensions and to give readers an understanding of Islamic law and jurisprudence relating to the death penalty.

Amnesty International reported that 694 people have been put to death in Iran in the last six months, nearly matching the toll for the whole of 2014.

Campaigners have taken the UK Foreign Office to court over concerns that British money could be supporting the use of the death penalty in Pakistan.

Richard Branson and former director of public prosecutions Lord Macdonald called for an inquiry into Home Office’s support for anti-narcotics operations which they say have helped to fund executions in countries such as Pakistan and Iran.

Evidence shows that the repressive way of dealing with the drug problem in ASEAN countries has done little to reduce the supply and demand of illicit drugs or to deter traffickers and users.

Ann Fordham, IDPC Executive Director, was one of the panellists at the Human Rights Council panel on human rights and drug policy, and focused her intervention on the impacts of drug control on civil and political rights, in particular the issue of the death penalty.

This Q&A was prepared by Harm Reduction International, the International Drug Policy Consortium and the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty ahead of World Day against the Death Penalty on 10 October 2015.

IDPC highlights three critical points of consideration and recommends a series of steps Australia should take in advocating for the worldwide abolition of the death penalty.

In this fourth edition of its 'Global Overview' series, Harm Reduction International offers an update on the death penalty for drugs in law and practice worldwide, and considers critical developments on the issue.

MEPs vote decisively in favour of the abolition of the death penalty for drug-related offences being made a prerequisite for EU financial and technical assistance to third countries.

Speaking ahead of the 13th World Day Against the Death Penalty, observed on 10 October, UN experts agreed that "Executions for drug crimes amount to a violation of international law and are unlawful killing".

The drug trade is surprisingly resilient to the threat of capital punishment. Yet thousands of people languish on death row for drug-related crimes across Asia, Africa and the Middle East.

This video by Drugreporter offers highlights of the International Harm Reduction Conference which took place in mid-October in Kuala Lumpur.

This OSF report explores how the laws that subject drug offenders to capital punishment are inextricably linked to the international war on drugs and provides recommendations for governments to review current policies and explore alternate, less draconian sanctions.

Following the dramatic executions of drug traffickers in April 2015, the Indonesian government decided to step up its anti-narcotics efforts, reinforcing public condemnation of drugs while slashing activists' hopes for progressive reforms.

An international panel of experts discussed the death penalty as it relates to drug offenses in their countries and on a global level and launched a brief report outlining key recommendations on the topic for UN member states to consider leading up to the UNGASS.

Prohibitionism, as a drug policy, is responsible for a range of human rights violations around the world. This article presents some of these violations and suggests what human rights NGOs can do to combat them.

This booklet by Penal Reform International allows readers to read about some of the main assumptions regarding the death penalty in an interactive format.

The Harm Reduction conference in Malaysia raises the question what the decisive factors in making the upcoming UNGASS successful will be, and whether Ban Ki-Moon will step up to bring about change.