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CIC Saskatoon Zoom: [TADP-03] International Human Rights & the Abolition of the Death Penalty

April 12, 2025 @ 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm EDT

Join us for TADP-03, “International Human Rights & the Abolition of the Death Penalty”, April’s contribution to the Zoom series “Towards the Abolition of the Death Penalty” (TADP).

International human rights law provides a comprehensive framework for the abolition of the death penalty. Although the use of capital punishment is not entirely rejected in the ICCPR (1966), the Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR (1989) aims at the abolition of the death penalty. From a human rights perspective, the death penalty is a cruel and degrading punishment violating the right to life of its victims and inflicting inordinate pain on society. This session will explore the human rights norms and mechanisms that could provide the means for holding retentionist states accountable and progress towards a moratorium and ultimately the abolition of the death penalty.

 

Panelists include:

Payam Akhavan, Massey Chair in Human Rights, Senior Fellow at Massey College, University of Toronto

John Packer, Director of the Human Rights Research and Education Centre (HRREC) at the University of Ottawa

Ezat Mossallanejad, Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture (CCVT)

 

This session is moderated by reknowned journalist and producer Samira Mohyeddin

 

“Towards the Abolition of the Death Penalty” is a panel discussion series on Zoom that aims to provide in-depth discussions on the death penalty from diverse legal, philosophical, sociological, psychological, and political perspectives. The speakers address and put in context current instances of the death penalty, exploring the dynamics involved in this criminal sanction. The series aims to create a dialogical platform for everyone interested in engaging with the abolitionist discourse to discuss the possibilities and challenges to put an end to the death penalty. The series is offered in a joint partnership between the Paivand Society, the Canadian International Council (Saskatoon Branch), Amnesty International Canada, Carleton University’s Youth and Justice Lab, the Human Rights Research and Education Centre (University of Ottawa), and the Mardom Foundation, as a year-long monthly discussion beginning in February 2025 and concluding in December 2025

Details

Venue

  • Zoom

Organizer

  • CIC Saskatoon Branch