Joint Statement on the Rights of Women and Gender Minorities Facing the Death Penalty
On this International Women’s Day, and every day, we want to recognise and centre the stories, voices, and expertise of women and gender minorities / gender diverse persons who languish behind bars in racist, classist, and patriarchal legal systems around the world. Fighting for women’s rights includes protecting the rights of the accused, criminalised, and condemned because they are the survivors of intersectional discrimination in oppressive systems around the world.
In the current context of ongoing attacks on the rights of women and gender minorities, it is more important than ever to stand united in our fight. The death penalty, with its targeting of minorities and its arbitrary, inhumane, and discriminatory application has no place in any of our societies and we honour the organisers, advocates, and survivors who fight tirelessly around the world to abolish it.
THIS STATEMENT IS CO-SIGNED BY:
Abolition Death Penalty in Iraq
Abdorrahman Boroumand Center for Human Rights in Iran
ACAT-France
Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN)
Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide (CCDPW)
Center for Prisoners’ Rights
Centre for Equality and Justice (CEJ)
Children Education Society (CHESO)
Capital Punishment Justice Project
Foundation for Human Rights Initiative (FHRI)
Harm Reduction International
HAYAT
Hope Behind Bars Africa (HBBA)
Humanity Diaspo
Human Rights Activists (in Iran) (HRA)
Human Rights Office of Kandy Diocese
Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO)
International Commission of Jurists - Kenya Section
Justice Project Pakistan
Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC)
Legal Awareness Watch Pakistan
Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA)
Penal Reform International
Reprieve
The Sunny Center Foundation
The Advocates for Human Rights
The Inclusion Project (TIP)
Women and Harm Reduction International Network (WHRIN)
Women Beyond Walls
World Coalition Against the Death Penalty