The Status of Mercy Petitions in India
The National Campaign for Abolition of Death Penalty in India - a programme of the Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) supported by the European Commission under the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) - conducts research, analysis and advocacy on issues relating to death penalty with the aim for its eventual abolition. THE STATUS OF MERCY The National Campaign for Abolition of Death Penalty in India has published the following reports relating to the issue of death penalty in India: PETITIONS IN INDIA • The Status of Mercy Petitions in India • Our Standards and Their Standards: India Vs Abolitionist Countries • India: Not safe for extradition of those facing death sentences? • The State of the Right to Life in India, August 2015 • India: Death Without Legal Sanction, June 2015 • India: Death despite dissenting judgements, 02 June 2015 THE S • India: Death in the name of conscience, May 2015 • Arbitrary on all Counts: Consideration of mercy pleas by President of India, 10 December T 2014 A T • Death Reserved for the Poor, November 2014 U S OF MERCY PE MERCY • Death penalty through self incrimination in India, October 2014 • India: Death Without the Right to Appeal, September 2014 • Award of enhanced punishment of death by the Supreme Court, 26 September 2014 NO • India: Death Penalty Has No Deterrence, August 2014 MERCY • India: Death Penalty Statistics, June 2014 • The Case for Abolition of Death Penalty in India - ACHR’s submission to the Law T I Commission of India on Capital Punishment, May 2014 T ION • Mercy on Trial in India, 22 October 2013 • The State of Death Penalty in India 2013, 14 February 2013 S IN The following publications are expected: I NDIA • Right to life in the context of death penalty: Death Penalty and the UN Human Rights Committee • Death Penalty in India: Issues and contentions All the reports are available at http://www.
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