Executive Directors Invited to Speak at the 6th Meeting of the International Commission Against the Death Penalty

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8 Oct 2012

The Executive Directors were invited to participate and speak at a conference organised by the International Commission Against the Death Penalty.

On 8^th October 2012, the ICDP held a roundtable for death penalty experts to review developments on the death penalty and identify legal and political challenges and opportunities for the coming five years.

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