A joint statement by ADPAN and 17 partner organisations denouncing the decision of the Parliament of the Maldives to expand the scope of the death penalty to drug-trafficking offences.

Read our joint statement condemning the imposition of the death penalty against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, and urging the Bangladesh Interim Government to work towards a justice system that rebuilds and restores, rather than replicates the violence of the past.

Twenty years on, we reflect on Van Nguyen’s legacy and the ongoing, collective fight to end Singapore’s executions.

Read our joint stakeholder submission, made with seven of our partners, to the fourth Universal Periodic Review of Singapore.

As five men face imminent execution in Singapore, we join many civil society organisations calling on Singapore to halt all executions immediately, and urging Malaysia to protect its nationals on death row and advocate for the complete abolition of the death penalty, at home and internationally.

While welcoming the first clemency in Singapore in almost 30 thirty years, we join Amnesty International, ADPAN and HRI in renewing our call for an immediate moratorium on the death penalty.

A promise to a condemned prisoner led to a legal precedent that has commuted more than a thousand death sentences. Law student Jude Forrest reflects on the enduring impact of Geoffrey Robertson KC's landmark argument that prolonged detention on death row constitutes torture.

A joint statement by 9 organisations calling on the Government of the Maldives to abandon attempts to increase the use and scope of the death penalty.

Read our joint submission, made with two of our partners, to the fourth Universal Periodic Review of Australia.

An open letter from 75 organisations and individuals calling for the newly elected government to take immediate steps towards abolishing capital punishment in South Korea.

On World Drug Day 2025, 70 organisations call on the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) to take urgent action to end unlawful use of the death penalty for drug-related offences.

Read our joint statement co-signed by 11 organisations expressing our concerns about the draft Enforced Disappearance Prevention and Redress Ordinance 2025.

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On the 10th anniversary of the executions of Andrew and Myuran, we remember them.

CPJP Ambassador Hon. Lex Lasry AM KC responds to an opinion piece by Anil Nayar, Singapore’s High Commissioner to Australia.

Read the open letter co-signed by 10 organisations to the United Nations Secretary-General, His Excellency António Guterres, in advance of his visit to Bangladesh from 13-16 March.

CPJP is honoured to join so many organisations worldwide in this statement for International Women’s Day on 8 March 2025.

Read our joint statement with 10 allied organisations condemning the latest restrictions imposed on TJC and calling on the Singapore government to cease the use of laws that unduly restrict the right to freedom of expression.

Read CPJP’s statement on the findings and recommendations of the recent parliamentary inquiry into Australia’s advocacy against the death penalty.

CPJP Ambassador Hon. Lex Lasry AM KC reflects on the use of the death penalty in Singapore, 19 years after the execution of his client Van Nguyen, an Australian citizen.