The World Day Against the Death Penalty is celebrated each year on 10th October. On this occasion, the Moroccan Coalition Against the Death Penalty and the National Human Rights Council (CNDH) are organizing a Press Conference on Thursday 14th October 2021 at 10 am, at the CNDH Headquarters in Rabat, Morocco.

This year's World Day will be dedicated to women who are at risk of the death penalty, on death row or executed, as well as those who have been pardoned or found innocent.

This Press Conference will therefore be an opportunity to reiterate the plea to abolish the death penalty.

It will also be an occasion to call on the government to vote for the United Nations General Assembly Resolution on the Moratorium on the Use of the Death Penalty, with a view to ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

Stakeholders at this event will address an awareness-raising program in partnership with schools and civil society. This program aims at abolishing the death penalty.

As part of the celebration of this day, the CNDH will host the exhibition resulting from the Fourth Chapter of the International Poster Competition "Draw me the abolition.” This competition was organized for young people by the Teaching Abolition International Network in partnership with the association "Together Against the Death Penalty” (ECPM).

To be noted, the CNDH and the Moroccan Coalition Against the Death Penalty conduct strategic actions in partnership with the Association Together Against the Death Penalty based on strengthening steps toward the abolition of the death penalty.

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