What is Amnesty International doing to abolish the death penalty?
Amnesty International appeals to all governments to stop executions, abolish the death penalty in law and ratify international treaties that provide for abolition. Amnesty International works for the abolition of the death penalty by: Ø monitoring developments worldwide Ø collecting and disseminating information Ø mobilizing with other human rights organizations to take concerted action against the death penalty.Amnesty International maintains worldwide statistics and publishes in-depth reports on the death penalty, available at www.amnesty.org/deathpenalty. It is a member of the World Coalition against the Death Penalty (www.worldcoalition.org), a movement made up of national and international human rights organizations, bar associations, trade unions and local authorities. A campaigning success Amnesty International, in collaboration with other organizations, launched a worldwide campaign against child executions in January 2004, thus intensifying its efforts in this area. Thousands
