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Wednesday, March 12, 2025
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The Advocates in Geneva: Highlights from the 49th Spring Session of the UPR

Tuesday, January 21, 2025
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The Advocates Condemns Harmful Day One Announcements from the Trump Administration

Monday, September 9, 2024
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2024 Oral Statements to the Human Rights Council on the Outcomes of the UPR
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Wednesday, May 5, 2021
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Ensure African States Don’t Flout Court Judgment Striking Down Mandatory Death Penalty Laws
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Thursday, March 18, 2021
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High Hopes for Substantial Progress on the Death Penalty Tempered by Mild Rhetoric
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Friday, January 8, 2021
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Inter-American Commission on Human Rights calls on U.S. to stay executions
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Monday, December 7, 2020
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Establishing the Death Penalty for Rape in Bangladesh Does Little to Protect Victims
Friday, April 24, 2020
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Ramos Decision Brings Attention to International Human Rights Standards in Death Penalty Cases
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Tuesday, December 10, 2019
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Bringing movement to end the arbitrary death penalty to U.S. Supreme Court
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Wednesday, October 9, 2019
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The Rights of Children Whose Parents Are Sentenced to Death - The Case of Tunisia
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Friday, April 26, 2019
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Puerto Rico and the Federal Death Penalty: A Legacy of Colonial Paternalism
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Monday, October 22, 2018
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Dignity for All: World Day Against the Death Penalty highlights detention conditions on death row

Monday, January 8, 2018
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What’s it like to be an Advocate for Human Rights? An interview with Amy Bergquist
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Tuesday, October 10, 2017
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Young artists share their vision for a world without the death penalty
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Thursday, April 3, 2014
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Lives on the Line: Will Supreme Court Hold U.S. Accountable for the Death Penalty?