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The witnesses who attended the Congress

To accomplish her deceased mother’s wish that Iwao should be exonerated, Hideko Hakamada, now 83 years old, has devotedly supported her younger brother. Iwao, aged 80, was arrested at the age of 30. He was sentenced to death and spent 47 years and 7 months in detention for murder. He is the world’s longest serving death row prisoner. On 27 March 2014, he was released following the decision to reopen the case but the decision is pending and he remains a convicted prisoner.…

Preface

The death penalty is incompatible with the fundamental tenets of human rights, in particular human dignity, the right to life and the prohibition of torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading…
Pré-débats

Official ceremonies

The Opening Ceremony of the 6th World Congress Against the Death Penalty is dedicated to the next steps toward abolition. It is the chosen place of expression…