Join us in Melbourne to hear from Ramkarpal Singh—Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Law and Institutional Reform)­—about this significant reform and the country’s overall commitment to a better criminal justice system.

CPJP Partner Eleos Justice has just released their new report ‘Silently Silenced: State-Sanctioned Killing of Women’, examining States’ involvement in ‘feminicide’.

This free high-level side event, held during HR23, will draw attention to the concerning surge in executions for drug offences in 2022.

CPJP partners the Julan Wagner Memorial Fund and Australians Against Capital Punishment invite you to their event in Brisbane on 9 March 2023.

Capital Punishment Justice Project is excited to be co-hosting our first event for 2023 with Eleos Justice, Monash University.

In solidarity with human rights defenders worldwide, Capital Punishment Justice Project (CPJP) calls for an immediate halt to impending executions against protestors in Iran.

Video from the CPJP event held in Brisbane on 1 August 2022.

Video from the ‘CPJP World Day Against the Death Penalty 2022’ event held on 13 October 2022 and hosted by MinterEllison in Melbourne. Guest speaker Kylie Moore-Gilbert, author of The Uncaged Sky: My 804 Days in an Iranian Prison, shares her experience with writer Sally Warhaft.

A joint statement on the death penalty and intersectionality on the 20th world day against the death penalty.

Article by Sara Kowal on the ongoing risk to Singapore’s reputation as a leader in the region through its use of the death penalty. First published on Pearls and Irritations, October 2022.

Listen to the full episode of the ABC’s Radio National, talking about putting an end to capital punishment.

Bangladeshi authorities should immediately reverse their decision to deregister prominent human rights organization, Odhikar, eleven organizations said.

We mourn the death of Nagaenthran, and send wishes of strength to Nagaen’s family, and the lawyers and activists who fought for Nagaen.

Bangladesh should immediately cease harassment and reprisals against victims of human rights violations, human rights defenders, and their families.

After the recent dismissal of Nagaenthran Dharmalingam’s appeal to Singapore’s Court of Appeal, his family has received notice of his execution scheduled for 27 April 2022.

Nagenthran's mother pleads for the life of her intellectually disabled son (IQ: 69), asking mercy from the Singapore government.

Ensemble contre la peine de mort (ECPM), Responsible Business Initiative for Justice, Eleos Justice, Capital Punishment Justice Project (CPJP) and Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN) are dismayed that Singapore has scheduled two executions for Wednesday, 16th February.

In Bangladesh, human rights defenders have faced increased criminalization. Many have been charged with documenting cases of enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, and other human rights violations.

Capital Punishment Justice Project (CPJP), Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN) and Eleos Justice commend the decision on 21 January 2022 by the Parliament of Papua New Guinea (PNG) to repeal the death penalty.

Colombo High Court Special Trial-at-Bar sentenced former Welikada Magazine Prison Superintendent Emil Ranjan Lamahewage to death in relation to the 2012 Welikada Prison incident.