Round table "Interregional cooperation for the abolition of the death penalty: current situation and prospects"

On the occasion of the Award Ceremony of the 2023 North-South Price of the Council of Europe and inspired by the exemplary the laureates, Amina Bouayach, President of the National Human Rights Council of Morocco, and the Global Campus of Human Rights represented by its President, Judge Verónica Gómez, the North-South Centre in collaboration with the Institute for Political Studies organises a round table that will address the current status of interregional cooperation and future prospects for the abolition of the death penalty.

The round table will take place on 20 May at 5pm.

In addition to the laureates, the conference will also feature the presence of Nuno Sampaio, Secretary of State of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Portugal. The event will count on the participation of Sébastien Potaufeu, Coordinator for the Abolition of the Death Penalty of the Council of Europe, and Ntandokayise Ndlovu, expert of the Working Group on the Death Penalty of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights of the African Union, who will enlarge the perspectives on interregional cooperation through the experience of a Pan-African organisation.

The event will be followed by a reception, offered by the President of the Executive Committee of the North-South Centre, Ambassador Francesca Camilleri Vettiger.

You can consult the programme here.